Scholarships at University of Sheffield

We are delighted to offer 75 International Undergraduate Merit Scholarships in 2023.

The scholarships are competitive awards worth 50% of the tuition fee for an undergraduate degree programme starting in autumn 2023. The scholarship is available for new international students who meet the eligibility criteria.

Key dates

• Applications are now open.

• The deadline to apply is Monday 24 April 2023 at 13:00 (UK time).

• Scholarship winners will be announced on Wednesday 17 May 2023 by 16:00 (UK time).

Eligibility criteria

• Your programme must be scheduled to commence at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.

• You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. All undergraduate degree courses are eligible with the exceptions of Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).

• For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and eligible to pay the overseas tuition fee.

• You must not be a sponsored student*.

• You must enter a degree programme at the University of Sheffield in programme year 1 or year 2.

• For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes and are not eligible for this or any other undergraduate scholarship.

• The University of Sheffield reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.

Award criteria

• ou must commence your studies at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.

• The International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023 is limited to one award per person.

• The International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023 cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:

  • International Baccalaureate Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • NCUK Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • GEMS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • International School of Choueifat Merit Scholarship 2023

  • DPS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • International Undergraduate Scholarship 2023

  • NCUK Undergraduate Scholarship 2023

We are pleased to offer the International Undergraduate Scholarship 2023 to new international students starting their undergraduate studies at the University of Sheffield in September 2023.

Key information:

• The scholarship is worth £2,000 per year for courses in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences and £2,500 per year for courses in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, and Faculty of Science.

• The scholarship is offered in each following academic year subject to sustained academic success, please see below for more details.

• No additional scholarship application is required. If you meet the eligibility and award criteria below the scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount.

• You must choose the University of Sheffield as your firm or insurance choice before 16:00 (UK time) on 8 June 2023 to receive this award.

Eligibility and award criteria:

• ou must commence your studies of an undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield in September 2023. All undergraduate degree courses are included except for Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).

• You must choose the University of Sheffield as your firm or insurance choice before 16:00 (UK time) on 8 June 2023.

• The scholarship will be awarded automatically – no scholarship application is required in the first or any subsequent years.

• Subject to meeting the eligibility and award criteria the scholarship will be guaranteed in the first year of study. 

• The scholarship is applicable to each subsequent academic year of study, subject to achieving 60% (wmg) or above and achieving a minimum of 120 credits in the previous academic year. The scholarship is not applicable to any compulsory or optional years in industry, work placements or year abroad.

• You must enter a degree programme at the University of Sheffield in year 1. If you are entering in year 2, you would be eligible for this scholarship, providing you are not receiving a scholarship/award as part of a collaborative programme with your home institution.  

• The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships. In the event that you are selected for any of the below scholarships the most valuable award will take precedence:

  • International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • International Baccalaureate Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • GEMS International Merit Scholarship 2023

  • NCUK Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • DPS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2023

  • International School of Choueifat Merit Scholarship 2023

  • NCUK Undergraduate Scholarship 2023

• The scholarship can be awarded in-conjunction with any available scholarships from the Department or Faculty you will be studying in, subject to not becoming a sponsored student*. Please use the funding calculator to find out if any scholarships are available from your Department/Faculty.

We are delighted to offer 125 International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarships in 2023.

Each scholarship is a competitive award worth 25% of the original tuition fee for a postgraduate taught programme starting in September 2023. The scholarships are available to all new international students who meet the eligibility criteria.

Key dates.

• Scholarship applications are now open.

• The deadline for scholarship applications is 13:00 (UK time) on Monday 15 May 2023.

• Scholarship results will be announced by 16:00 (UK time) on Monday 12 June 2023.

Eligibility criteria

Your programme must commence at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.

• Distance learning courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.

• You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.

• All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.

• For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and required to pay the overseas tuition fee.

• You must not be a sponsored student*.

• For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes and are not eligible for undergraduate scholarships.

• Anyone studying a Masters/integrated PhD programme is eligible for a merit scholarship in the Masters element of the programme only.

• These scholarships are not applicable to any postgraduate courses where the higher clinical fee is applicable. This includes, but is not exclusive to, the following courses:

  • DClinDent Orthodontics

  • MClinDent in Orthodontics

  • DClinDent Endodontics

  • MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry

  • DClinDent Periodontics

  • MMedSci in Diagnostic Oral Pathology

  • DClinDent Prosthodontics

• The University of Sheffield reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.

Award criteria

• You must commence your programme at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2023.

• The International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship 2023 cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:

  • International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2023

  • NCUK Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2023

  • Professor David Locker Scholarship in Social Science, Oral Health and Dentistry 2023 

  • Sir Sze-yuen Chung Postgraduate Merit Scholarship 2023 

  • MBA Scholarship 2023 

• In the event that you are selected for any of the above scholarships the most valuable award will take precedence.

• The scholarship can be awarded in conjunction with any available scholarships from the Department or Faculty you will be studying in, subject to not becoming a sponsored student*. Please use the funding calculator to find out if any scholarships are available from your Department/Faculty.

Sheffield University Management School is looking for talented and ambitious professionals who will contribute to the continuous success of our Sheffield MBA. We are offering a limited number of scholarships worth £10,000 each for Home and International students starting their MBA Programme in 2023.

Eligibility criteria

As part of the application process, the admissions team will assess the application, including the personal statement. Candidates will be also assessed by their performance at their interview with the MBA admissions team.

• Applicants to the scholarship are required to hold any offer to study the Sheffield MBA, conditional or unconditional.

• Applicants who have been offered a place through the exceptions process cannot be considered for a scholarship.

Terms and conditions

The Sheffield MBA Scholarship 2023 cannot be awarded in conjunction with other university scholarships.  Full details will be updated here when they are confirmed for 2023 entry.

• You must commence your programme at the University of Sheffield in Autumn 2023.

• You must not be a sponsored student*. Scholarship recipients must be self-funding.

• The scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount only. There is no cash alternative.

• The decision of the scholarship panel is final. No scholarship decision appeals will be considered.

• The University of Sheffield reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.

• If you are selected for the scholarship, you will be required to pay a tuition fee deposit by a fixed date.

Engineering Excellence Scholarship 2023

The scholarship will be awarded to overseas fee status undergraduate students who exceed the academic conditions of our standard UCAS offer. Candidates who attain A level grades of A*AA or above (or the equivalent qualification in your country) will receive the Excellence Scholarship.

To be eligible you must:

• make The University of Sheffield your first (firm) choice in the UCAS application process for 2023 entry
• be an undergraduate student
• be classed as an overseas student for tuition fee purposes
• be taking all prerequisite subjects for your selected degree

Conditions of scholarship amount

We will offer the scholarship in the form of a cash bursary at the start of your course should you be eligible. The scholarship amount is dependent on your academic achievement:

• A*A A: £1,000
• A*A*A: £2,000
• A*A*A*: £3,000.

Terms and conditions

• The scholarship will be awarded automatically – no application is required in the first or any subsequent years.
• Receipt of the scholarship in subsequent years of study is subject to you achieving 70% overall average mark in the previous academic year. The scholarship will be withdrawn if you fail to achieve 70% and it will not be reinstated in the following year.
• You will not receive the scholarship during any optional or compulsory study abroad periods or year in industry.
• Students taking the University of Sheffield International College pathway program are not eligible for the scholarship.
• The scholarship can be awarded in conjunction with other University of Sheffield scholarships as long as the individual does not become fully funded for tuition fee purposes, as a result of the sum of these awards.
• The scholarship is not available to students who apply to the University during clearing.

Disclaimer: All details were correct at time of publication and can be subject to change.