Applications open
Apply now: Applications for Article 26 Sanctuary Scholarships 2025 are now open.
Please note: Before you begin your application, this scholarship is only for:
- Students currently based in the UK who are Sanctuary Seekers/Asylum Seekers
- Students who have applied via UCAS to study at Manchester for September 2025
- Students who cannot access Student Finance due to their immigration status as a Sanctuary Seeker
If all of the above criteria apply to you, please proceed with the form. Applications will close on Friday, 28 March 2025, and eligible students will be invited to complete the next stage of the application process for this scholarship.
How to apply
Please complete our Article 26 Sanctuary Scholarship application form by Friday, 28 March 2025.
We will then verify you have applied to The University of Manchester and check your current immigration status. Eligible applicants will be invited to give us some additional information, prior to online interviews in early May 2025. We hope to confirm scholarship recipients by June 2025, subject to any A-level exam results in August.
If you have any questions, please email article.26@manchester.ac.uk.
About the scholarships
We’re offering five undergraduate scholarships to support applicants who face barriers to higher education because of their immigration status.
Each scholarship:
- Includes a designated member of staff to provide support, guidance and opportunities throughout your studies including regular networking meetings with other scholarship holders.
- Covers the full cost of the tuition fees for a maximum of the normal duration of the undergraduate programme for which the applicant has been admitted, until such time as they are awarded a status that entitles them to access student finance.
- Provides £5,000 per year towards living cost expenses.
- Provides a free place in one of our halls of residence for scholarship students who wish to stay in University accommodation.
The scholarship is not available for our Medicine, Dentistry or Architecture courses.
Eligibility criteria
The scholarships are designed to provide financial assistance to students who are not eligible for UK government student financial support because of their immigration status as Sanctuary Seekers in the UK.
To apply for one of these scholarships, you must:
- Have applied to The University of Manchester for a place on a course starting in September 2025 (you don’t need to have received a course offer in order to submit your application, but we will look at which applicants have been made an offer when shortlisting for the scholarship interviews).
- Be unable to access mainstream funding (such as student finance loans).
- Meet specific immigration criteria related to Sanctuary Scholarships.