What you get

• £3,000

Type of award

• Tuition fee reduction

Funding type

• Sussex funded

Eligibility

• Who is eligible

  To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have either:

  • 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

  You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study any of the following:

  • 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.

Terms and conditions

For part time students, the scholarship is applied as a £1,500 tuition fee reduction in Year One and £1,500 in Year Two.

If you require a Student Visa to study at Sussex, information about the scholarship will be included in your CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies). If the scholarship information is not showing on your CAS, please contact the Admissions 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:

Countries
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 the 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