Council of Lutheran Churches (CLC) Sanctuary Scholarship

What it gives

full tuition waiver · living costs

Covers one year's course fees + a living costs grant + free College meals; no specific £ figure published

Who it is for

asylum seeker (claim pending) · recognised refugee status · humanitarian protection · limited or discretionary leave · Ukraine or Afghan scheme

Level of study: taught postgraduate

The student finance condition

The student finance condition is not stated

The scheme page does not say whether applicants must be without access to student finance. Ask before applying — the answer decides whether the application is worth making.

How to apply

Apply for graduate study at Oxford by the standard January deadline — eligible applicants are automatically considered for the CLC Sanctuary Scholarship regardless of which college they named
If eligible, the University funding team emails an invitation to complete a separate scholarship application
If awarded, the student is transferred to Mansfield College

How they select

automatic, no separate application · application form

There is no interview — the decision is made on documents. On most routes there are no subject entrance exams either: the main hurdle on the way into university is proving your level of English. The exceptions are medicine, dentistry and creative courses, where tests and portfolios do appear.

Dates

Can you apply now · as of 6 September 2026

Dates not published — ask the university

The provider's page gives no date. Write to them — it is the first question in the list below.

Where the date comes from: “January deadline annually; next available entry is 2027»

Deadline

January deadline annually; page states next available entry is 2027

When applications open

January deadline annually, aligned with the standard Oxford graduate application deadline; page states next available entry is 2027

How many places

Ask before you apply

We do not fill in the gaps for the institution. Here is what its own page leaves unclear — these are normal questions, everyone asks them.

Ask Mansfield College / Oxford Academic Futures whether this Sanctuary Scholarship covers people who already hold recognised refugee status and can access Student Finance, or whether it is only for asylum seekers without that access — the college page does not say outright.
Is it essential that I have no access to student finance? If I already have refugee status, can I still apply?
What happens to the payments if I am granted refugee status mid-year?
Is the scholarship for one year or for the whole course?

Who to write to: admissions@mansfield.ox.ac.uk

If this scheme is not for you

See the full list of schemes — it has a filter for your status and for whether student finance is available to you.
Check whether you are entitled to student finance — if it is, a scholarship stops being the only road.
Foundation year and Access to HE — routes for people who only have a school certificate.
Education hub — where to start if you have not chosen a route yet.

About the institution

Mansfield College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The scholarship covers one year's course fees (the duration of fee liability), a living-costs grant, and free College meals — one place per year.

There are adults, but they are a minority. 21.4% of students are over 30 and 37.5% are over 25 — an average picture for a UK university.

In detail about Mansfield College, University of Oxford: all schemes, student ages, study modes →

Source

Every fact on this page we opened and read on the institution's own site, rather than taking it from an aggregator. Checked on: 22 August 2026.

The scheme page on the institution's site →

One-year taught courses only; also open to Ukrainian graduates wanting a one-year taught course. Successful scholars are formally 'transferred to Mansfield' via Oxford's central Academic Futures process.