Humanitarian Scholarships

Description

The University of Glasgow is offering 4 scholarships (one per college) for applicants to the University who are staying in the UK on humanitarian grounds and are facing challenges in progressing onto Higher Education. The scholarship is open to prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University of Glasgow applying for entry in 2018. The scholarship meets the full cost of tuition fees for the duration of your programme as well providing an additional £5,000 per year stipend, if the eligibility criteria for university accommodation is met this will also be provided for the duration of your degree. For more information on the accommodation criteria please see the Residential Services section on the website.

We are also offering 4 scholarships to students who hold refugee status. This scholarship is awarded as a £5000 per year stipend toward living costs per year of study.

Eligibility

To be eligible applicants must

• Hold a conditional or unconditional offer for study at the University of Glasgow for 2018-2019; and
• have submitted, or are the dependant of someone who has submitted, an application to the Home Office for recognition as a Refugee under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereafter “The Convention”) and not yet received a decision from the Home Office on that application; or
• have been offered leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights or under Paragraphs 276ADE – 276DH of the UK Immigration Rules, provided that the student has not become eligible for Student Support from the relevant student funding body in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Value

The Scholarship provides:

• Full tuition fee waiver for the duration of study
• £5,000 per year stipend
• Accommodation costs for the duration of study (University of Glasgow accommodation only)
• For applicants with refugee status: £5000 per year stipend towards living costs per year of study

Number of scholarships

2

How to apply

Please note, the application deadline for 2018/19 has now passed.