Allan
& Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarships
The University of
Sheffield has a strong commitment to International Development. One of the
themes of the University’s 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 D
evelopment, is now able to
offer 12 scholarships (over 3 years) targeted at international students from
developing countries for a number of courses that are affiliated with the
Sheffield Institute for International Development.
2016
Scholarships
There are four
scholarships available to academically strong individuals from developing
countries. Each scholarship offers the following:
- A full
tuition fee waiver - Maintenance
for University accommodation and a monthly stipend
Eligibility
criteria
- You
must hold an offer for one of the following courses to study at the
University of Sheffield in 2016 by Friday 29th April 2016:• MA
Cities and Global Development
• MA
International Development
• MSc in
Environmental Change and International Development
• MPH in
International Development
• MA
in Globalisation and Development
• MA
in Global Justice
• MA
in International Relations
• MSc
in International Social Change and Policy - You
must be classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes. - You
must be self-funded to receive this award, i.e. not funded by a research
council, government, private enterprise, charity or any similar
organisation. - This
scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other funding
awards, either from the University of Sheffield or external sources. - Your
mode of attendance must be full time. - You
must begin your studies at the University of Sheffield in 2016. This
scholarship cannot be deferred. - Receipt
of the scholarship is subject to successfully meeting any condition(s)
attached to your offer before the deadline provided by the Admissions
Service. - Receipt
of the scholarship is subject to successfully receiving a visa to study at
the University in September 2016. - 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 Viet Nam West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe |
How
to apply
You will be
automatically considered for the scholarship if you receive an offer to study
one of the eligible courses and you are a national of, or permanently domiciled
in, one of the eligible countries or territories. Your course application will
be assessed by a panel of academic judges to decide whether you will progress
to the final stage of the application process.
Please use our postgraduateonline application system to submit your application for an eligible
course.
Selection
If you are selected
for the final stage of the application process we will contact you by 13th May 2016.
At this point we may ask you to submit a short personal statement to support
your application.
If you do not
receive an email by Friday 20th May 2016 asking you to submit a personal
statement for the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Scholarship you have not been
selected for this award.
If you have any
questions about this award please email internationalscholarships@sheffield.ac.uk