Sussex Nigeria Scholarships for Masters Students in UK, 2015

Sussex Nigeria Scholarships (2015)
As part of a wider initiative to invest in excellence, the University of Sussex is delighted to offer scholarships worth £3,000 for all overseas fee paying students from Nigeria admitted to start an eligible Masters course in September 2015-.

Type of award

Scholarship will be awarded as a fee reduction.

Award amount

£3,000

Eligibility

*** Please note that the eligibility criteria for 2015 is under review ***
In order to be eligible for a scholarship you must be a self-financing student from Nigeria and have accepted an offer of a full-time place on a Masters course at the University of Sussex commencing in September 2015. If your offer of a place is conditional you will need to meet the conditions of your offer before you are admitted to the University and awarded the scholarship.
The scholarships relate to all full-time taught Masters degree courses at the University of Sussex (e.g. MA, MSc, LLM. MRes) excluding the following courses:

• Postgraduate diplomas
  
• Graduate Entry LLB
  
• Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law
  
• Graduate Diploma in Economics
  
• Masters degrees in Social Work
  
• Social Work post qualifying Masters degrees
  
• PGCE courses and schools direct teaching courses
  
• MSc Automotive Engineering
  
• Master of Education (two years part-time)
  
• MA degrees in IDS apart from the MA Gender and Development and the MA in Climate Change and Development
  
• Pre-Masters degrees and diplomas taught at partner colleges which are validated by Sussex
  

The scholarship is available only to self-financing students. If your tuition fees are funded by an external funding body you will not be eligible to receive the scholarship.
The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship funded by the University of Sussex. If you have been offered any other Sussex scholarship and wish to accept this award, you will need to decline the other scholarship or vice versa.

Application procedure

You must apply for admission to an eligible Masters course via the University's PG Apply online application system between 1 October 2014 and 1 August 2015..
If you are made an offer, you will be asked to indicate your interest in the Sussex Nigeria Scholarship when you accept your offer online. If you have already accepted your offer, you will be asked to log in and do this later.
The scholarship will be awarded automatically as a tuition fee reduction to eligible students upon enrolment at the University of Sussex.

Timetable

The deadline for application to an eligible Masters course is 1 August 2015.

Further information

If you accept a Sussex Nigeria Scholarship you will be required to undertake occasional promotional or support duties for the University of Sussex at times agreed between yourself and the University (e.g. providing text for the prospectus or web page). Schools of study may have specific duties they wish you to assist with.

Contact details

If you have any queries please email: pg.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/bam/pgstudy/scholarships/2015/view/416