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Published: 09 Mar 2023 2,160 views
Newcastle University is proud to support equal access to higher education and is pleased to offer Sanctuary scholarships consisting of full tuition fee support and a bursary for living expenses for applicants wishing to study at the University.
The scholarships have been designed to enable students from asylum-seeker and refugee backgrounds to progress to higher level study.
Newcastle University (Officially, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England. The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form one division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Ac... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 07 Apr 2023 |
| Country to study | United Kingdom |
| School to study | Newcastle University |
| Type | College School |
| Sponsor | Newcastle University |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Scholarship worths full tuition fees and living expenses
*Applicants who have been granted Humanitarian Protection, Discretionary Leave to Remain as a result of an application for asylum, or the children of a parent in this position, will also be considered.
Applicants must be living in the UK at the time that they apply for consideration under the scheme. Priority will be given to applicants from the North East of England (Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland, Cleveland and North Cumbria).
Applicants must have applied for a place on a Newcastle University degree programme. Priority will be given to applicants applying for their first degree.
Their predicted grades must meet the entry requirements for the degree concerned.
Applicants who hold qualifications from outside the UK are welcome to use our International Webpages. Start by Selecting your Country to find the typical Undergraduate and Postgraduate entry requirements, before you apply to Newcastle.
Should you have any further questions about our entry requirements, please do get in touch via the below links and we will be happy to help:-
Enquiries about Undergraduate StudyApplicants must meet the English language criteria for their course or have relevant qualifications to indicate their English language competency. Find out more about English language support.
Personal circumstances will be taken into account if there is good reason for criterion 4 or 5 not being met.
Applicants must be unable to access mainstream funding, for example from Student Finance England or a local authority grant.
These criteria have been discussed and agreed with the Asylum and Migration Justice Forum.
Applicants will be required to upload proof of their immigration status and a reference. The reference should be from someone who has known the applicant for a significant period of time and who is aware of their personal circumstances.
Please read the Sanctuary Scholarship Application Guidance Notes (PDF: 70KB) carefully, before completing the application form.
For more details, visit Newcastle University website.
