Sanctuary Scholarships
Sanctuary Scholarships
The University of Glasgow is offering up to 30 Sanctuary Scholarships for applicants to the University, who have been forced to travel to the UK for humanitarian reasons and are facing challenges in progressing onto Higher Education. The scholarship is open to prospective undergraduate and postgraduate taught students at the University of Glasgow applying for entry in September 2025/26. Please note that you must have applied to the University before submitting an application for this scholarship.
The scholarship will meet the cost of tuition fees for the duration of your programme, for applicants who are unable to access mainstream funding through Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) or Student Finance. The Sanctuary Scholarship also provides a £5,000 per year stipend, to assist with study costs. In addition, if the eligibility criteria for university accommodation is met, this will also be provided for the duration of your degree, if required. For more information on the accommodation criteria, please see the Accommodation Services section on the website.
Undergraduate students with refugee status (or equivalent) and access to funding, are eligible to apply for the scholarship and would receive the £5,000 stipend towards study costs only, if successful.
Postgraduate Taught Masters students with refugee status (or equivalent) and access to funding, are eligible to apply for the scholarship and would receive the £5,000 stipend towards study costs and a partial tuition fee waiver, to cover any shortfall not met by your Postgraduate Masters tuition fee loan.
To be eligible applicants must:
- Hold a firm conditional or unconditional offer for full time study at the University of Glasgow for 2025/26
- Have submitted a claim for asylum in the UK OR are actively appealing a negative decision on claim for asylum in the UK OR have been granted Refugee Status, Humanitarian Protection (HP) or Discretionary Leave (DL) by the Home Office, as a result of an asylum claim.
OR
Have come to the UK through schemes such as:
- UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS)
- Afghan citizens Resettlement Scheme
- Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP)
- Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS)
- Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
- Ukraine Family Scheme
Number of Scholarships
30Eligible countries/regions
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo Democratic Republic of
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea North
- Korea South
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Eligible programmes
- Accountancy & Finance[BAcc]
- Accounting & Mathematics[BSc]
- Accounting & Statistics[BSc]
- Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work Practice (CLD Standards Council Accredited)[MEd/PgDip]
- Advanced Functional Materials[MSc]
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing[MSc]
- Advanced Nursing Science[MSc]
- Advanced Practice in Health Care[MSc(MedSci)]
- Advanced Statistics[MSc]
- Aeronautical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Aerospace Engineering[MSc]
- Aerospace Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Aerospace Systems[BEng/MEng]
- Anatomy[BSc/MSci]
- Ancient Cultures[MSc]
- Ancient History[MA]
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law[MSc]
- Applied Linguistics[MSc]
- Applied Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Archaeology[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Archaeology[MSc]
- Art History[MLitt]
- Art History: Collecting & Provenance in an International Context[MSc]
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories[MLitt]
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning[MLitt]
- Astronomy[BSc/MSci]
- Astrophysics[MSc]
- Behavioural Science[MSc]
- Biochemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Bioinformatics[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Biomedical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Biomedical Engineering[MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences[MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences[MRes]
- Biotechnology[MSc]
- Biotechnology & Management[MSc/PgDip]
- Book & Paper Conservation[MPhil]
- Brain Sciences[MSc]
- Business & Management[BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Business Economics[MA(SocSci)]
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology[MSc]
- Cardiovascular Sciences[MSc(MedSci)]
- Celtic Civilisation[MA]
- Celtic Studies[MA]
- Celtic Studies[MSc]
- Central & East European Studies[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Chemical Biology[MSc]
- Chemical Physics[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry[MSc]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[MSc]
- Childhood Practice[BA]
- Children's Literature & Literacies[MEd]
- Church History & Theology[MTh]
- City Planning[MSc]
- City Planning & Real Estate Development[MSc]
- Civil Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Civil Engineering[MSc]
- Civil Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Civil Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Civil Engineering with Architecture[BEng/MEng]
- Classics & Ancient History[MSc]
- Classics (Classical Civilisation)[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Clinical Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice[MSc(MedSci)]
- Clinical Pharmacology[MSc(MedSci)]
- Common Law[LLB]
- Common Law (graduate entry)[LLB]
- Community Development[BA]
- Comparative Literature[MA]
- Comparative Literature[MLitt]
- Computational Geoscience[MSc]
- Computer Systems Engineering[MSc]
- Computing Science[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)/MSci]
- Computing Science[MSc]
- Computing Science (in partnership with SIT)
