Scholarship

Sanctuary Scholarship - Postgraduate

Imperial College London Original Source

About This Opportunity

The Sanctuary Scholarship - Postgraduate is a comprehensive funding opportunity offered by Imperial College London to support refugees, asylum seekers, and forced migrants pursuing Master's level education. This scholarship recognizes the barriers faced by individuals with refugee or humanitarian protection status in accessing higher education in the UK. The award provides full financial support including tuition fees at either the Home or Overseas rate, a generous living stipend, equipment funding, and additional support for immigration-related costs. The scholarship is designed to enable talented individuals who have faced displacement to pursue their academic ambitions at one of the world's leading universities. Recipients can study across a wide range of Master's programmes in the Business School, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences, and Centre for Culture, Languages and Communication, with both full-time and part-time study options available.

12 - 25 mo
1 awards
By 30th June 2026

Who Can Apply

Region
United Kingdom
Residency
United Kingdom
Project in
United Kingdom
Applicants
individual

Application Details

Stages

  1. 1 two_stage

Required documents

cover_letter transcripts

Review process

Applicants must first receive an offer from an eligible Master's programme, then complete a separate scholarship application form with personal statement and proof of immigration status.

Additional benefits

  • equipment

Restrictions

  • no_concurrent_funding