Academic Scholarships and Home Fees
Home fees for refugees and asylum seekers for academic programmes at the University of Leicester
Please email Admissions (admissions@le.ac.uk for undergraduate, pgadmissions@le.ac.uk for postgraduate) including your name, student number and proof of status to make sure you are charged the correct fee amount.
Sanctuary scholarships for campus-based academic programmes
Each Sanctuary Scholarship consists of a tuition fee waiver, and a support package to be confirmed following assessment with our Welfare Service. The number of awards available are:
- 2 x Undergraduate awards
- 1 x Taught Masters award
- 1 x PhD award.
Deadline for applications: 15 June 2022
You can find more information about our Sanctuary scholarships for campus-based academic programmes on our website.
Sanctuary scholarships for distance learning programmes
School of History, Politics and International Relations
1 full fee waiver on 5 distance learning master degree programmes twice a year (up to 10 scholarships per year) :
- Human Rights and Global Ethics MA by distance learning
- Intelligence and Security MA by distance learning
- International Relations and World Order MA by distance learning
- The Politics of Conflict and Violence MA by distance learning
- Security, Conflict and International Development MA by Distance Learning
You can find more information about these Sanctuary scholarships for distance learning master programmes on our website.
School of Business
2 full fee waivers from a choice of 3 distance learning master degree programmes twice a year (up to 4 scholarships per year):
- Human Resource Management and Training MSc by distance learning
- Finance MSc by distance learning
- Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management MSc by distance learning
For more information about our Sanctuary scholarships for distance learning master programmes contact ULSB’s Sustainability Lead Dr Jacqueline Kirk on jk346@leicester.ac.uk.
School of Education
You can find the list of university scholarships available to refugees and asylum seekers across the UK on the STAR website (Student Action for Refugees).