International Postgraduate Scholarship

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be a national of or permanently domiciled in one of the following

Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tome and Prncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia
East Asia: Japan, South Korea
Europe/EEA/Switzerland and Türkiye: ​Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye
Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
South Asia: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
South East Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

We are pleased to offer the International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025 to international students joining the University from selected regions to study a taught masters programme in September 2025.

Your taught masters programme must be scheduled to commence at the University of Sheffield in September 2025.
You must have accepted your offer for your course before 4pm (UK time) on 8 July 2025 to receive this award.
Subject to meeting the eligibility and award criteria the International Postgraduate Taught Sheffield Scholarship 2025 will be awarded automatically – no application is required.
In the event that you are selected for any of the above scholarships the most valuable award will take precedence.

The scholarship can be awarded in conjunction with any available scholarships from the Department or Faculty you will be studying in, subject to not becoming a sponsored student*. Please use the funding calculator to find out if any scholarships are available from your Department/Faculty.

Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) courses are ineligible for the International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025.
The scholarships will take the form of a tuition fee reduction only.
You must be self-funded and classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
You must study a course in full at the University of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible for a scholarship.