Chancellor's Masters Scholarship

Chancellor's Masters Scholarships are available for First Class graduates from the UK or Ireland. There are only 100 scholarships available, so there is a competitive application process.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• have studied a Bachelors (Hons) at a UK or Irish university and hold, or expect to achieve, a First Class Honours degree
• have accepted an offer of a place on an eligible full time or part time Masters course to start in September 2025

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
• Are a 2025 Sussex graduate
• Studied at a UK University's overseas campus or external programme
• Already hold another University of Sussex scholarship (i.e. Sussex Alumni Award)
• Are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below.

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)
• Development Studies MA
• Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status)
• Globalisation, Business and Development MA
• Governance, Development and Public Policy MA
• Power, Participation and Social Change MA
• Poverty and Development MA
• 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)