The scholarship provides:
- a full fee waiver (you will not need to pay any tuition fees)
- a maintenance award of up to £12,300 to help with living costs.
Open to students from International (non-EU) residing and seeking sanctuary in the UK only.
To be considered for the scholarship you must:
- have a conditional or unconditional offer from the University of York for 2025
- have applied for asylum before you have applied for a place at university
- not have access to mainstream funding eg student finance or a local authority grant.
Your current immigration status can be described as one of the following:
- Discretionary/Limited Leave to Remain (DLR/LLR)
- Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
- Humanitarian Protection (HP) and do not have access to mainstream funding
- awaiting a decision on an application for refugee status
- leave as an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC leave)
- Refused Asylum Seeker - your application for refugee status has been refused and you have submitted an appeal or a fresh claim
- a dependent or partner of any of the above status groups.
