Chancellor’s International Scholarships (2022)

Up to 100 scholarships are available to undergraduate international applicants. As there are a limited number of awards available, these are highly competitive and only applicants with excellent academic achievement and potential will be considered.

If you have excellent grades to date, you can apply for a scholarship after you have received an offer to study at the University of Sussex in 2022.

What you get

£5,000 per year of full time study

Type of award

Fee waiver

Funding type

Sussex funded

Eligibility

• Who is eligible

  To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

  • Be classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes
  • Have received an offer of a place to study a full time Bachelors degree at Sussex in 2022
  • Be self-financing
  • Have excellent academic grades (see ‘Qualifications advice’ for indication of minimum grades required)

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  Qualification/Country	Minimum grades required to apply for the scholarship
  A Levels	AAA
  Canada	Ontario secondary School Diploma with an overall average of 80% from 6 grade 12 4U or 4M courses
  European Baccalaureate	Overall average of 85%
  German Abitur	Abitur 1.6
  Greece	Apolytirion 19.2/20
  International Baccalaureate	36 points
  Nigeria	1 year of University study with excellent grades
  Spain	Titulo de Bachillerato 8.5 overall average
  Turkey	Lise Diplomasi/Bitirme with at least 85% in the final year (4.5/5)

• Who isn’t eligible

  You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

  • Are applying for a course in the School of Business
  • Are applying for a course in the School of Engineering and Informatics
  • Are applying for a Bachelors at a university that is not at the University of Sussex
  • Are progressing into the final year of an integrated Masters at Sussex
  • Already hold another University of Sussex scholarship

  You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study any of the following:

  • Degrees in Social work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
  • PGCE courses
  • Schools direct teaching courses
  • Postgraduate diplomas

Number of scholarships available

Up to 100

Deadline

1 August 2022 23:59

How to apply

To be considered for the Chancellor’s International Scholarship, you need to have received an offer of a place on an eligible course at Sussex. Offer holders will be sent a link to the scholarship application form online, after receiving an offer to study at Sussex.

The successful applicant will need to ensure they have made plans or raised sufficient funds to cover the remaining tuition fee and costs of living, for the duration of their degree.  For guidance about estimated living costs at Sussex and information about budgeting, please see our website.

This is not available for applicants to the University of Sussex Business School or School of Engineering & Informatics, as there are School-specific Chancellors Scholarships available that you can apply for. 

Contact us

[email protected]

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Timetable

Applications are assessed and scholarships allocated on a rolling basis. The final deadline to apply is 1 August, however, as all scholarships may have been assigned by then, you are advised to apply as soon as possible.

Updated March 2022: 60% of scholarships have now been allocated. 

Terms and conditions

It is only possible to receive one Sussex funded scholarship. Scholarships are not available during placement years.