Asylum-Seeker Support

What it gives

full tuition waiver · living costs

up to £2,000

Полное освобождение от платы за обучение + £2,000 на каждый уровень обучения

Who it is for

asylum seeker (claim pending)

Level of study: undergraduate

The student finance condition

Only if you cannot access student finance

This scheme is for people without access to government student finance — usually asylum seekers and some limited-leave categories. If you have refugee status and can access student finance, this is normally not for you.

Important warning

Payments stop if you are granted status during the course. Ask in advance what happens to the money: a decision can arrive mid-course.

How to apply

You need a place first: apply to the programme and wait for an offer. Scholarship applications are only considered from people who already hold one.

Hold an offer of a full-time place on an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Suffolk starting in September
No separate scholarship application is needed — students are automatically assessed against the eligibility criteria after enrolment and notified if eligible
Eligibility is automatically reassessed every year

How they select

automatic, no separate application

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

Rolling admissions

Where the date comes from: “Students will be automatically assessed against the criteria following enrolment»

Deadline

Отдельно подавать не нужно: после зачисления вас проверяют по критериям сами и сообщают, если подходите

When applications open

No fixed deadline; automatic assessment tied to the September course start each year

How many places

For how many years

Renewed for the following years of the course, as long as you keep studying.

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

University of Suffolk, with campuses in Ipswich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft; open to students resident in Suffolk or Norfolk who sought asylum or are a dependant on an asylum claim; the award continues each academic year until the student (or their parent/spouse/civil partner) is granted Refugee Status, after which it stops from the start of the next academic year.

Many adult students. More than a third of students are over 30 (60.7%). You certainly will not be the oldest in the room.

In detail about University of Suffolk: 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: 24 August 2026.

The scheme page on the institution's site →

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