Location: United Kingdom
Program: Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Eligibility: International Students
Duration: Varies by Program
Deadline: May 25, 2026
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The Goldsmiths Sanctuary Scholarship formerly known as the International Response Scholarship is a generous and deeply compassionate award offered by Goldsmiths, University of London to support students with refugee status or an active asylum application in the UK who wish to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate taught study at one of the UK’s most creative and socially engaged universities. Up to four scholarships are available for the 2026 academic year two for undergraduate students and two for postgraduate taught students each providing a comprehensive support package that covers full tuition fees for every year of the programme, a personal allowance of £8,825, and accommodation fees for a single study bedroom in Goldsmiths halls of residence of up to £200 per week.
Goldsmiths, University of London is one of the UK’s most distinctive, vibrant, and internationally celebrated academic institutions renowned globally for the quality and originality of its work in the arts, humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, computing, and education. Located in New Cross in South East London, Goldsmiths has for over a century been a place where unconventional thinking, creative ambition, and social justice converge. The University has produced an extraordinary roster of internationally acclaimed alumni from artists and musicians to writers, filmmakers, social scientists, and political thinkers and it maintains a deep and authentic institutional commitment to inclusion, equity, and widening participation.
Benefits of the Scholarship
This scholarship will provide the following to its recipients:
- Full tuition fee waiver for every year of the undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme
- Personal living allowance of £8,825 to support day-to-day expenses
- Accommodation fee for a single study bedroom in Goldsmiths halls of residence of up to £200 per week
- Scholarship is renewable for each year of the full programme, subject to continued eligibility
- Other benefits
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Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must meet the following:
- Must have refugee status in the UK, or have an active application for asylum in the UK at the time of applying — official documentation confirming the applicant’s immigration status must be provided and uploaded to the applicant’s MyGoldsmiths account
- Must be holding a confirmed offer of study (conditional or unconditional) on an undergraduate or taught postgraduate degree programme at Goldsmiths, University of London for entry in 2026
- Must be studying in person on campus — online degree programmes are not eligible for this scholarship
- Must be eligible to study in the UK — applicants on Immigration Bail must ensure that their bail conditions do not include a prohibition on studying
- Ukrainian applicants who have sought refuge in the UK under the Home Office’s special Ukraine visa arrangements (Homes for Ukraine, Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Extension Scheme) are eligible to apply
- Must meet Goldsmiths’ general eligibility criteria and scholarship regulations as set out on the official scholarships page
Note: Kindly check the official webpage for full and detailed requirements
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Selection Criteria
Successful applicants will be selected on a competitive basis.
Initial shortlisting by eligibility criteria will be completed by our Scholarships Co-ordinator. All applicants who meet the eligibility criteria are then forwarded to the next selection stage.
Applications will then be considered by an awarding panel. All panel members understand that applicants will have a broad range of differing skills, attributes and experiences, so they will give equal consideration to both the applicant’s academic record and their answers to the questions posed in the award application form. Panel members also understand that what is important is the content of the answers and their relevance to the questions, not the standard of writing.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to visit the official webpage and submit your application.
