Chancellor's International Engineering and Informatics Scholarships (2023)

What you get

£5,000 per year of full time study

Type of award

Fee waiver

Funding type

Sussex funded

Eligibility

• Who is eligible

  To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

  • Be classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes
  • Have received an offer of a place to study a full time Bachelors degree at the School of Engineering & Informatics at Sussex in 2023
  • Be self-financing
  • Have excellent academic grades (see 'Qualifications advice' for indication of minimum grades required)
• Qualifications advice

  Qualification/Country	Minimum grades required to apply for the scholarship
  A Levels	AAA
  Canada	Ontario secondary School Diploma with an overall average of 80% from 6 grade 12 4U or 4M courses
  European Baccalaureate	Overall average of 85%
  German Abitur	Abitur 1.6
  Greece	Apolytirion 19.2/20
  International Baccalaureate	36 points
  Nigeria	1 year of University study with excellent grades
  Spain	Titulo de Bachillerato 8.5 overall average
  Turkey	Lise Diplomasi/Bitirme with at least 85% in the final year (4.5/5)

• Who isn’t eligible

  You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

  • Are applying for a Bachelors 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

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

  • Degrees in Social work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
  • PGCE courses
  • Schools direct teaching courses
  • Postgraduate diplomas

Deadline

How to apply

The Chancellors International Scholarships will open for applications at 09.00 am (GMT) on 12 April 2023 and will automatically close at 23:59 pm (GMT) 26 April 2023.  

The scholarship application will ask you for-  

• Personal details- such as UCAS PID, name, email address.
• Education details- if you are currently studying or have finished studying, your predicted or final grade.
• A 500 word (maximum) supporting statement to answer the following –  

“Describe your academic achievements to date and your ambitions for the future. Why should you receive this scholarship and what impact will receiving the scholarship have on your time at Sussex and when you return home?”

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.

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

You might also be interested in

• How to apply for a Bachelors degree
• School of Engineering and Informatics
• Information for International applicants

Timetable

We will contact all successful applicants in May 2023 and hope to have a final decision for all applicants by June 2023.

Terms and conditions

While we accept applications from applicants to multiple scholarships, this scholarship is Sussex-funded and, therefore, cannot be combined with other Sussex-funded scholarships (such as the Sussex Nigeria Scholarship or Sussex India Scholarship).