Sanctuary Scholarship at University of Greenwich in UK 2021

Sanctuary Scholarship at University of Greenwich in UK 2021

 

Applications for Sanctuary Scholarships are being accepted at the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom for degree programs beginning in the 2021/22 academic year.

 

They will grant two Sanctuary Scholarships (undergraduate or postgraduate) per year to admission holders who are seeking asylum in the United Kingdom or who have refugee status in the United Kingdom but are not eligible for financial help.

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About University of Greenwich

The University of Greenwich, a state-owned university in London and Kent, is one of the most prestigious in the world. In past years, the institution was known as Thames Polytechnic and Woolwich Polytechnic.

The college has a main site in the Old Royal Naval College, in addition to its Avery Hill Campus in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. 

Greenwich University also operates a satellite campus in Medway, Kent, that is part of a shared campus with the University of Kent. 

The institution offers courses in business, architecture, mathematics, computing, education, humanities, engineering, natural sciences, marine studies, pharmacy, and social sciences, among others. 

Greenwich's former students have included two Nobel laureates.

 

In 2019, the school received the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its research into pest management and control in order to battle human and animal diseases in the UK and around the world. It received a Silver rating from the Teaching Excellence Framework, which was designed by the UK government.

 

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Greenwich research aims to enhance and make a difference in a variety of fields, including health, science, education, engineering, computing, and social policy. 

 

On its research projects, it strives to engage with foreign agencies, government departments, and multinational corporations (such as GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer) from over 50 nations. Research and consultancy are significant in fields such as employment relations, landscape architecture, natural resources, fire safety, education, social network analysis, training, educational leadership, and public services.

 

Worth of Sanctuary Scholarship at University of Greenwich

For 2021/22, they will award two scholarships (undergraduate or graduate) to admission offer holders who are looking for asylum or have refugee status in the United Kingdom and are not qualified for financial assistance.

Successful scholars will receive:

Annual tuition fee waiver

Maintenance allowance of £5,000, paid in three parts

Yearly housing fee waiver for Avery Hill Campus.

Once you are granted a status that enables you to access student finance (tuition fee loans, etc.), you no longer obtain the scholarship award in later academic years.