Scholarships at Northumbria University

This opportunity will award three students with a £3,000 contribution towards studies, as well as a full 100% fee waiver for a wide range of eligible Full-Time Masters courses, beginning in September 2025. 

Terms and Conditions

To be eligible for the Sanctuary Scholarship, you must:

• Be currently seeking asylum in the UK, or you must be a dependant, spouse or civil partner* of someone currently seeking asylum in the UK.

• Be able to provide evidence of your current immigration status.

• Have received a conditional or unconditional offer on a Full-Time one-year Masters course at Northumbria University, starting in September 2025.

• Meet all the conditions of your course, including English Language competency requirements.

• Be living in the North East of England (Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland, Cleveland and North Cumbria) at the time of application.

• Be unable to access UK student finance (tuition fee loans and/or maintenance loans) by virtue of your immigration status.

Applications close at 16:00 on Friday 25 April 2025.

Important Information 

• Students selected for the Sanctuary Scholarship will not be eligible for any other Northumbria scholarships during this course of study

• The Sanctuary Scholarship is awarded as a 100% tuition fee waiver and a cash sum of £3,000

• The cash award will be paid as: 25% in November 2025, 25% in February 2026, and 50% in May 2026. Northumbria University will make payments through the BACs system and therefore successful applicants will need to provide bank details for payment

• Students will receive a 100% tuition fee discount on Full-Time one-year eligible courses studied at Newcastle City Campus and Coach Lane Campus only

• Scholarships will be awarded based on the scholarship application form, relevant documentation and interview - course application forms will not be considered

• The Sanctuary Scholarship will be provided for a maximum of one year while the applicant remains eligible and continues to make satisfactory progress on the course of study

• If you are successful in being awarded a Sanctuary Scholarship, you must promptly inform Northumbria University if your immigration status changes

• If you defer your place or cease to be a registered student at the University, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn

• Northumbria University reserves the right to withdraw this scheme at any point

• The University's decision to award or withdraw a Sanctuary Scholarship is final and cannot be challenged; there is no right of appeal. This does not affect your statutory rights