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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + £12,500 maintenance stipend
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- accommodation
- other
Description
Building on this commitment the University, in collaboration with the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust and the Sheffield Institute for International Development, is now able to offer three scholarships per year targeted at international students from developing countries for a number of courses that are affiliated with the Sheffield Institute for International Development.
Benefits
There are three scholarships available in 2025 to academically strong individuals from developing countries. Each scholarship offers the following:
A full tuition fee waiver
A £12,500 maintenance stipend
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply, you must hold an offer for one of the following courses to study at the University of Sheffield in the 2025-26 academic year:
- International Development MA
- Environmental Change and International Development MSc
- International Development (Masters in Public Health) MPH
- International Law and Global Justice LLM (a selected pathway of the Sheffield LLM course)
- International Political Economy MA
- Global Journalism MA
- International Public and Political Communication MA
- You must be classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
- You must be self-funded to receive this award, ie not funded by a research council, government, private enterprise, charity or any similar organisation.
- This scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other funding awards, either from the University of Sheffield or external sources.
- Your mode of attendance must be full-time.
- You must begin your studies at the University of Sheffield in the current academic yeawr. This scholarship cannot be deferred.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
86 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
02 Jun 2026
The deadline to apply was 1pm (UK time) on Monday 2 June.
All eligible applicants who apply before the deadline will be contacted regarding the outcome of their application before 18 July.