Student Refugee Program

The King’s University is the first Christian post-secondary institution to partner with World University Service Canada (WUSC) to sponsor refugee students through the Student Refugee Program (SRP). Since August 2023, King’s has fully sponsored the academic studies of one refugee student each academic year. These students are designated refugees under the UNHCR, and they arrive directly from a refugee living situation.

Each year King’s commits over $25,000 in institutional sponsorship funds, joining with King's Students' Association, the Micah Student Society, and our campus community to meet the tangible needs of each incoming student.

Join us in changing the lives of refugee students. Your donation to the SRP Fund allows us to sponsor more students, equipping them with food, housing, community supports, and a university degree.

See the list of needs, and how you can make a difference, above. Our fundraising team welcomes the opportunity to meet with you in person. King's is grateful to have the opportunity to walk alongside student newcomers to Canada, and we are glad to share this journey with you.

WUSC is a Canadian non-profit founded in 1939 with the goal of providing better opportunities to young people globally. Post-war Europe had an abundance of university students who were displaced from their home countries with no way to return and finish their studies; instead, they became refugees. A group of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Toronto created a way to fill this need, sponsoring the first university refugee students in Canada.

King’s joins 100+ universities across Canada expanding this endeavour. Since 1978, the Student Refugee Program has assisted over 2,100 highly motivated, university-bound students from 39 asylum countries of origin.

Learn more about the Student Refugee Program, and about WUSC, today.