Chancellor's Masters Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

Chancellor's Masters Scholarships are available for First Class graduates from institutions in the UK or Ireland, including those from the University of Sussex. There are limited 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 2026

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 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)