Key facts
Start dates
September 2025
Available to home or international students?
International
Study level
Postgraduate; Undergraduate
Award value
Various
Number of awards
1
Application deadline
25 May 2025
September 2025
International
Postgraduate; Undergraduate
Various
1
25 May 2025
This scholarship is for individuals seeking asylum and those who have a form of protection from an asylum claim who are not able to access funding from government student finance.
In 2025/26 entry there will be one scholarship available. This will include:
This support will be available for every year of your full-time study.
We provide all our students with a wide range of services to help them stay both physically and mentally healthy. Our services include:
If you successfully receive a scholarship, you will also have a Student Welfare Advisor to support you throughout the course of your study.
Throughout the academic year, you should meet with your welfare advisor at least four times. These meetings will cover both academic and welfare support. If you fail to attend these meetings, this may affect your ability to receive support through the Sanctuary Scholarship scheme if you need to repeat a year of study for any reason.
You will also be given support from the Centre for Academic Development. All students can book one-to-one learning development sessions and take Academic English modules with the Centre for Academic Development. If you receive a scholarship, you will also be be offered:
At Oxford Brookes we want to ensure that all students with the potential to succeed have equality of access. If you are applying for undergraduate study (including a foundation course) with the immigration status of ‘refugee’ or ‘humanitarian protection or similar’, you will be eligible for our contextual offer. The contextual offer is a lower entry requirement of up to three grades below the standard entry requirements. Please see our contextual admissions page for more details.
You are eligible to apply if you have one of the following immigration statuses, you meet the relevant course entry requirements, and you are not in receipt of or eligible for government student financial support:
The scholarship will be open to applicants who have received an offer (or are awaiting a decision) for a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught course, including foundation year courses. Courses taught at Partner Colleges are not eligible.
This funding is available to students studying on the following courses:
Before applying for the Sanctuary Scholarship, applicants need to have applied through UCAS or directly to our Admissions Team.
Please read the terms and conditions of the scholarship below first and then complete the online application form.
The form includes a personal statement section. This section assesses your suitability for the Sanctuary Scholarship. Please ensure that in your answers you have included:
Applications will only be considered if they are accompanied by a Referee Supporting Statement that is signed and dated. This must be uploaded as part of the online form. Applicants will also be required to provide evidence of their immigration status.
Selected applicants will be invited to have an interview. Interview questions will be shared with these selected applicants before the interview.
The following applies to applicants in 2025 only: