Sanctuary Scholarship - Postgraduate

Your personal statement (submitted in application form) assesses your suitability for the Sanctuary Scholarship. You will be asked to address the following:

Why have you chosen to study at Imperial College London?
How do you feel the Sanctuary Scholarship would help you achieve your ambitions for the future?
Explain your personal situation and the barriers you have faced in continuing your education with reference to your current status in the UK.
Details of your financial circumstances. If you have attended school/college since coming to the UK, how have you supported your studies? Will you have any other means to financially support yourself at College other than this scholarship?

To be eligible for this award you must:

• have applied to study and received an offer for an eligible Master's programme (see below) starting in Autumn 2025 by the deadline of 11:59PM GMT on Friday, 25th April 2025.
• have completed the Sanctuary Scholarship application form by the deadline of 11:59PM GMT on Friday, 25th April 2025.
• fall into one of the following immigration status groups:

1. a refugee - a person who has been granted refugee status either in the UK or in another country
2. a person who has been granted humanitarian protection or some other form of protective leave to remain in the UK (including a Ukrainian Family Scheme, Ukraine Extension Scheme or Ukrainian Sponsorship Scheme visa)
3. an asylum seeker - a person who has made a claim within the UK for refugee status

Eligible Master's courses

As well as the above criteria, you must also apply for an eligible course:

One-year full-time or two-year part-time Master's course in the Imperial College Business School, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Centre for Culture, Languages and Communication

Course that are not eligible

• Online/distance learning courses
• Imperial College Business School MBA programmes
• MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering in the Dyson School of Design Engineering