Chancellor’s International Scholarship (2020)

There are 25 scholarships, awarded as a 50% tuition fee reduction, available to international postgraduate applicants who can demonstrate academic excellence.

What you get

50% reduction of the overseas tuition fee

Type of award

Tuition fee reduction

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

  • be classified as overseas for fee purposes.
  • have accepted a place on a full time eligible Masters, commencing at the University of Sussex in September 2020.
  • have excellent grades (UK first class or equivalent)
  • have clear and specific goals with defined links to your course.

As there are limited scholarships available, this scholarship is extremely competitive (for 2019 entry we received more than 1000 applications for only 25 awards).

 

You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study the following courses:

  • Postgraduate diplomas (including CPE Common Professional Examination)
  • Corruption, Law and Governance LLM (delivered in Qatar)
  • Development Studies MA
  • Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher Status) MA
  • Globalisation, Business and Development MA
  • Governance, Development and Public Policy MA
  • Power, Participation and Social Change MA
  • Poverty and Development MA
  • Masters degrees in Social Work (if receiving a NHS bursary)
  • PGCE courses
  • Schools direct teaching courses
  • any Masters funded by the research councils (e.g. those receiving ESRC 1+3 funding are not eligible)
  • any Masters at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

Number of scholarships available

25

Deadline

1 May 2020 0:00

How to apply

To be considered for the Chancellors International Scholarship, you need to have received and accepted an offer of a place on an eligible Masters at Sussex.  There is guidance about how to apply for a Masters on our website.

To apply for the scholarship, you are required to provide a statement of academic interests.  You should include information about:

  • your drive and ambitions
  • your potential for positive impact when you return to your home country
  • any relevant work experience, skills or extra-curricular activity that relate to your ambitions and/or chosen course

To be considered, you will need to demonstrate excellent grades in your most recent qualification (i.e. a first class degree if you are studying in the UK). You do not need to have completed your qualification, however, as we can make conditional scholarship offers.

Please complete the application form online:

Apply for the Chancellor's International Scholarship

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk  

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Timetable

The deadline to apply for the scholarship is 1 May 2020 (23:59 GMT)

Applications that meet the required criteria will be referred to an academic panel for a decision, after the deadline. The Scholarships Office will contact all applicants when a final decision has been made. All applicants should receive a final decision by 1 July.

The scholarship is awarded as a fee reduction when you register in September. The scholarship information will also be add to your CAS (confirmation of acceptance for studies) for your visa application.  Applicants must be able to fund the remainder of their tuition fee and cover their living expenses for the duration of the course. 

Students with an offer to study in the University of Sussex Business School will be able to combine this award with the Business School International Masters Award.  The 50% fee reduction is applied after the £2,000 Award.

*UPDATE: All scholarships have now been allocated and recipients notified*

Availability

At level(s):
PG (taught)

Application deadline:
1 May 2020 0:00 (GMT)
the deadline has now expired

Countries

The award is available to people from these specific countries: