Scholarships Merit-based
University of Sheffield

International Postgraduate Merit Scholarship

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Any
Disciplines
5000 GBP
Grant
United Kingdom
Location
12 May 2024
Application deadline

About

University of Sheffield can support you financially if you are admitted to one of its study programmes as an international student.

University of Sheffield awards scholarships, bursaries, tuition fee reductions and discounts that help you cover existing tuition and living costs. 

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

£5,000

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

The International Postgraduate Merit Scholarship is available to all new international postgraduate students.

Applicable programmes

Benefits

The scholarship offers a £5,000 amount, to help you with your studies

Eligibility

  • Distance learning courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.
  • You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.
  • All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.
  • For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and required to pay the overseas tuition fee.
  • You must not be a sponsored student.
  • Anyone studying a Masters/integrated PhD programme is eligible for a merit scholarship in the Masters element of the programme only.
  • These scholarships are not applicable to any postgraduate courses where the higher clinical fee is applicable. 

This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful. A panel of senior members of staff will select the strongest applications and will be looking for the following:

  • Applicant has given examples of achievements which represent excellence and initiative in educational, voluntary, or professional areas.
  • Applicant has shown how these achievements relate to the course they have applied for at the University of Sheffield and connected that to their future ambitions.
  • Applicant has a strong academic profile.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

United Kingdom

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

Bachelor

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

12 May 2024

If you are offered the scholarship, they’ll ask that you confirm acceptance of your scholarship and your offer by a fixed date.

Financing

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