Scholarships at University of Sheffield

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.

• The scholarship is worth £2,000 for courses in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences and £2,500 for courses in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Health, and Faculty of Science.

• No additional scholarship application is required, if you meet the eligibility and award criteria below the scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount.

• You must have accepted your offer from the University of Sheffield before 4pm (UK time) on Tuesday 8 July 2025 to receive this award. 

Eligibility and award criteria

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

• 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.

• The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:

  • International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship 2025

  • NCUK Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025

  • The University of Sheffield Southern Africa Student Scholarship Fund 2025

  • MBA Scholarship 2025

  • GREAT Scholarship 2025 for Egypt, Malaysia and India

• 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.

• All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for an automatic scholarship.

• The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any funding (full or partial) from an external sponsor, excluding a loan, which has to be paid back in full.

• The scholarship is for full-time and part-time students only. Students studying online or via distance learning are not eligible for the scholarship

• Part-time students will receive the full-time equivalent of the scholarship split pro-rata over the duration of the Masters course, subject to all eligibility and award criteria.

• These scholarships are not applicable to any postgraduate courses where the higher clinical fee is applicable, this includes, but is not exclusive to the following courses:

  • DClinDent Orthodontics

  • MClinDent in Orthodontics

  • DClinDent Endodontics

  • MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry

  • DClinDent Periodontics

  • MMedSci in Diagnostic Oral Pathology

  • DClinDent Prosthodontics

• If you are studying a 2-year Masters programme the scholarship will be available in the second year of your studies subject to successful completion of year 1.

• The scholarship is not applicable to any years in industry or study abroad years that are compulsory or optional elements of your course.

• This scholarship cannot be deferred to a future year of entry. If you decide to defer entry to another year you forfeit this award.

• For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes so are eligible for this scholarship.

• A sponsored student is defined as being an individual in receipt of a total sum of funds from either the University or an external organisation that matches or exceeds the original tuition fee required by the University.

• Government or governmental organisation – international, national or regional; research council; charity; private enterprise; or any similar organisation.

• If you are receiving a loan (which has to be paid back in full) from an organisation to which we offer a discount, you are not able to combine this scholarship with the discount - the most valuable award will take precedence.