UCL Humanitarian Scholarship 2025 Applications Open

The UCL Humanitarian Scholarship 2025, offered by University College London, provides full financial support for displaced individuals or those at serious risk due to armed conflict to pursue a full-time Master’s degree. This article highlights the scholarship’s benefits, eligibility criteria, application process, and key deadlines.

Benefits and Duration

• Covers full tuition fees and provides a maintenance allowance (approx. £20,000).
• Includes allowances for the Immigration Health Surcharge, visa fees, and one return flight.
• Scholarships are generally tenable for one year unless the program duration is two years.
• Cannot be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, or bursaries.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet all the following requirements:

1. Be at serious risk as a direct result of armed conflict, or displaced within the last three years and seeking international protection outside the UK.
2. Be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate.
3. Come from a lower-income background (as defined by UCL’s income guidelines).
4. Not hold a qualification at the same or a higher level than the Master’s program applied for.
5. Hold an offer of admission for a full-time Master’s program at UCL by early June 2025.

Note:

• Applications from individuals already residing in the UK or EU are not accepted.
• Special provisions exist for asylum seekers, refugees, or those under Ukraine visa schemes through alternative UCL scholarships or student finance.

Application Process

• Application Online: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships/ucl-humanitarian-scholarship.
• Supporting Documents:
  Shortlisted candidates will need to provide evidence of financial need, Refugee Status, or Humanitarian Protection under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees.
• Results:
  Successful candidates will be informed in June 2025.

Deadline

The last date to apply for the UCL Humanitarian Scholarship 2025 is 5pm BST, Thursday, 8 May 2025