Queen Mary University of London 2025 Undergraduate Scholarship – Apply Here

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.

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

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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:

Application Form 2025/26

Alongside your application, you must email all relevant documentation to bursaries@qmul.ac.uk – this may include but is not limited to:

• ARC (Application Registration Card)
• Bail form (Temporary Admission Document or BAIL 201
• BRP (Biometric Residency Permit)/eVisa
• Passport/Travel Document
• Driving Licence
• Birth Certificate

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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