Scholarships at University of Sheffield

The scholarship is a competitive award 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 be currently studying at an International School of Choueifat institution in one of the following countries; Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates.  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

• You must be currently studying at an International School of Choueifat institution in one of the following countries; Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates.

• You must receive an offer to study a full-time or part-time undergraduate degree or foundation degree programme at the University of Sheffield before you can apply for this scholarship.

• Your degree/foundation programme must be scheduled to commence at the University of Sheffield in September 2025. 

• All undergraduate degree courses are eligible with the exceptions of Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).

• You must receive an offer for a course studied in full at the University of Sheffield. Degree programmes split between the University of Sheffield and a partner institution are not eligible to apply for a scholarship.

• 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 any undergraduate scholarships.

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