International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2025

Overview

The scholarships are competitive awards worth £10,000 towards the tuition fee for an undergraduate degree programme starting in autumn 2025. The scholarship is available for new international students who meet the eligibility criteria. 

You must hold an offer to study at the University of Sheffield before you apply for this scholarship.

Key dates

• Applications are now open.

• The deadline to apply is 1pm (UK time) on Tuesday 22 April 2025.

• Scholarship winners will be announced by Wednesday 14 May 2025.

• If you are offered the scholarship, we’ll ask that you confirm acceptance of your scholarship and firm your offer by a fixed date.

Eligibility criteria

• Your programme must be scheduled to commence at the University of Sheffield in autumn 2025.

• You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. All undergraduate degree courses are eligible with the exceptions of Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).

• For tuition fee purposes you must be self-funded and eligible to pay the overseas tuition fee.

• You must not be a sponsored student.

• You must enter a degree programme at the University of Sheffield in programme year 1 or year 2.

• For scholarship purposes all MArch programmes are considered as postgraduate taught programmes and are not eligible for this or any other undergraduate scholarship.

• The University of Sheffield reserves the right to review and change scholarship provision.