Sanctuary Scholarship 2025/26
About the award
Level: Undergraduate
Course: All in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Value: Full fee waiver; £1,700 Queen Mary Bursary per year; £8,877 living cost grant per year for those living in a parental home or £13,762 living cost grant for those living independently
No. of awards: up to 2
Deadline: 16 May 2025
More information
Queen Mary University of London is offering tuition fee and maintenance support for up to two undergraduate students who are asylum seekers or have a temporary immigration status awarded as a result of a claim for asylum but outside of the immigration rules, studying on degree programmes in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Successful applicants will be awarded a full tuition fee waiver and maintenance support. The non-repayable maintenance scholarship will include £1,700, the equivalent of the Queen Mary Bursary, and the equivalent of the student loan which most closely matches your circumstances, £8,877 for those living in a parental home, £13,762 for those living independently.
Funding will be provided for the normal duration of your course, if you need to apply for extra funding, e.g. for a course change or repeat year, your individual circumstances will be examined by the panel and a decision will be communicated to you.
Eligibility
For us to consider your application for our Sanctuary Scholarship you must:
- have a temporary immigration status awarded as a result of a claim for asylum but outside of the immigration rules (e.g. limited leave to remain, discretionary leave to remain, humanitarian protection); or
- be an asylum seeker or child of an asylum seeker;
AND
- be ineligible to obtain funding from the Student Loan Company due to your immigration status; and
- have submitted a UCAS application for a place on an Undergraduate course in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences by 29th January 2025, have received a conditional or unconditional offer from Queen Mary University of London; and
- not already hold an equivalent or higher level qualification.
How to apply
The deadline for the Sanctuary Scholarship 2025/26 is 16th May 2025
Please complete the form below to submit your application:
- ARC (Application Registration Card)
- Bail form (Temporary Admission Document or BAIL 201
- BRP (Biometric Residency Permit)/eVisa
- Passport/Travel Document
- Driving Licence
- Birth Certificate
Please be aware that we may request further evidence/documentation from you to confirm Right to Study.
When you are completing your application, you may wish to refer to our guidance notes to assist you with your application:
Sanctuary Scholarship Guidance Notes 2025-26 [PDF 238KB]
If you have any enquiries about your application please find our contact details below:
Contact us
Find us online: Queen Mary Bursary
Email: bursaries@qmul.ac.uk