Featured byUniversity of York
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
£14,880 living costs plus a full fee waiver
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
University of York can support you financially if you are admitted to one of its study programmes as an international student.
University of York awards scholarships, bursaries, tuition fee reductions and discounts that help you cover existing tuition and living costs.
Benefits
£14,880 living costs plus a full fee waiver
Eligibility
- Open to International (non-EU) students only.
- You must have applied to the University of York before submitting an application for this scholarship.
- Open to international sanctuary-seeking students already residing in the UK
To be considered for the scholarship you must:
- have a conditional or unconditional offer from the University of York for a one-year postgraduate course
- have applied for asylum before you have applied for a place at university
- not have access to mainstream funding eg student finance or a local authority grant.
Your current immigration status can be described as one of the following:
- Discretionary/Limited Leave to Remain (DLR/LLR)
- Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
- Humanitarian Protection (HP)
- awaiting a decision on an application for refugee status
- leave as an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC leave)
- Refused Asylum Seeker - your application for refugee status has been refused and you have submitted an appeal or a fresh claim
- a dependent or partner of any of the above status groups
If you have already been granted Refugee Status or Humanitarian Protection Status, you may be eligible for financial support from Student Finance England (gov.uk).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
18 May 2027
As part of the application, you will need to provide:
- your York Application ID (this is nine digits long and can be found on your offer letter)
- evidence of your asylum status, for example, your biometric residence permit or a UKVI share code
- answer three supporting questions which will be assessed and help our scholarship awarding panel learn more about you. See the ‘how we allocate' section for guidance on what our panel is looking for and how these are assessed.