The Humanitarian Scholarship program supports individuals at immediate risk who have been forced to flee their homes due to armed conflict. The awards cover tuition fees, living expenses, and visas.

For 2025 entry, they are offering up to five undergraduate scholarships. The scholarships are available for various full-time undergraduate courses, excluding medicine, dentistry, nursing, and architecture. 

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for a scholarship, you’ll need all of the following: 

be at serious risk as a direct result of armed conflict, and/or 

be displaced inside or have been forced to leave your home country within the last three years because of armed conflict; 

be unable to access or complete an undergraduate degree; 

have not previously studied, at any level, in the UK or EU; 

have  applied for a place on a course starting in September 2025; 

be able to demonstrate knowledge of, and commitment, to, your chosen course; 

have an excellent academic background. 

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from individuals who are currently in the UK or EU. 

If you’re an asylum seeker or refugee in the UK and want to study for an undergraduate degree, we offer Article 26 Sanctuary Seeking Scholarships. 

If you’re on one of the Ukraine visa schemes (Homes for Ukraine, Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Extension Scheme), you’ll have access to Student Finance England and can apply for tuition fees and maintenance loan funding through them.

To apply for the scholarship, you must have applied to The University of Manchester for a place on a course starting in September 2025. Undergraduate applications for September 2025 entry are now open and you must apply via UCAS.  

Timeline for 2025/26

Applications open for academic admission in 2025	3 September 2024
Scholarship applications open	3 February 2025
Application deadline	31 March 2025
Selection panel assesses applications	April 2025
Applicants receive results	May 2025
Students arrive in Manchester	September 2025

 

BENEFIT:

The awards cover tuition fees, living expenses and visas.