Fully funded

Brunel Sanctuary Scholarship

Brunel University of London, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Brunel Sanctuary Scholarship, introduced in 2018, helps people who have fled persecution and are seeking asylum or have refugee-related status in the UK to enter higher education.

It covers full tuition fees for each year of a full-time undergraduate course at Brunel or Brunel Pathway College and provides a free ensuite room in Brunel's halls for up to 52 weeks a year. Five scholarships were offered for September 2026 entry.

Scholars must keep in touch with the Student Support and Welfare Team by email and in termly meetings.

Award Information

  • Hold one of: an approved asylum seeker application (with no Home Office condition prohibiting or restricting study); refugee status (including the Syrian Vulnerable Person Relocation Scheme or similar); Discretionary Leave to Remain from an asylum claim; Humanitarian Protection; settlement through Family Reunion; limited leave to remain as a family member (under 18) of a refugee; limited leave to remain on Human Rights grounds.
  • Have applied to study at Brunel for 2026/27 and hold an offer for a full-time undergraduate course.
  • Hold an Unconditional Firm offer by the time awards are made in October; choosing Brunel as Insurance removes eligibility.
  • Be classed as a Home fee payer (asylum seekers may receive discretionary Home fees after a fee status questionnaire).
  • Start the course in the upcoming academic year.
  • Not eligible: Overseas, Channel Islands or Isle of Man fee payers; non-Home-fee European applicants; Brunel Language Centre entrants; entry at Level 5 or 6; anyone already holding an undergraduate degree; current Brunel or BPC students.
  • Full tuition fee waiver for each year of study, up to four years including a Foundation year (five for a sandwich course with Foundation year).
  • Free single-occupancy ensuite room in Brunel halls for up to 52 weeks a year, in the lowest-band ensuite available; no cash alternative.
  • No fee waiver in a placement year or integrated Master's year, though free accommodation continues in the integrated Master's year.
  • 2026/27 application form and immigration evidence: midnight, 23 April 2026.
  • Awards made by the Scholarship Allocation Panel in October.
  1. Apply for a full-time undergraduate course at Brunel for 2026/27.
  2. Complete the Sanctuary Scholarship application form by the deadline.
  3. Email evidence of your immigration status to [email protected] by the same deadline.
  4. If shortlisted, attend a short informal interview.
  5. Firmly accept your offer and meet all conditions.

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), or
  • Home Office letter confirming immigration status, or
  • Passport with vignettes, or
  • Application Registration Card (asylum).

How selection works

The Scholarship Allocation Panel shortlists from the application and supporting evidence. Shortlisted applicants have an informal interview to confirm they have planned how to manage as a student and to explain scholarship conditions.

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