The University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom has opened applications for its International Postgraduate Scholarship, offering a £3,000 tuition fee discount to international fee-paying students beginning their Master’s studies in September 2026.

The institution has confirmed that no additional scholarship application is required — students who accept their academic offer by July 7 will automatically be considered.

The award will be granted exclusively as a deduction from tuition fees, and cannot be combined with other external sponsorships, whether full or partial, unless the external support is a repayable loan. In scenarios where a loan provider already receives a University of Sheffield discount, the highest-value funding option will apply, meaning both benefits cannot be stacked.

Eligibility rules

To qualify, applicants must enrol in a full course of postgraduate study at Sheffield, either full-time or part-time. Remote, online and distance-learning programmes are not eligible. Part-time students will receive the full-time scholarship equivalent, distributed proportionally over the duration of their programme.

Those enrolled in two-year Master’s courses will be eligible for the scholarship in the second year, provided they successfully complete Year 1.

Courses not covered

The International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2026 excludes programmes with higher clinical fees, including but not limited to:

·        DClinDent Orthodontics

·        MClinDent in Orthodontics

·        DClinDent Endodontics

·        MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry

·        DClinDent Periodontics

·        MMedSci in Diagnostic Oral Pathology

·        DClinDent Prosthodontics

The scholarship is also not available for PGDip, PGCert programmes, joint Master’s degrees split between Sheffield and partner institutions, Erasmus Mundus or Crossways courses. It further does not apply to compulsory or optional study-abroad or industry-placement years.

Additional terms

The award cannot be deferred to a later academic year. Students who choose to postpone their admission will automatically forfeit the scholarship. All MArch programmes fall under the postgraduate taught category and qualify for consideration.

The university has reiterated that students bear responsibility for confirming all available funding options, and that scholarship support cannot be backdated, even if eligibility criteria were met in earlier years.