Asylum Seekers Scholarship

Please also note that you have to apply through UCAS for your university place AND to Ulster University for the Scholarship by completing the online application form.

And:

Applicants must have applied for asylum in Northern Ireland before applying for a place at University and must be currently resident in Northern Ireland, to be considered for a scholarship
Be a dependant of someone with discretionary or limited leave to remain as a result of an application for refugee status.

The scholarships are open to students applying to study a three-year full time undergraduate degree or to postgraduates applying to study a one-year full-time postgraduate degree in academic year and who do not have access to student finance.

All three year full time undergraduate courses and all postgraduate courses (see exclusions below)

Exclusions

Courses with a compulsory placement year
Social Work
NHS funded courses to include Nursing, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Health Physiology, Speech and Language Therapy, Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Occupational Therapy
All Distance Learning programmes, foundation degrees and part-time courses. PGCE programmes

Payment

Successful applicants for the Scholarship Award will be provided with:

Tuition Fee Grant

Successful students will be offered a tuition fee-remitted (i.e. no fees) place at university for a maximum of three years or until such time as they are awarded status that entitles them to access student finance (if at all).

A Travel and Course Costs Grant

Successful students will be offered a £500 a year (per year if applicable) grant to help with travel and course costs.

Ulster University will not be able to provide any financial support for accommodation or living costs. Students should only apply if they are able to fund these costs independently during their university course.

Students will need to provide evidence of this.