Scholarships at Northumbria University

This opportunity will award three students with a £3,000 per year contribution towards studies, as well as a full 100% fee waiver for a wide range of eligible Full-Time Undergraduate courses, beginning in September 2025. 

Terms and Conditions

To be eligible for the Sanctuary Scholarship, you must:

• Be currently seeking asylum in the UK, or you must be a dependant, spouse or civil partner* of someone currently seeking asylum in the UK.

• Be able to provide evidence of your current immigration status.

• Have received a conditional or unconditional offer on a Full-Time Undergraduate course at Northumbria University, starting in September 2025.

• Be starting at level four (i.e. the first year of a Full-Time Undergraduate degree).

• Meet all the conditions of your course, including English Language competency requirements.

• Be living in the North East of England (Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland, Cleveland and North Cumbria) at the time of application.

• Be unable to access UK student finance (tuition fee loans and/or maintenance loans) by virtue of your immigration status.

Applications will close at 16:00 on Friday 25 April 2025.