Postgraduate Taught Sanctuary Scholarship

Additional notes about eligibility criteria

You must ensure that you meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below in order to apply and you must be able to provide documentary evidence to verify your circumstances in relation to each criteria. Applicants who do not meet the full criteria will not be considered for an award.

Criteria 1: Sanctuary Eligibility Criteria

1. You must be living in the UK at the time of your PGT Sanctuary Scholarship application. The UK includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We will not accept applications from students living outside of the UK.

OR

• You have received a decision on your claim for asylum and hold one of the following statuses from the UK government:
  • Refugee Status (as a result of your asylum claim)
  • Humanitarian Protection (as a result of your asylum claim)
  • Limited Leave to Remain or Discretionary Leave to Remain (as a result of your asylum claim)
  • Some other form of temporary status (as a result of your asylum claim)

Criteria 2: Education Eligibility Criteria

You must hold a conditional or unconditional offer (or be awaiting a decision) for one of the following courses starting in Autumn 2024:

• Full-time or part-time postgraduate Masters programme (LLM, MA, MSc or MRes)

• Full-time Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
• For a full list of Postgraduate courses, please see the University’s Postgraduate course list

Please note that module based courses (courses not achieving 180 CATS over a 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time basis) and Distance Learning courses are not eligible.

Postgraduate courses leading to a Doctoral qualification (such as a PhD or MPhil) also aren’t eligible for this award. If you are interested in a Doctoral programme, you can find out more about Warwick’s Sanctuary Scholarships for Doctoral study online here.