University of Brighton offer New Postgraduate Scholarships for International Students

The
University of Brighton is offering a number of scholarships available to
both new international students and international Brighton graduates who are
progressing to further study.
The
aim of the University of Brighton postgraduate scholarship is to enable and
encourage academically able students from any nationality.
The
University of Brighton is a university of 20,685

students and 2,700 staff based
on five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne, and Hastings on the south coast of
England.

Most
postgraduate courses require an overall IELTS score of at least 6.5 with no
element less than 5.5.
Course
Level: 
Scholarships
are available for pursuing a postgraduate programme at the University of
Brighton.
Study
Subject: 
Scholarships
are offered to different departments across the university, all offering a
diverse range of courses.
Scholarship
Award:
Scholarships
will comprise
  • International
    scholarships: 
    30 University of Brighton
    international scholarships available to new, full-time international
    postgraduate taught degree students. The scholarship is worth £5,000 off
    the cost of applicant’s tuition fees for each year of their course.
  • Vice-Chancellor’s
    postgraduate excellence scholarships:
     Postgraduate
    excellence scholarships worth £3,000 are available to graduates with a
    first-class degree from a UK institution who progress immediately from
    undergraduate to masters level study with us in 2016.
  • Vice-Chancellor’s
    postgraduate alumni scholarships: 
    Scholarships
    worth £3,000 are available to University of Brighton students who graduate
    with a first or 2:1 in 2015/16 and progress to masters study with us.
  • International
    Huxley scholarships:
     A number of £2,000
    scholarships for international students studying certain MSc and MRes
    programmes within the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.
  • Sports
    scholarships:

    These scholarships are paid in the autumn of the year they are awarded.
    They are partly funded by the university’s ambassadors group.
  • Santander
    international masters scholarships:
    Up to ten masters scholarships
    funded by the Santander Universities network, worth a tuition fee
    reduction of £5,000, are available to new full-time postgraduate students
    starting taught degrees in 2016.
  • Global
    opportunities scholarships:
     Scholarships provide up to
    £15,000 to cover living costs and a fee waiver for postgraduate taught
    study on selected courses.
  • International
    research scholarship: 
    A minimum of two international
    research scholarships worth the full tuition fee for each year of research
    degree (for up to a maximum of three years) are available to outstanding
    international research students in all areas of study.
  • Santander
    research scholarships:
    two research scholarships worth
    £5,000 each, funded by Santander Universities
Scholarship
can be taken in the

UK
Eligibility: The following
criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for these
scholarships:
  • International
    scholarships:
    To
    be eligible to apply for a scholarship, applicants must be a new,
    full-time, international fee status student who holds an offer for a
    postgraduate taught degree with a minimum course duration of one year.
  • Vice-Chancellor’s
    postgraduate excellence scholarships:
    The
    Vice-Chancellor’s postgraduate excellence scholarship is only available to
    graduates who obtain a first-class degree from a UK institution in
    2015/16. Eligible graduates must be applying to start a masters course in
    2016 or for deferred entry (maximum one year).
  • Vice-Chancellor’s
    postgraduate alumni scholarships:
    The Vice-Chancellor’s postgraduate
    alumni scholarship is only available to University of Brighton alumni who
    graduate with a first or 2:1 in 2015/16.
  • International
    Huxley scholarships: 
    In order to be eligible to apply
    for a Huxley scholarship applicant must be a new, full-time, self-funding
    international masters student on one of the following courses:Biomedical
    Sciences MSc, Clinical Pharmacy MSc, Industrial Pharmaceutical
    Sciences MSc, Pharmacology MSc, Bioscience MRes, Chemistry
    MRes, Ecology MRes and Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
    MRes
  • Sports
    scholarships:
     Two
    different types of sports scholarships:
    1. The
      elite athletes / elite disabled athletes scholarships are for students
      who have reached a national level of competition or performance and have
      the potential and dedication to reach world-class performance level.
    2. The
      talented sports performers scholarship is for students who have
      represented their sport at the national or regional level or who are able
      to demonstrate that they have the potential to compete at these levels.
  • Santander
    international masters scholarships:
    Applicants must hold
    an offer of admission to a one-year, full-time Masters programme in any
    subject at the University of Brighton by the advertised deadlines for the
    International Scholarships; this offer can be unconditional or
    conditional.
  • Global
    opportunities scholarships: 
    To be considered for one of these
    scholarships, applicants must satisfy all of the following criteria:
    1. Received
      an academic offer for postgraduate study starting in September 2016 on
      one of the eligible courses
    2. an
      asylum seeker or you have been refused asylum but have been granted some
      other form of temporary status eg. humanitarian protection, unaccompanied
      asylum seeking children (UASC) leave or limited leave
    3. Applicants
      currently live in East or West Sussex
    4. Unable
      to access postgraduate finance through the current UK Government student
      finance system
  • International
    research scholarship:
    In order to be eligible for the
    scholarship, applicants must be a new, full-time international research
    student with an unconditional place for entry in October 2016.
  • Santander
    research scholarships: 
    To be eligible for one of these
    scholarships, applicants need to be: a current postgraduate research
    student enrolled at  the University of Brighton or Brighton &
    Sussex Medical School and in addition either a research student from one
    of the Santander Universities network countries.
Nationality:
UK/EU
and international students are eligible to apply.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement
Masters-level degree
courses typically require a first degree. However, if you don’t hold this
qualification but can demonstrate an equivalent level of experience, we will
consider your application on the basis of your potential to benefit from, and
contribute to, a course.

English
Language Requirements
: Most
postgraduate courses require an overall IELTS score of at least 6.5 with no
element less than 5.5, but a number of courses do have higher IELTS
requirements than this.
How
to Apply:
Please
email internationalscholarships-at-brighton.ac.uk with University of
Brighton student number in the subject line, and University will send a
scholarship application pack.
Application
Deadline:
Application
deadlines are different for each scholarship.

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