Chancellors International and EU Scholarships (2021)

60 scholarships are available to undergraduate and postgraduate international applicants. As there are a limited number of awards available, these are highly competitive and only applicants with excellent academic achievement and potential will be considered. If you have excellent grades to date, you can apply for a scholarship after you have received an offer to study at the University of Sussex in 2021. For applicants to the University of Sussex Business School or School of Engineering & Informatics, there are School-specific Chancellors Scholarships available.

Type of award

Fee waiver

Amount

£5,000

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

  • Be classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes
  • Be taking up a place on a full time Masters degree at Sussex
  • Be self-financing
  • Have excellent academic grades

You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

  • Are applying for a course in the University of Sussex Business School
  • Are applying for a course in the School of Engineering and Informatics
  • Are applying for a Masters at a university that is not at the University of Sussex
  • Are progressing into the final year of an integrated Masters at Sussex
  • Already hold another University of Sussex scholarship (i.e Chancellors Masters Scholarship)

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

  • Postgraduate diplomas
  • Corruption, Law and Governance LLM (delivered in Qatar)
  • Development Studies MA
  • Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status)
  • 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 an NHS bursary)
  • PGCE courses
  • Schools direct teaching courses
  • Any Masters funded by the research councils (e.g. ESRC 1+3 funding)

Number of scholarships available

60

Deadline

1 August 2021 23:59 (GMT)

How to apply

To be considered for the Chancellors International and EU Scholarship, you need to have received and accepted an offer of a place on an eligible course at Sussex.  Please complete the separate scholarship application form online, after you have received an offer to study at Sussex.

The successful applicant will need to ensure they have made plans or raised sufficient funds to cover the remaining tuition fee and costs of living, for the duration of their degree.  For guidance about estimated living costs at Sussex and information about budgeting, please see our website.

This is not available for applicants to the University of Sussex Business School or School of Engineering & Informatics, as there are School-specific Chancellors Scholarships available that you can apply for. 

Please complete the application form online:

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Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

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Timetable

Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis, with the first allocation to be made in February 2021.  If your application is not successful but considered as a reserve, it will be automatically considered in the following allocations. 

The final deadline to apply is 1 August, however, as all scholarships may have been assigned by then, you are advised to apply as soon as possible.

40% of awards have now been allocated.  Updated 1 June 2021

Availability

At level(s):
PG (taught)

Application deadline:
1 August 2021 23:59 (GMT)

Countries

The award is available to people from these specific countries: