Welcome to our scholarship program! This is your gateway to a world of opportunities, where your passion and dedication meet financial support. Our scholarships are designed to empower students and professionals in their pursuit of excellence in a wide range of fields.

Asylum Seekers Scholarship
About
- Funding Durationyearly
- Apply Date2024-2025
- GenderBoth
- Destination CountriesUnited Kingdom
- Scholarship TypesPartial Funding, Tuition Fees
- CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Requirements
Additional Requirements
The scholarships are open to students applying to study a three-year full time undergraduate degree and who do not have access to student finance.
All three year full time undergraduate courses (see exclusions below)
Exclusions
Courses with a compulsory placement year
Social Work
NHS funded courses to include Nursing, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Health Physiology, Speech and Language Therapy, Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Occupational Therapy
All Distance Learning programmes, foundation degrees and part-time courses.
Payment
Successful applicants for the Scholarship Award will be provided with:
Tuition Fee Grant
Successful students will be offered a tuition fee-remitted (i.e. no fees) place at university for a maximum of three years or until such time as they are awarded status that entitles them to access student finance (if at all).
A Travel and Course Costs Grant
Successful students will be offered a £500 a year (per year if applicable) grant to help with travel and course costs.
Ulster University will not be able to provide any financial support for accommodation or living costs. Students should only apply if they are able to fund these costs independently during their university course.
Students will need to provide evidence of this.
Selection Process
Please also note that you have to apply through UCAS for your university place AND to Ulster University for the Scholarship by completing the online application form.
And:
Applicants must have applied for asylum in Northern Ireland before applying for a place at University and must be currently resident in Northern Ireland, to be considered for a scholarship
Be a dependant of someone with discretionary or limited leave to remain as a result of an application for refugee status.
How to Apply
Go to the online form and apply for an Asylum Seekers Scholarship.