Postgraduate Sanctuary Scholarship

This scholarship supports students seeking asylum or with refugee status living in the United Kingdom who are not eligible to receive postgraduate financial support from Student Finance.

UK Postgraduate Full-time January
Amount

Full tuition fee waiver and £1000/month for up to 12 months.

Eligibility

Students must fulfil all criteria below: 

  • You must have an offer from the University of Westminster for a place on a full-time master’s course starting in September 2025 
  • You must be resident in the UK
  • You must hold one of the following eligible immigration statuses before submitting your application 
    • UK asylum seeker 
    • UK discretionary leave to remain (as a result of an asylum application) 
    • UK limited leave to remain (as a result of an asylum application) 
    • UK refugee status obtained 
  • Students who already have a master’s degree are not eligible to apply
  • Students who are able to receive taught postgraduate student loans from Student Finance are not eligible to apply 
  • The following categories of students are not eligible: 
    • Postgraduate Diploma 
    • Professional courses (eg RIBA pt III, ACCA, CIMA, CiLEX) 
    • Conversion courses (eg Graduate Diploma in Law) 
    • Integrated Masters/MPhil/
Number available

Three

Deadline

25 June 2025

Applications will open in January 2025.