The University of Sussex is delighted to offer this scholarship of £3,000 for an applicant starting one of several courses in the Media Department in September 2025, named for Sussex alumna Cate Haste.
What you get
£3,000
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction
Eligibility
Uk or international applicants holding an offer of a place on one of the following Masters courses are invited to submit an application for this award:
Cultural and Creative Industries MA
Filmmaking MA
Film Studies MA
Journalism and Documentary Practice MA
Journalism and Media Studies MA
Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA
A limited number of scholarships are available to undergraduate international applicants. These are highly competitive and only applicants with exceptional academic achievement and potential will be considered. If you have exceptional grades to date, you can apply for a scholarship after you have received an offer to study at the University of Sussex in 2025.
What you get
£5,000 in the first year of full-time study.
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
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 2025.
Be self-financing.
Have excellent academic grades (see 'Qualifications advice' for indication of minimum grades required; this does not include all accepted qualifications and is instead intended as guidance).
Who isn’t eligible
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:
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:
Courses at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
Degrees in Social Work (if receiving an NHS bursary).
Chancellor's Masters Scholarships are available for First Class graduates from institutions in the UK or Ireland. There are only 100 scholarships available, so there is a competitive application process.
What you get
£3,000 for applicants assessed as 'Home' for fees or £5,000 for applicants assessed as 'Overseas' for fees.
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
Who is eligible
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
have studied a Bachelors (Hons) at a UK or Irish university and hold, or expect to achieve, a First Class Honours degree.
have accepted an offer of a place on an eligible full time or part time Masters course to start in September 2025.
Who isn’t eligible
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 a 2025 Sussex graduate.
studied at a UK University’s overseas campus or external programme.
are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below:
Excluded courses
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).
Courses at IDS.
Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status).
Degrees in Social work (if receiving an NHS bursary).
Online courses.
School direct teaching courses.
Masters funded by the research councils (e.g. ESRC 1+3 funding).
Jan Metzger Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc
Academic Year
2025
Scholarship amount
£12,550 fee waiver
Scholarship Deadline
1 July 2025
The Jan Metzger Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems is kindly funded through a generous donation from Sussex alumnus, Jan Metzger. The scholarship is available for a student taking up a place on Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc (including with industrial placement year) at Sussex in 2025.
What you get
£12,550 fee waiver.
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
Eligibility
Scholarship applicants need to have accepted a full-time place on the Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc or Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems (with an industrial placement year) MSc. UK and Overseas applicants will be considered. For those assessed as 'Home' for fees, the scholarship is a full fee waiver. The successful applicant will demonstrate experience of and engagement with open source.
This philanthropically-funded £10,000 scholarship is available for an international applicant taking up a place to study MA Corruption and Governance in September 2025.
What you get
£10,000 fee reduction.
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship you must have accepted an offer to study Corruption and Governance MA at the University of Sussex, commencing in 2025. You are not eligible for this scholarship if you have applied to study Corruption and Governance MA (Online). The scholarship is a partial fee waiver, the successful recipient needs to have sufficient funds to cover the remaining tuition fees and living costs.
The University of Sussex is delighted to offer the prestigious £5,000 Stuart Hall Scholarship to one student starting at Sussex in September 2025 in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities, focusing on areas of interest to cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932-2014).
What you get
£5,000 tuition fee discount
Opportunity to connect with network of scholars and fellows at the Stuart Hall Foundation
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction
Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have accepted an offer of a full time place on a Masters in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities to start in September 2025.
You must also have — or expect to achieve — a First Class Honours or 2:1 degree from a UK university or an equivalent degree from an overseas institution.
Courses eligible for this scholarship are:
Cultural and Creative Industries MA
Digital Media MA
Filmmaking MA
Film Studies MA
Gender and Media MA
International Journalism MA
Journalism and Documentary Practice MA
Journalism and Media Studies MA
Media and Cultural Studies MA
Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA
Sussex offers a £3,000 fee waiver for previous Sussex students choosing to return to study a Masters degree. There are unlimited awards available and, regardless of how long ago you studied at Sussex, any graduate of the University – who graduated with either a Bachelors, Masters or PhD – is eligible.
What you get
£3,000.
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
Who is eligible
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
Have graduated from Sussex with a Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree.
Have accepted an offer of a place on an eligible full time Masters course to start in September 2025.
Who isn’t eligible
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.
Studied at one of our partner institutions (i.e. BIMM or International Study Centre).
Studied at a UK University’s overseas campus or external programme.
Already hold another University of Sussex scholarship (i.e. Chancellor's Masters Scholarship).
Are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below.
Excluded courses
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).
Courses at IDS.
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).
This scholarship is for applicants who are nationals of Egypt, are classified as 'Overseas' for fee purposes and have been accepted to study an eligible Bachelors course at Sussex in 2025. The scholarship is worth £1,500 per year of full-time study.
What you get
Up to £4,500 (£1,500 per year of full-time study).
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
Who is eligible
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
Be a national of Egypt.
Be classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes.
Have received an offer of a place to study a full time Bachelors degree at Sussex in 2025.
Be self-financing.
Who isn’t eligible
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:
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.
Are progressing from the University of Sussex International Study Centre (ISC).
Already hold another University of Sussex scholarship.
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study any of the following:
Courses at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
Degrees in Social Work (if receiving an NHS bursary).
This scholarship is for applicants who are nationals of India, are classified as 'Overseas' for fee purposes and have been accepted to study an eligible Masters course at Sussex.
What you get
£4,000.
Type of award
Tuition fee reduction.
Who is eligible
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
Be a national of India.
Be classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes.
Be taking up a place on an eligible full-time Masters degree, starting September 2025.
Be self-financing.
Students with an offer to study in the University of Sussex Business School will be able to combine this scholarship with the Business School International Masters Award (2025). Students with an offer to study in the School of Engineering & Informatics will be able to combine this scholarship with the Engineering & Informatics International Masters Award (2025).
Who isn’t eligible
You are not eligible for this scholarship if your full tuition fees will be paid to the university by a sponsor (and you are exempt from paying a tuition fee deposit).
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are progressing from the University of Sussex International Study Centre (ISC).
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).
Courses at IDS.
Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher status).
Degrees in Social Work (if receiving an NHS bursary).
Online courses.
School direct teaching courses.
Masters funded by the research councils (e.g. ESRC 1+3 funding).
As this scholarship is funded by the University of Sussex, it is not possible to combine this with other Sussex scholarships (e.g. Chancellor's International Scholarship).
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