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Published: 02 May 2024
In partnership with the University of Sheffield Africa Scholarship Trust, the Department of Geography is pleased to offer one scholarship for a postgraduate taught student from Africa in 2024.
| Application Deadline | May 28, 2024 |
| Funding Type | Fully Funded |
| Country to study | United Kingdom |
| School to study | University of Sheffield |
| Type | Masters |
| Course to study | View courses |
| Sponsor | University of Sheffield |
| Gender | Men and Women |
The 2024 scholarship offers the following support:
You must hold an offer to study on one of the following courses and register on the course in September 2024 at the University of Sheffield
2. You must be classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
3. You must be self-funded to receive this award, ie not funded by a research council, government, private enterprise, charity or any similar organisation.
4. You must not already hold a qualification equal to or higher than a masters.
5. You must not have already studied outside of your home country.
6. This scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other funding awards, either from the University of Sheffield or external sources.
7. Your mode of attendance must be full-time.
8. Receipt of the scholarship is subject to successfully meeting any condition(s) attached to your offer before the deadline provided by the Admissions Service.
9. You must have an unconditional offer to study at the University before the 2 September 2024.
10. Receipt of the scholarship is subject to successfully receiving a visa to study at the University in September 2024.
11. You must be a national of or permanently domiciled in an African country.
12. The scholarship can not be deferred and students taking a leave of absence will not be eligible to receive the award when they return to their studies.
This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful; a panel of senior members of staff will select the strongest application.
The panel will be looking to see in particular if you have:
Consideration will also be given as to whether candidates may have experienced discrimination because of personal characteristics such as their gender, race, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
You will need to use your applicant login details (once you have received an offer) to access the application form.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application before the end of June 2024.
For more details, visit University of Sheffield website.