- Conflict Archaeology & Heritage[MSc/PgDip]
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems[MSc]
- Corporate & Financial Law[LLM]
- Corporate Governance & Accountability[MSc]
- Creative Arts & Industries[MA]
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy[MSc]
- Creative Writing[MLitt]
- Criminology[MRes]
- Criminology & Criminal Justice[MSc]
- Data Analytics[MSc]
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance[MSc]
- Data Science[MSc]
- Dentistry[BDS]
- Digital Cancer Technologies[MSc]
- Digital Media & Information Studies[MA]
- Digital Society[MSc]
- Early Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships[MSc]
- Ecology & Environmental Biology[MRes]
- Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
- Economic & Social History[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways)[MSc]
- Economics[BAcc/BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Economics[MRes]
- Economics, International Banking & Finance[MSc]
- Education (Primary)[PGDE]
- Education (Secondary)[PGDE]
- Education for Sustainable Futures in Adult, Community & Youth Contexts[MSc]
- Education, Public Policy & Equity[MSc]
- Educational Leadership[MEd Online distance learning]
- Educational Studies[MEd]
- Educational Studies[MSc]
- Electronic & Software Engineering[BSc/BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering[MSc]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing[MSc]
- Electronics with Music[BEng/MEng]
- English Language & Linguistics[MA]
- English Language & Linguistics[MSc]
- English Literature[MA/LLB]
- English Literature[MLitt]
- English Literature: American Modern Literature[MLitt]
- English Literature: Fantasy[MLitt]
- English Literature: Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory[MLitt]
- Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
- Environment & Sustainable Development[MSc]
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)[MLitt]
- Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems[MSc]
- Environmental Geoscience[BSc]
- Environmental Science & Sustainability (Dumfries campus)[BSc]
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance[MSc]
- Film & Television Studies[MA]
- Film & Television Studies[MLitt]
- Film Curation[MSc]
- Filmmaking & Media Arts[MSc]
- Finance & Management[MSc]
- Finance & Mathematics[BSc]
- Finance & Statistics[BSc]
- Financial Economics[MSc]
- Financial Engineering[MSc]
- Financial Risk Management[MSc]
- Financial Technology[MSc]
- Food Security[MSc]
- French[MA]
- Gaelic[MA]
- Gender History[MSc/PgDip]
- Genetics[BSc/MSci]
- Geography[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geology[BSc]
- Geomatics & Management[MSc]
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geospatial Data Science & Modelling[MSc]
- German[MA]
- Global Economy[MSc]
- Global Health[MSc/MRes]
- Global History[MSc]
- Global Mental Health[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Global Migrations & Social Justice[MSc]
- Global Security[MSc]
- Greek[MA]
- Health Services Management[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- History[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- History[MSc/PgDip]
- History of Art[MA]
- Human Biology & Physiology[BSc/MSci]
- Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies[MRes]
- Human Nutrition[MSc(MedSci)]
- Human Rights[LLM]
- Human Rights & International Politics[MSc]
- Immunology[BSc/MSci]
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice[MEd]
- Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis[MRes]
- Infection Biology (with specialisms)[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Information Management & Preservation[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Information Technology[MSc]
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy[LLM]
- International & Comparative Education[MSc]
- International Accounting & Financial Management[MAcc]
- International Business[MSc]
- International Commercial Law[LLM]
- International Competition Law & Policy[LLM]
- International Corporate Finance & Banking[MSc]
- International Economic Law[LLM]
- International Finance[MFin]
- International Financial Analysis[MSc]
- International Human Resource Management & Development[MSc]
- International Law[LLM]
- International Law & Security[LLM]
- International Management & Design Innovation[MSc]
- International Relations[MA(SocSci)]
- International Relations[MSc]
- International Relations[MRes]
- International Strategic Marketing[MSc]
- Into Headship[PgCert]
- Investment Banking & Finance[MSc]
- Italian[MA]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement[MSc]
- Latin[MA]
- Law[LLM]
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)[MBA]
- Management[MSc]
- Management[MRes]
- Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth[MSc]
- Management with Human Resources[MSc]
- Marine & Freshwater Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Master of Global Business[MGB]
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies[MSc/PgDip]
- Materials Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Mathematics
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics[MSc]
- Mechanical Design Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering[MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics[BEng/MEng]
- Mechatronics[BEng/MEng]
- Mechatronics[MSc]
- Media Management[MSc]
- Media, Communications & International Journalism[MSc]
- Media, Culture & Society[MSc]
- Medical Devices Engineering[MSc]
- Medical Genetics & Genomics[MSc(MedSci)]
- Medical Physics[MSc]
- Medicine[MBChB]
- Medieval History[MSc/PgDip]
- Microbiology[BSc/MSci]
- Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology)[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science)[BSc/MSci]
- Museum Education[MSc]
- Museum Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Music[BMus]
