Scholarships

Find out more about Sussex scholarships for forced migrants, asylum and at-risk scholars.

Sanctuary scholarships

The University offers two undergraduate scholarships and one Masters scholarship a year to people who are asylum seekers or who have a form of temporary leave; this includes a full fee waiver and £14,400 annual bursary.

Find out more about our Sanctuary scholarships (previously called Article 26 scholarships) at undergraduate and Masters levels.

Council for At Risk Academics

The University offers a Scholarship through the Council for At Risk Academics (CARA, formerly the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), which supports one academic registered with CARA to come to the UK as a PhD student. The scholarship includes a fee waiver and subsistence of £16,000 per year.

Applying to university

Our Widening Participation team have worked with Refugee Education UK to develop a YouTube video for refugees and asylum seekers looking to apply to university.