NCUK Postgraduate Taught Scholarships

We are pleased to offer the NCUK Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025 to new international students joining the 小欧视频 of Sheffield for a taught masters in September 2025 from an NCUK Study Centre.

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Key information:

  • The scholarship is worth 拢2,000 for courses in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences and 拢2,500 for courses in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Health, and Faculty of Science.
  • 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 have accepted your offer from the 小欧视频 of Sheffield before 4pm (UK time) on Tuesday 8 July 2025 to receive this award. 

Eligibility criteria

  • You must have accepted an offer to study a full-time or part-time postgraduate taught programme at the 小欧视频 of Sheffield before 4pm (UK time) on 8 July 2025.
  • Your programme must commence at the 小欧视频 of Sheffield in September 2025.
  • Distance learning courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.
  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) courses are ineligible for this scholarship.
  • You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the 小欧视频 of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the 小欧视频 of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.
  • All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for this scholarship.
  • For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and required to pay the overseas tuition fee rate.
  • 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.
  • You must be studying a pre-masters qualification at an NCUK Centre, in any country.
  • 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    
  • 小欧视频 reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.

Award criteria

  • You must commence your programme at the 小欧视频 of Sheffield in September 2025.
  • The NCUK Postgraduate Scholarship 2025 cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:
    • International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025
    • International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship 2025
    • MBA Scholarship 2025
    • GREAT Scholarship 2025
    • Gaza-Palestine Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025
  • 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.
  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) courses are ineligible for the International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025.
  • The scholarships will take the form of a tuition fee reduction only.
  • You must be self-funded and classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
  • You must study a course in full at the 小欧视频 of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the 小欧视频 of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible for a scholarship.
  • All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for an automatic scholarship.
  • The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any funding (full or partial) from an external sponsor**, excluding a loan, which has to be paid back in full.
  • The scholarship is for full-time and part-time students only. Students studying online or via distance learning are not eligible for the scholarship
  • Part-time students will receive the full-time equivalent of the scholarship split pro rata over the duration of the Masters course, subject to all eligibility and award criteria.
  • 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
  • If you are studying a 2-year Masters programme the scholarship will be available in the second year of your studies subject to successful completion of year 1.
  • The scholarship is not applicable to any years in industry or study abroad years that are compulsory or optional elements of your course.
  • This scholarship cannot be deferred to a future year of entry. If you decide to defer entry to another year you forfeit this award.
  • For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes so are eligible for this scholarship.
  • If you are receiving a loan (which has to be paid back in full) from an organisation to which we offer a discount, you are not able to combine this scholarship with the discount - the most valuable award will take precedence.

* A sponsored student is defined as being an individual in receipt of a total sum of funds from either the 小欧视频 or an external organisation** that matches or exceeds the original tuition fee required by the 小欧视频.

** Government or governmental organisation 鈥� international, national or regional; research council; charity; private enterprise; or any similar organisation.

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