Veterans Affairs - Educational Benefits
Applications for educational benefits can be made online through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs website.
To receive educational benefits you must be in physical attendance at the University and if you are a taught student you must be in attendance at lectures and seminars. Under governing law the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot pay benefits for distance learning or independent study courses.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved for educational benefits the following courses at the University:
- BA in Art History
- BA in Philosophy
- BA in Philosophy & English
- BA in Sociology
- MA in Contemporary European Studies
- MA in Conflict, Security and Development
- MA in Critical Theory
- MSc in Foundations of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
- PhD in Law Studies
You will need to submit by email a scanned copy of your Certificate of Eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the University’s Financial Aid Administrators once you have accepted an offer of a place at the University of Sussex.
The Financial Aid Administrators will need to confirm your enrolment before your educational benefits are released. Confirmation will be sent to the Department of Veterans Affairs via VA Form 22-1999 (Enrolment Certificate) once you are registered and in attendance at the University. Your tuition and fees payment will be sent to the University on your behalf. All other payments will be sent directly to you.
If the course you have accepted an offer of a place on does not appear in the above list you will need to email the following to the University’s Financial Aid Administrators:
- A scanned copy of your Certificate of Eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Your full name
- Your date of birth
- Your social security number
- Your address
- The title of the course which you have accepted an offer of a place on
The University will then send a request to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the course to be approved for educational benefits. Please note that it may take approximately three months for the Department of Veterans Affairs to approve or decline a course for educational benefits.