2025 Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarships UK (Fully Funded)
The University of Sheffield in the UK is pleased to announce the 2025 Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarships.
University of Sheffield Allan & Nesta Ferguson Scholarships offer scholarships for international students from developing countries for a number of courses that are affiliated with the Sheffield Institute for International Development.
Each University of Sheffield Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarship provides funding that covers the full tuition fee of the selected candidates and a maintenance stipend of £12,500.
Requirements:
To be considered for the University of Sheffield Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarship, you must meet the following conditions
- hold an offer for one of the following courses to study at the University of Sheffield in the 2025-26 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
- You must be classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
- You must not already hold a qualification that is of an equivalent or higher level to the course you are applying for.
- You must not have previously studied outside of your country of residence.
- You must be self-funded to receive this award, ie 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 2025. 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 2025.
- You must be a national of, or permanently domiciled, in one of the low or lower middle income countries as classified by the World Bank in 2025;
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Duration and Reward
- A full tuition fee waiver
- A £12,500 Maintenance Stipend
How To Apply?
- Hold an offer for one of the postgraduate courses (listed above) starting at the University in September 2025. It may take up to 24 hours to be able to access the form after you have received your offer.
- Once you have received an offer, you will need to apply using your MUSE for offer holders login.
- The deadline to apply is 1pm (UK time) on Monday 2 June 2025.
- All eligible applicants who apply before the deadline will be contacted regarding the outcome of their application before Friday 18 July 2025.
- Click the button below to visit the scholarship webpage and begin your application.