- Music[MA]
- Music Industries[MSc]
- Musicology[MMus]
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology[MSc]
- Neuroscience[BSc/MSci]
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics[MSc]
- Nursing[BN]
- Nursing (jointly offered with SIT)
- Oral Sciences[MSc]
- Pharmacology[BSc/MSci]
- Philosophy[BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Philosophy[MSc]
- Philosophy (Conversion)[MSc]
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology[MSc]
- Physics / Theoretical Physics[BSc/MSci]
- Physics with Astrophysics[BSc/MSci]
- Physiology & Sports Science[BSc/MSci]
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy[MLitt]
- Political Communication[MSc]
- Politics[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Portuguese[MA]
- Precision Medicine[MSc]
- Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries campus)[MA]
- Professional Practice with PGDE[MEd]
- Psychological Science (conversion)[MSc]
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of[MSc]
- Psychological Studies (conversion)[MSc]
- Psychology[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Public Health[MPH/PgDip/PgCert]
- Public Policy & Management[MSc]
- Public Policy Research[MRes]
- Quantitative Methods[MA(SocSci)]
- Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology[MSc]
- Quantum Technology[MSc]
- Real Estate[MSc]
- Reparatory Justice[MSc/MA]
- Robotics & AI[MSc]
- Russian[MA]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MSc]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MRes]
- Science Communications[MSc]
- Scots Law[LLB]
- Scots Law (graduate entry)[LLB]
- Scottish History[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Scottish History[MSc/PgDip]
- Scottish Literature[MA]
- Sensor & Imaging Systems[MSc]
- Social & Public Policy[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Sociology[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Sociology[MSc]
- Sociology & Research Methods[MRes]
- Software Development[MSc]
- Software Engineering[BSc/MSci]
- Software Engineering (Graduate Apprenticeship)[BSc]
- Sound Design & Audiovisual Practice[MSc]
- Spanish[MA]
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics[MSc]
- Sport & Exercise Science[BSc/MSci]
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine[MSc]
- Statistics[BSc/MSci]
- Statistics[MSc]
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine[MSc]
- Structural Engineering[MSc]
- Sustainable Energy[MSc]
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
- Sustainable Water Environments[MSc]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MEd]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MSc]
- Textile Conservation[MPhil]
- Theatre & Performance Practices[MLitt]
- Theatre Studies[MA]
- Theatre Studies[MLitt]
- Theology & Religious Studies[BD/MA]
- Theoretical Physics[MSc]
- Translation Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Urban Analytics[MSc]
- Urban Research[MRes]
- Urban Transport[MSc]
- Veterinary Biosciences[BSc/MSci]
- Veterinary Medicine & Surgery[BVMS]
- War Studies[MSc]
- Wealth Management & Private Equity[MSc]
- Zoology[BSc/MSci]
Value
The Sanctuary Scholarship provides:
- Full tuition fee waiver for the duration of study, where you are not eligible to apply for mainstream student finance to cover full tuition fees
- £5,000 per year towards for study costs
- University of Glasgow accommodation for the duration of study, if eligible. (For those with no access to public funds only)
Should your immigration status change part way through your studies, you should inform the Scholarships Team as soon as possible, as this may affect your eligibility for the scholarship. Changes to immigration status will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The scholarship funding will not necessarily cease automatically but may be recalculated.
We also have a small number of donor funded scholarships, which cover the £5,000 stipend only. Please note that by submitting an application for the Sanctuary scholarships, you will also be considered for the donor funded awards.
How to apply
Please submit your application by selecting the "Apply Now" button at the top of this page. If you have not yet received an offer for a programme from the University of Glasgow, please wait until your offer is confirmed before applying. Submitting a scholarship application without a programme offer will render your application invalid.
The application deadline is 11:00 pm on 1st May 2024. No applications will be accepted after this date.
Please note that you must have applied to the University before submitting an application for this scholarship
Applications CAN NOT be considered without the relevant documentation to support them: -
If you are subject to Home Office Temporary Admission/Immigration Bail Reporting, please provide your:
• Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) – Front AND Back
• Immigration Bail Reporting Notice (this may also be referred to as a Temporary Admission Document or BAIL 201) – please include every page of this document.
OR
If you are not subject to Home Office Temporary Admission/Immigration Bail Reporting, please provide your:
• Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) – Front AND Back
• The most recent documentation you have received from the Home Office in conjunction with your application/appeal – this should show your Home Office reference number.
OR
A share code provided by the UK government that can prove your right to study in the UK.
- You will may have access to a share code if you have an e-visa, more information can be found here
If you do not fall within either of these categories, you should email copies of your relevant documentation confirming your immigration status/the scheme you have entered the UK under, before the scholarship deadline.