Description

Sussex offers unlimited £3,000 fee discounts for previous Sussex students choosing to return to study a Masters degree in 2026.

What you get

Benefit	Details
Amount	£3,000
Type of award	Tuition fee reduction
Funding type	Sussex funded

Eligibility

• Who is eligible
  • Graduated from Sussex with a Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree
  • Previously completed a Sussex Summer School programme
  • Previously attended the University as a Visiting or Exchange student
• Applicants must have also accepted an offer of a place on a full time or part time eligible Masters course to start in September 2026.
• 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 University of Sussex
  • Are progressing into the final year of an integrated Masters at Sussex
  • Studied at one of our partner institutions (i.e. BIMM or International Study Centre)
  • Studied at a UK University’s overseas campus or external programme
  • Already hold another University of Sussex scholarship (i.e. Chancellor's Masters Scholarship)
  • Are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below.
• Excluded courses
  • Certificates and Diplomas (including PGCE)
  • Courses at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)
  • MSc Climate Change, Development & Policy
  • MA Development Studies
  • MA Food and Development
  • MA Gender and Development
  • MA Globalisation, Business and Development
  • MA Governance, Development and Public Policy
  • MA Poverty, Policy and Development Practice
  • MA Power, Participation and Social Change
  • Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status)
  • Degrees in Social Work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
  • Online courses
  • Schools direct teaching courses
  • Masters funded by the research councils (e.g. ESRC 1+3 funding)
  • MPhil courses

Number of scholarships available

Unlimited

Deadline

1 September 2026 23:59

How to apply

The scholarship is applied automatically if you meet the eligibility criteria. If this changes at any time, the scholarship will be removed. Confirmation of the scholarship will be sent by email after you receive an offer of a place to study at Sussex.

To be identified as a Sussex alum, you need to answer the relevant question on your Masters application.

After you receive an offer on an eligible course, if you do not also receive email confirmation of the scholarship, please contact the Scholarships Office.

Availability

At level(s): PG (taught)

Application deadline: 1 September 2026 23:59 (GMT)

Countries

The award is available to people from these specific countries: | Country | |---------| | Afghanistan | | Albania | | Algeria | | American Samoa | | Andorra, Principality of | | Angola | | Anguilla | | Antarctica | | Antigua and Barbuda | | Argentina | | Armenia | | Australia | | Austria | | Azerbaijan | | Bahamas | | Bahrain | | Bangladesh | | Barbados | | Belarus | | Belgium | | Belize | | Benin | | Bermuda | | Bhutan | | Bolivia | | Bosnia-Herzegovina | | Botswana | | Bouvet Island | | Brazil | | British Indian Ocean Territory | | British National (Overseas) | | Brunei Darussalam | | Bulgaria | | Burkina Faso | | Burundi | | Cambodia, Kingdom of | | Cameroon | | Canada | | Cape Verde | | Cayman Islands | | Central African Republic | | Chad | | Channel Islands not otherwise specified | | Chile | | China | | Colombia | | Comoros | | Congo | | Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | | Costa Rica | | Croatia | | Cuba | | Curacao | | Cyprus (European Union) | | Cyprus (Non-European Union) | | Cyprus not otherwise specified | | Czech Republic | | Czechoslovakia not otherwise specified | | Denmark | | Djibouti | | Dominica | | Dominican Republic | | East Timor | | Ecuador | | Egypt | | El Salvador | | England | | Equatorial Guinea | | Eritrea | | Estonia | | Ethiopia | | Europe not otherwise specified | | Falkland Islands | | Faroe Islands | | Fiji | | Finland | | France | | Gabon | | Gambia | | Georgia | | Germany | | Ghana | | Gibraltar | | Greece | | Greenland | | Grenada | | Guam (USA) | | Guatemala | | Guernsey | | Guinea | | Guinea Bissau | | Guyana | | Haiti | | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | | Honduras | | Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) [Hong Kong] | | Hungary | | Iceland | | India | | Indonesia | | Iran | | Iraq | | Ireland | | Isle of Man | | Israel | | Italy | | Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) | | Jamaica | | Japan | | Jersey | | Jordan | | Kazakhstan | | Kenya | | Kiribati | | Kosovo | | Kuwait | | Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) | | Laos | | Latvia | | Lebanon | | Lesotho | | Liberia | | Libya | | Liechtenstein | | Lithuania | | Luxembourg | | Macau | | Macedonia | | Madagascar | | Malawi | | Malaysia | | Maldives | | Mali | | Malta | | Marshall Islands | | Mauritania | | Mauritius | | Mexico | | Micronesia | | Moldova | | Monaco | | Mongolia | | Montenegro | | Montserrat | | Morocco | | Mozambique | | Myanmar | | Namibia | | Nauru | | Nepal | | Netherlands | | New Zealand | | Nicaragua | | Niger | | Nigeria | | North Korea | | Northern Ireland | | Northern Mariana Islands | | Norway | | Not Known | | Oman | | Pakistan | | Palau | | Palestine | | Panama | | Papua New Guinea | | Paraguay | | Peru | | Philippines | | Pitcairn Island | | Poland | | Portugal | | Qatar | | Romania | | Russian Federation | | Rwanda | | S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls. | | Saint Barthelemy | | Saint Helena | | Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla | | Saint Lucia | | Saint Martin (French Part) | | Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe | | Saint Vincent and Grenadines | | Samoa | | San Marino | | Saudi Arabia | | Scotland | | Senegal | | Serbia | | Seychelles | | Sierra Leone | | Singapore | | Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) | | Slovak Republic | | Slovenia | | Solomon Islands | | Somalia | | South Africa | | South Korea | | South Sudan | | Spain | | Sri Lanka | | Stateless | | Sudan | | Suriname | | Swaziland (Eswatini) | | Sweden | | Switzerland | | Syria | | Taiwan | | Tajikistan | | Tanzania | | Thailand | | Togo | | Tonga | | Trinidad and Tobago | | Tunisia | | Turkey | | Turkmenistan | | Turks and Caicos Islands | | Tuvalu | | Uganda | | Ukraine | | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics not otherwise specified | | United Arab Emirates | | United Kingdom | | United Kingdom, not otherwise specified | | United States | | United States Minor Outlying Islands | | Uruguay | | Uzbekistan | | Vanuatu | | Vatican City (Holy See) | | Venezuela | | Vietnam | | Virgin Islands (British) | | Wales | | Western Sahara | | Yemen | | Yugoslavia not otherwise specified | | Zambia | | Zimbabwe |