Masters loans and funding

Find out how you can fund your Masters study, including postgraduate masters loans, government funding and extra money for social work and teaching courses.

Funding and help for UK students

If you're from England, you may be eligible for:

• a Postgraduate Master’s Loan, where you can apply for up to £12,167 for your course 
• government funding and loans if you want to study a social work course or teacher training course (such as a PGCE)
• the Disabled Students Allowance to help you cover some extra costs. Email studentsupport@sussex.ac.uk for more information.

You repay your Postgraduate Master’s Loan at the same time as other student loans you may have. 

If you normally live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, postgraduate funding is different so check with your local student funding agency.

You may also be able to apply for:

• a Masters scholarship, which can include some fees and living costs funding
• professional and career development loans - these are bank loans designed to help you with your career, and you can borrow up to £10,000.

You can also look for a part-time or student job to help fund your Masters.

Funding for European students

You may be eligible for:

• a Postgraduate Master’s Loan, where you can apply for up to £12,167 for your course 
• a Masters scholarship, which can include fees and living costs funding
• funding through DAAD if you are from Germany
• funding through Lanekassen if you are from Norway.

You repay your Postgraduate Master’s Loan at the same time as other student loans you may have. 

You can also look for a part-time or student job to help fund your Masters.

Funding for international students

You can apply for a Sussex scholarship, including our country scholarships, or funding through the following organisations:

• Aga Khan Foundation Scholarship Programme
• Chevening
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
• Rotary Global Grant Scholarship.

Country-specific funding

• Chile

  ANID

• Colombia
  • COLFUTURO
  • ICETEX
• India
  • Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Scholarship
  • JN Tata Endowment
  • Lady Meherbai D. Tata Education Trust Scholarship
  • Ravi Sankaran Fellowship Program.
• Indonesia

  Indonesia Endwoment Fund for Education (LPDP)

• Japan
  • College Women's Association of Japan
  • Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
  • Japan Student Services Organisation
  • Keidanren Ishizaka Memorial Foundation.
• Kazakhstan

  Bolashak Scholarship

• Malaysia

  MARA

• Mexico
  • CONACyT
  • FUNED
  • FIDERTH
• Russia

  Global Education Programme

• South Korea

  KOICA WKF Scholarship

• Thailand

  Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC)

• Turkey

  Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme

• USA
  • American student loans and Federal Student Aid
  • Fulbright US UK
  • Marshall Scholarships.
• Uzbekistan

  El-Yurt Umidi Foundation

You can also look for a part-time or student job to help fund your Masters but there are restrictions on how many hours you can work each week if you have a visa.

Other Masters funding

You can register to use the Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding Online to search for Masters funding through other organisations. 

If you are a:

• current student, you register with your Sussex email address
• prospective student, enter 6789 in the Alternative Guide Pin box to register.

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• living costs
• tuition fees
• student budgeting

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