Deadline: |
30th June 2019.
Location: |
Glasgow, UK.
(Fully Funded)
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Glasgow University-HUMANITARIAN SCHOLARSHIPS
The University of Glasgow is offering 4 scholarships (one per college) for applicants to the University who are staying in the UK on humanitarian grounds and are facing challenges in progressing onto Higher Education. The scholarship is open to prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University of Glasgow applying for entry in 2019.
University is also offering 4 scholarships to students who hold refugee status.
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The scholarship meets the full cost of tuition fees for the duration of your programme as well providing an additional £4,000 per year stipend, if the eligibility criteria for university accommodation is met this will also be provided for the duration of your degree. For more information on the accommodation criteria please see the Residential Services section on the website.
University is also offering 4 scholarships to students who hold refugee status. This scholarship is awarded as a £5,000 per year stipend toward living costs per year of study.
Number of scholarships: 8 (4 Humanitarian & 4 Refugee)
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- Accounting & Finance
- Archaeology
- Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine
- Business
- Cancer Sciences
- Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences
- Celtic & Gaelic
- Central & East European Studies [including: Baltic, Estonian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Russian, Soviet Studies]
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- Computing Science
- Creative Writing
- Dentistry, Dental School
- Economic & Social History [including: Global Economy]
- Economics [including: Development Studies, Financial Economics]
- Education [including: Adult Education, Community Development, Organisational Leadership, Teaching]
- Engineering [including: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering]
- English Language & Linguistics
- English Literature
- Film & Television Studies
- Geographical & Earth Sciences [including: Geomatics]
- Health & Wellbeing
- History
- History of Art [including: Textiles]
- Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
- Information Studies [including: Digital Media and Information Studies, Information Management & Preservation, Museum Studies]
- Law [including: Intellectual property, Legal Practice]
- Life Sciences
- Management [including: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, Marketing]
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Modern Languages & Cultures
- Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology
- Music
- Neuroscience & Psychology
- Nursing & Health Care
- Parasitology
- Philosophy
- Physics & Astronomy
- Politics [including: Chinese Studies, Human Rights, International Relations]
- Psychology
- Scottish Literature
- Sociology [including: Criminology, Global Health, Global Security]
- Statistics
- Theatre Studies
- Theology & Religious Studies
- Translation Studies
- Urban Studies [including: Housing Studies, Planning, Public Policy, Real Estate, Regeneration, Social Policy]
- Veterinary Medicine
See a detailed list of programs available specifically for your degree from here.
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English
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EGYPT, SYRIA, IRAQ, PALESTINE, JORDAN, LEBANON, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO, SUDAN, LIBYA, SAUDI ARABIA, EMIRATES, KUWAIT, QATAR, BAHRAIN, OMAN, YEMEN, SOMALIA, DJIBOUTI, MAURITANIA, TURKEY, IRAN, CYPRUS, COMOROS, & OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
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According to the program
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- Hold a firm conditional or unconditional offer for study at the University of Glasgow for 2019/20; and
- Have submitted, or are the dependant of someone who has submitted, an application to the Home Office for recognition as a Refugee under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereafter “The Convention”) and not yet received a decision from the Home Office on that application; or
- Have been offered leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights or under Paragraphs 276ADE – 276DH of the UK Immigration Rules, provided that the student has not become eligible for Student Support from the relevant student funding body in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
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(Fully Funded)
-The Humanitarian Scholarship provides:
- Full tuition fee waiver for the duration of the study
- £4,000 per year stipend
- Accommodation costs for the duration of the study (University of Glasgow accommodation only)
– The Refugee Scholarship provides:
- For applicants with refugee status: £5000 per year stipend towards living costs per year of study
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First Step:
Eligible applicants must complete the online application form.
Second Step:
Once you have submitted your application online, you must email copies of the following documents in support of your application, to [email protected] This will allow us to confirm your immigration status in compliance with UK legislation.
If you are subject to Home Office Temporary Admission/Immigration Bail Reporting, please provide your:
• Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) – front and back
•Immigration Bail Reporting Notice (this may also be referred to as a Temporary Admission Document or BAIL 201) – please include every page of this document.
If you are not subject to Home Office Temporary Admission/Immigration Bail Reporting, please provide your:
•Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) – front and back
•The most recent documentation you have received from the Home Office in conjunction with your application/appeal – this should show your Home Office reference number.
Please note: Applications cannot and will not be considered without a submitted online application form and the relevant supporting documents, as detailed above.
Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application around mid-July.
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This Scholarship Published by:
” Mohammed Nour Allah Kseibati /Syria “Reviewed by” Rania Khalaf/ Egypt “
and “Hager Abosedaira/ Egypt”
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