Partially funded

Asylum-Seeker Scholarship

University of Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The University of Suffolk offers two undergraduate scholarships each academic year to people seeking asylum in the UK who cannot access Student Finance England support because of their immigration status.

Each award combines a full tuition fee waiver with a bursary, and runs until the student can access Student Finance England funding. Offered to new students up to and including 2028/29 entry.

Award Information

  • Study full-time at undergraduate level at Suffolk in Ipswich, Great Yarmouth or Lowestoft (including Suffolk New College and East Coast College).
  • Live in Suffolk or Norfolk.
  • Have sought asylum in the UK, or be a spouse or child included on an asylum application (spouses must have been spouses, and children under 18, on the application date).
  • Have a pending asylum decision, or have been granted Discretionary Leave to Remain, Humanitarian Protection or Limited Leave to Remain from an asylum claim.
  • Be unable to access Student Finance England tuition fee and maintenance loans because of immigration status.
  • Not already hold a qualification equal to or higher than the course applied for.
  • 100% tuition fee waiver.
  • £2,000 Asylum Seeker's Bursary per level of study.
  • The award continues until Student Finance England support can be accessed; apply to Student Finance England each academic year.
  • Stops from the start of the next academic year after you, or your parent or spouse, are granted Refugee Status (Leave to Remain).
  1. Apply for an eligible undergraduate course at Suffolk.
  2. You are assessed automatically after enrolment and notified if eligible.
  3. You are reassessed automatically each year.

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How selection works

Two awards per academic year, assessed automatically against the eligibility criteria.

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