Friends of the University of Sussex Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

This scholarship is offered to an applicant from the USA who will be taking up a place to study a full time Masters degree at Sussex in September 2026.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes
• Be taking up a place on a full time Masters degree, starting September 2026
• Be a US national or provide proof of residency

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 studying an online course
• 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)
• 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
• MPhil courses
• 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)