Schwab & Westheimer Trust is currently accepting applications for its Westheimer Scholarship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity.
About Schwab & Westheimer Trust - Westheimer Scholarship
The Westheimer Scholarship supports young people from asylum-seeking backgrounds who are ineligible for UK Student Finance and who are pursuing their first undergraduate degree or equivalent professional qualification. This award is specifically for students dedicated to courses in medicine, dentistry, nursing, social work, or other health and social care professions.
Benefits of Schwab & Westheimer Trust - Westheimer Scholarship
- The scholarship will pay home tuition fees and associated study costs. The specific amount awarded will be dependent upon the candidate’s individual circumstances and university location. The Trust will help successful candidates to request home fees from their chosen university. The final award of a Westheimer Scholarship will be dependent on successfully getting a home tuition fee offer.
Schwab & Westheimer Trust - Westheimer Scholarship Requirements
- Location: You must be currently living in the UK.
- University: You must have applied for one or more undergraduate courses at UK universities through UCAS (or already be studying an undergraduate course).
- Immigration status: You must be someone (or the dependent of someone) who is seeking asylum in the UK or who has been granted Limited Leave to Remain or another form of temporary status (such as Calais Leave, Discretionary Leave to Remain, Section 67 leave, UASC leave), whereby you do not have access to UK Student Finance.
- Age: You must be under 30 years of age when your course starts.
- Degree course: You must be pursuing a degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, health and social care, social work, or related health or social care professions.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
29 May, 2026
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