Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust masters scholarships

The University of Sheffield has a strong commitment to international development. One of the themes of our strategy is ‘celebrating, promoting and increasing the volume of the work that we do to improve the lives of others through our international relationships, locally and abroad’.

Building on this commitment, the University, in collaboration with the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust and the Sheffield Institute for International Development, is able to offer scholarships for international students from developing countries for a number of courses that are affiliated with the Sheffield Institute for International Development.

There were four scholarships available in 2023 to academically strong individuals from developing countries. Each scholarship offered the following:

• A full tuition fee waiver
• Maintenance stipend 

Eligibility criteria for 2023

1. You must have held an offer before Friday 5 May 2023 for one of the following courses to study at the University of Sheffield in the 2023-24 academic year:
   • International Development MA
   • Environmental Change and International Development MSc
   • International Development (Masters in Public Health) MPH
   • International Law and Global Justice LLM
   • International Political Economy MA
   • Global Journalism MA
   • International Public and Political Communication MA
   • Intercultural Communication MA
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. This scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other funding awards, either from the University of Sheffield or external sources.
5. Your mode of attendance must be full-time.
6. You must begin your studies at the University of Sheffield in 2023. This scholarship cannot be deferred.
7. Receipt of the scholarship is subject to successfully meeting any condition(s) attached to your offer before the deadline provided by the Admissions Service.
8. Receipt of the scholarship is subject to successfully receiving a visa to study at the University in September 2023.
9. You must be a national of, or permanently domiciled, in one of the following countries or territories:

Afghanistan Angola Armenia Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Bolivia Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea

Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay

Philippines Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

How to apply (2023)

Students were automatically considered for the scholarship if they received an offer to study one of the eligible courses before Friday 5 May 2023 and they were a national of, or permanently domiciled in, one of the eligible countries or territories.

Course applications were assessed by a panel who decided which students progressed to the final stage of the application process.

If selected for the next stage, students were contacted before Thursday 18 May 2023. If students had not heard from us by this date, unfortunately they had not been selected for the 2023 scholarship.

Selection process

Applicants contacted before Thursday 18 May 2023 needed to submit an application (which was shared with you) before 1.00pm on Wednesday 31 May 2023. Applications are now closed. Applicants were notified of the outcome of their application before the end of June 2023. 

If you have any questions about this award, please email internationalscholarships@sheffield.ac.uk