Scholarship for African students in Economics (2018)
The Economics Department at the University of Sussex is delighted to offer an annual Masters scholarship for suitably qualified candidates from selected sub-Saharan African countries on either the Development Economics MSc or Economics MSc.
The scholarship includes the full payment of the overseas tuition fee and a maintenance grant of £10,000, but does not include travel expenses to and from the United Kingdom.
What you get
The full Masters fee will be waived plus the student will receive a £10,000 maintenance grant, paid in installments
Type of award
Fee waiver and maintenance grant.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must:
- have completed your undergraduate degree in Africa
- have been offered and accepted a place on either the Development Economics MSc or Economics MSc to start in September 2018 (Apply for Masters here)
- hold or expect to achieve the equivalent of a good, upper second class UK degree
- be a national of one of the following sub-Saharan African countries:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you have another Sussex scholarship (i.e. the Sussex Nigeria Scholarship or Chancellors International Scholarship)
Deadline
1 May 2018 23:59How to apply
You need to fill in our online application form to apply for the scholarship, after you have secured an offer of a place.
Sponsors
Launched in Autumn 2008, this scholarship is funded thanks to the support of economics alumni and the Department of Economics.
Economics research at Sussex focuses on policy-oriented research in development, international economics and labour economics. It is strongly linked to the needs of policy-making bodies, such as the European Commission, the World Bank, WTO, DFID, UNDP and UNICEF as well as the international academic community.
We concentrate on three heavily overlapping clusters of work: international trade, development economics and labour economics. The department has an impressive track record in attracting research income and PhD students.
The focus on selected African countries is motivated by a dearth in existing funding opportunities for well qualified African students.
Our Masters programmes in both economics and development economics also benefit from having students from African backgrounds who bring important personal experiences from developing countries that can be shared with other students from more developed countries.
Part of the Sussex vision is to ensure that the student community remains international, diverse and representative, and therefore the provision of merit scholarships is vital to our work.
Scholarships for postgraduate students help ensure that Sussex attracts the brightest minds from around the globe and ensure that the University maintains and grows its standing as a world-leading research institution.
Contact us
Timetable
The deadline to apply is 1 May 2018. All applicants will receive a decision by 1 June 2018.
Availability
At level(s):
PG (taught)
Application deadline:
1 May 2018 23:59 (GMT)
the deadline has now expired
Countries
The award is available to people from these specific countries: