University of Sanctuary Scholarships 2025

The University of Sanctuary Scholarship is available to new postgraduate-taught students taking up a place to study in October 2024 or January 2025.

Eligibility for University of Sanctuary Scholarships:

• Immigration status: Eligibility will be based on the following permissions being granted by the Home Office and alignment with UNHCR guidelines:
  
  • a refugee (subject to obtaining appropriate permissions), or
  • granted Refugee or Humanitarian Protection status, or
  • discretionary Leave to Remain, or
  • Limited Leave to Remain following an asylum application, individually or through a dependent’s
  • claim, or be seeking asylum within the UK
  • A recognised refugee in a third country who obtains the appropriate visa from the UK to study here for the duration of that degree program.
• Applicants must be home UK or overseas fee payers and are entirely self-funded.
• Applicants must have received a conditional or unconditional offer to study an eligible postgraduate program at the University of Essex before they can apply for the Sanctuary Scholarship. 
• Applicants must register for the first year (Year 1) of a full-time master's degree at the University of Essex in October 2025.

Eligible Programs:

• MA Refugee Care
• MA/MSc Migration Studies
• LLM International Humanitarian Law
• LLM International Human Rights Law
• MA Theory and Practice of Human Rights
• LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• LLM International Human Rights Law (Economic Relations)

Application Process:

Students need to submit an application form to the university to be eligible for the scholarship.

Value of the Scholarship:

• A full tuition fee waiver on a one-year, full-time Postgraduate Taught Masters programme
• £6,000 to support living and study costs
• University accommodation