Chancellor's International Scholarships (2025)

A limited number of scholarships are available to international Masters applicants. These are highly competitive and only applicants with excellent academic achievement and potential will be considered. If you have exceptional grades to date, you can apply for a scholarship after you have received an offer to study at the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ in 2025.

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 2025
    • 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

    Brazil

    8.5/10 or 4.5/5.0

    Chile

    5.5 - 5/8 depending on university

    India

    At least 70%, depending on university

    Japan

    GPA 3.5

    Mexico

    8.5/10 or 85%

    Nigeria

    First class/CGPA 3.5

    Pakistan

    4 year Bachelors degree with a minimum overall grade of 80% / Masters with 70%

    Peru

    14 or 16/20

    Turkey

    GPA 3.3

    USA

    GPA 3.5

  • 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 ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ
    • Are progressing into the final year of an integrated Masters at Sussex
    • Are studying an online course
    • Are already holding another ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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)
    • Courses at IDS
    • Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status)
    • Degrees in Social work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
    • Online courses
    • School direct teaching courses
    • Masters funded by the Research Councils (e.g. ESRC 1+3 funding)

Deadline

30 April 2025 23:59

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.

Applications open April 2025

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

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Timetable

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

Terms and conditions

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.

Availability

At level(s):
PG (taught)

Application deadline:
30 April 2025 23:59 (GMT)

Countries

The award is available to people from these specific countries: