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Chancellor's International Scholarships (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 Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex
  • Are progressing into the final year of an integrated Masters at Sussex
  • Are studying an online course
  • Are already holding another Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sussex 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

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.

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

You might also be interested in

• How to Apply for a Masters
• Masters Applicant Hub

• Information for International Students

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.