The University of Manchester Humanitarian Scholarships

Social responsibility lies at the heart of our University and we are committed to playing our part in helping those fleeing conflict and persecution by offering the opportunity to study at Manchester.

Set up in 2022, our Humanitarian Scholarship programme supports individuals at immediate risk who have been forced to flee their homes as a direct result of armed conflict. The awards cover tuition fees, living expenses and visas. 

2025 entry

For 2025 entry, we are offering up to five undergraduate scholarships. The scholarships are available for a wide range of full-time undergraduate courses, excluding medicine, dentistry, nursing and architecture. 

To apply for the scholarship, you must have applied to The University of Manchester for a place on a course starting in September 2025.  

Undergraduate applications for September 2025 entry are now open and you must apply via UCAS.  

You don’t need to have received a course offer in order to submit your application (the scholarship application window opens in February 2025), but we will look at which applicants have been made an offer when shortlisting for the scholarship. 

Timeline for 2025/26

Applications open for academic admission in 2025 3 September 2024
Scholarship applications open 3 February 2025

Application deadline

31 March 2025
Selection panel assesses applications April 2025
Applicants receive results May 2025
Students arrive in Manchester September 2025

Contact us 

If you have any questions that are not answered on this page, please send them to humanitarian-scholarship@manchester.ac.uk.