NCUK Postgraduate Taught Scholarships

Eligibility criteria

• You must have accepted an offer to study a full-time or part-time postgraduate taught programme at the University of Sheffield before 4pm (UK time) on 8 July 2025.
• Your programme must commence at the University of Sheffield in September 2025.
• Distance learning courses are ineligible for a merit scholarship.
• Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) courses are ineligible for this scholarship.
• You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.
• All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for this scholarship.
• For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and required to pay the overseas tuition fee rate.
• You must not be a sponsored student*.
• For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes and are not eligible for undergraduate scholarships.
• Anyone studying a Masters/integrated PhD programme is eligible for a merit scholarship in the Masters element of the programme only.
• You must be studying a pre-masters qualification at an NCUK Centre, in any country.
• These scholarships are not applicable to any postgraduate courses where the higher clinical fee is applicable, this includes, but is not exclusive to the following courses:
  • DClinDent Orthodontics
  • MClinDent in Orthodontics
  • DClinDent Endodontics
  • MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry
  • DClinDent Periodontics
  • MMedSci in Diagnostic Oral Pathology
  • DClinDent Prosthodontics    
• The University of Sheffield reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.

Award criteria

• You must commence your programme at the University of Sheffield in September 2025.
• The NCUK Postgraduate Scholarship 2025 cannot be awarded in conjunction with any of the following scholarships:
  • International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025
  • International Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship 2025
  • MBA Scholarship 2025
  • GREAT Scholarship 2025
• In the event that you are selected for any of the above scholarships the most valuable award will take precedence.
• The scholarship can be awarded in conjunction with any available scholarships from the Department or Faculty you will be studying in, subject to not becoming a sponsored student*. Please use the funding calculator to find out if any scholarships are available from your Department/Faculty.
• Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) courses are ineligible for the International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2025.
• The scholarships will take the form of a tuition fee reduction only.
• You must be self-funded and classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
• You must study a course in full at the University of Sheffield. Masters programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible for a scholarship.
• All Crossways courses and Erasmus Mundus courses are ineligible for an automatic scholarship.
• The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any funding (full or partial) from an external sponsor**, excluding a loan, which has to be paid back in full.
• The scholarship is for full-time and part-time students only. Students studying online or via distance learning are not eligible for the scholarship
• Part-time students will receive the full-time equivalent of the scholarship split pro rata over the duration of the Masters course, subject to all eligibility and award criteria.
• These scholarships are not applicable to any postgraduate courses where the higher clinical fee is applicable, this includes, but is not exclusive to the following courses:
  • DClinDent Orthodontics
  • MClinDent in Orthodontics
  • DClinDent Endodontics
  • MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry
  • DClinDent Periodontics
  • MMedSci in Diagnostic Oral Pathology
  • DClinDent Prosthodontics
• If you are studying a 2-year Masters programme the scholarship will be available in the second year of your studies subject to successful completion of year 1.
• The scholarship is not applicable to any years in industry or study abroad years that are compulsory or optional elements of your course.
• This scholarship cannot be deferred to a future year of entry. If you decide to defer entry to another year you forfeit this award.
• For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes so are eligible for this scholarship.
• If you are receiving a loan (which has to be paid back in full) from an organisation to which we offer a discount, you are not able to combine this scholarship with the discount - the most valuable award will take precedence.

* A sponsored student is defined as being an individual in receipt of a total sum of funds from either the University or an external organisation** that matches or exceeds the original tuition fee required by the University.

** Government or governmental organisation – international, national or regional; research council; charity; private enterprise; or any similar organisation.