University of Sussex Chancellor’s International Scholarship

Scholarship Description:

University of Sussex Chancellor’s International Scholarship is open for International Students . The scholarship allows Masters, Postgraduate level program(s) in the field of All Subjects taught at University of Sussex . The deadline of the scholarship is expired at 01 May 2020.

Degree Level:

University of Sussex Chancellor’s International Scholarship is available to undertake Masters, Postgraduate level programs at University of Sussex.

Available Subjects:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

• All Subjects

All subjects EXCEPT

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 in Education 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.

Scholarship Benefits:

• 50 percent fee paying reduction.
• Non UK/EU Based International student.

Eligible Nationalities:

International overseas fee paying student.

Eligibility Criteria:

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).

Application Procedure:

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: here