Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK is offering a full scholarship to students who are registered asylum-seekers in the UK for the year 2020.
Part of the elite Russell Group, the UK’s Ivy League, Queen’s University in Belfast is the 9th oldest university in the UK with a worldwide reputation for excellence. A degree from Queen’s is something to be proud of and can help you stand out in the competitive global job market. It is a university that prioritises academic excellence and is dedicated to helping in the discovery of potentials.
Worth of Award
The scholarships will cover the cost of tuition and provide an £8,000 award to support living costs for each year of study, up to a maximum of three years.
Eligibility
To qualify for an asylum-seeker scholarship, students must first apply for, and receive an offer of admission for 2020 entry to an undergraduate degree programme at Queen’s University Belfast and meet the eligibility criteria below:
- Candidates must be registered asylum seekers in the UK and must be currently resident in Northern Ireland, to be considered for this scheme
- You must have discretionary or limited leave to remain in the UK, be a dependant of someone with discretionary or limited leave to remain as a result of an application for refugee status, or you or your parent/guardian have submitted an asylum application and not yet received a decision from the Home Office on that application.
- You must be unable to access mainstream UK student funding due to your immigration status i.e. you are not eligible for Student Finance for the 2020-21 academic year.
- You must submit an application for a place of study on a full-time undergraduate course starting in the academic year 2020-21 at Queen’s University Belfast through UCAS by 15 January 2020.
- You must hold a conditional or unconditional offer or have ‘decision pending’ status from Queen’s University Belfast by 01 April 2020. Candidates are required to meet any academic and language conditions attached to their offer as stated in their offer letter.
- Students that have already been granted Refugee Status or Humanitarian Protection Status as the result of an asylum application may be eligible to apply for financial support from Student Finance NI.
How to Apply
Application is to be done online. See the link below.
Deadline: The application closes on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at 15:00 British Summer Time.