Course(s) Offered: All fields
Course Level: Graduate (masters)
Provider: University of Sussex
Country to Study in: UK
Scholarship Description
Each year, the University of Sussex offers and awards several scholarships for postgraduate study.
As part of a wider initiative to invest in excellence, the University of Sussex is delighted to offer scholarships worth £3,000 for all overseas fee paying students from Nigeria admitted to start an eligible Masters course in September 2014.
This scholarship awarded, the Sussex Nigeria Scholarships, will be in the form of a fee reduction.
In order to be eligible for a scholarship you must be a self-financing student from Nigeria and have accepted an offer of a full-time place on a Masters course at the University of Sussex commencing in September 2014. If your offer of a place is conditional you will need to meet the conditions of your offer before you are admitted to the University and awarded the scholarship.
The scholarships relate to all full-time taught Masters degree courses at the University of Sussex (e.g. MA, MSc, LLM. MRes) excluding the courses as listed below.
The scholarship is available only to self-financing students. If your tuition fees are funded by an external funding body you will not be eligible to receive the scholarship.
The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship funded by the University of Sussex. If you have been offered any other Sussex scholarship and wish to accept this award, you will need to decline the other scholarship or vice versa.
Eligible groups
Citizens of Nigeria ONLY
Participating Institutions
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Fields of study
All full-time taught Masters degree courses (e.g. MA, MSc, LLM. MRes) offered at the University of Sussex excluding the following courses:
- Postgraduate diplomas
- Graduate Entry LLB
- Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law
- Graduate Diploma in Economics
- Masters degrees in Social Work
- Social Work post qualifying Masters degrees
- PGCE courses and schools direct teaching courses
- MSc Automotive Engineering
- Master of Education (two years part-time)
- MA degrees in IDS apart from the MA Gender and Development and the MA in Climate Change and Development
- Pre-Masters degrees and diplomas taught at partner colleges which are validated by Sussex
Not specified
Sponsorship duration
This is a ONE-TIME tuition fee reduction offer
Scholarship benefits
The scholarship award amount is £3,000.
The scholarship will be awarded automatically as a tuition fee reduction to eligible students upon enrolment at the University of Sussex.
Method of Application
You must apply for admission to an eligible Masters course via the University's PG Apply online application system by the deadline below.
If you are made an offer, you will be asked to indicate your interest in the Sussex Nigeria Scholarship when you accept your offer online. If you have already accepted your offer, you will be asked to log in and do this later.
DEADLINES:
The deadline for application to an eligible Masters course is 1st August, 2014.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you accept a Sussex Nigeria Scholarship you will be required to undertake occasional promotional or support duties for the University of Sussex at times agreed between yourself and the University (e.g. providing text for the prospectus or web page). Schools of study may have specific duties they wish you to assist with.
The University of Sussex is a public research university situated on a large and open green field site in the Sussex Weald, East Sussex. It is located on the edge of the city of Brighton and Hove.
Taking its name from the historic county of Sussex, the university received its Royal Charter in August 1961. The university was shortlisted for 'University of the Year' in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards. Sussex was a founding member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities promoting excellence in research and teaching.
The university is currently ranked 11th in the UK, 31st in Europe, and 99th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The Guardian university guide 2013 placed Sussex joint 27th, and the Times Good University Guide 2012 ranks Sussex 14th. The 2012/13 Academic Ranking of World Universities placed The University within the top 14 in the United Kingdom and in the top 150 internationally.
Contact
If you have any queries please email: pg.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk
Application Deadline: 1 August 2014
Open to International Applicants: No (ONLY Nigerians)
More Scholarship Information and Application
Related: List of Scholarships in UK for International Students