Chancellor's International Scholarships (2026)

What you get

£5,000

Type of award

Tuition fee reduction

Funding type

Sussex funded

Eligibility

• Who is eligible

  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, starting September 2026
  • Be self-financing
  • Have exceptional academic grades (see 'Qualifications advice' for indication of minimum grades required; this does not include all accepted qualifications and is instead intended as guidance)
• Qualifications advice

  Qualification/Country	Minimum grades required to apply for the scholarship
  Bangladesh	Four year Bachelor's degree with GPA 3.5 or higher
  Brazil	8.5/10 or 4.5/5.0
  Chile	5.5 - 5/8 depending on university
  China	Category 1 HEI: GPA of 3.3/4 or 85% or Grade of B+. All other HEIs: GPA of 3.7 or 90% or Grade A- (or higher)
  Eqypt	80-85% or higher - depending on university
  Ghana	First class / GPA 3.75 or higher
  India	At least 70%, depending on university
  Japan	GPA 3.5
  Kenya	First class
  Malaysia	75% or CGPA of 3.67/4 or higher
  Mexico	8.5/10 or 85%
  Nigeria	First class
  Pakistan	4 year Bachelors degree with a minimum overall grade of 80% / Masters with 70%
  Palestine	90% or CGPA of 3.67/4 or higher
  Peru	14 or 16/20
  South Korea	CGPA of 3.7/4.3 or 4.0/4.5 or higher
  Thailand	CGPA 3.5 or higher - depending on university
  Turkey	GPA 3.3
  USA	GPA 3.5
  Vietnam	Bachelor's degree awarded from 2016 onwards with 3.75/4 or 8.5/10 or higher
  Zimbabwe	First Division

• Who isn’t eligible

  You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

  • 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
  • Are studying an online course
  • Are already holding another University of Sussex scholarship (i.e Chancellor's Masters Scholarship)
  • Are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below:
• Excluded courses

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

  • Certificates and Diplomas (including PGCE)
  • Courses at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)
  • Degrees in Social work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
  • Degrees funded by the Research Councils (e.g. ESRC 1+3 funding)
  • Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status)
  • MSc Climate Change, Development and Policy
  • MA Development Studies
  • MA Food and Development
  • MA Gender and Development
  • MA Globalisation, Business and Development
  • MA Governance, Development and Public Policy
  • MA Poverty, Policy and Development Practice
  • MA Power, Participation and Social Change
  • Online courses
  • School direct teaching courses

Deadline

How to apply

Applicants need an offer of a place on an eligible Masters before they can apply for the scholarship. As this is a selective scholarship, applicants need excellent grades/predicted grades to be considered.

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

You might also be interested in

• How to Apply for a Masters
• Masters Applicant Hub

• Information for International Students

Timetable

Applications will be considered after the closing date and all applicants will receive a decision before the end of July.

Terms and conditions

This scholarship is awarded as a tuition fee discount, no cash equivalent is available. This scholarship is available for the 2026/27 academic year only, if a scholar defers or temporarily withdraws from their course, they will no longer be eligible to receive the scholarship. This scholarship cannot be combined with the Sussex Alumni Scholarship, if applicants are eligible for both, we will always award the highest value scholarship.

We are aware AI has been used by some applicants to produce statements for their scholarship applications. Please be advised these applications are often unsuccessful. Any personal statement submitted needs to be written by you, to demonstrate your suitability for the scholarship.