University of Sheffield International Postgraduate Scholarships

The University of Sheffield, a Russell Group research university, offers International Postgraduate Scholarships to support overseas students undertaking a taught master’s. The awards combine an automatic tuition discount with a competitive merit scholarship, easing the cost of a master’s at a leading UK university.

The award is a tuition reduction applied to the first year (continuing into year two of a two-year master’s on passing year one). There is an automatic 3,000-pound tuition fee discount for eligible overseas students, plus a competitive International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship of 10,000 pounds (around 75 awards). The two cannot be combined, and the most valuable award applies.

Eligibility is for students classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes and self-funded, starting a full-time on-campus taught master’s at Sheffield in September; Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, online or distance learning, split or Erasmus Mundus, and higher clinical fee courses are excluded, and the 10,000-pound merit award additionally requires a strong academic record and notable achievements. You apply for and receive an offer, accept it by the deadline to receive the automatic discount, and submit the single merit scholarship form to be considered for the 10,000-pound award (one application considers you for multiple awards). For international master’s students aiming at the UK, it is a worthwhile, partly automatic award.

• Classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes and self-funded.
• Starting a full-time on-campus taught master's at Sheffield in September.
• Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, online or distance learning, split or Erasmus Mundus, and higher clinical fee courses are excluded.
• The GBP 10,000 merit award additionally requires a strong academic record and notable achievements.

• Automatic GBP 3,000 tuition discount on accepting your offer.
• Competitive GBP 10,000 merit scholarship via a single application.
• One merit application considers you for multiple awards.
• Study at a Russell Group research university.

• An offer for an eligible Sheffield taught master's.
• A single online scholarship application form for the merit scholarship.
• Evidence of academic excellence and wider achievements for the merit award.
• Acceptance of your offer by the stated deadline.

• Apply for and receive an offer for an eligible taught master's.
• Accept your offer by the deadline to receive the automatic GBP 3,000 discount.
• Submit the single merit scholarship form to be considered for the GBP 10,000 award (you are automatically assessed for multiple merit awards through that one form; confirm dates).