The University of Sheffield Cowrie Scholarship
Create a free account to applyFull tuition fees plus a maintenance award each year of study can support your undergraduate degree. Successful scholars also engage with a mentoring programme during the academic year.
In partnership with the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, the University of Sheffield offers a scholarship award for an eligible undergraduate student beginning their degree at the university. The award is designed to support students through their studies and forms part of a wider commitment to widening access and financial support for students who meet the published criteria.
The scholarship covers full tuition fees and includes a maintenance award paid each year of study. Applicants are assessed against a combination of personal background, household income, academic circumstances and the potential benefit of the scholarship to their studies and future goals.
Successful applicants are expected to engage with the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation’s mentoring programme during the academic year. The scholarship is conditional on meeting the eligibility requirements and on providing the required evidence during the application and confirmation process.
12 April 2027, 1pm
Applications open before the end of November 2026. Applicants will be notified of the outcome before the end of May 2027. If successful, the University of Sheffield must be made your firm choice before 4pm on Wednesday 2 June 2027.
September 2027
September 2027 entry
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- You must identify as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups: Black or Black British - Caribbean, Black or Black British - African, Mixed - White and Black Caribbean, Mixed - White and Black African, or Other Black background.
- You must be studying your first full-time undergraduate degree.
- You must be ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible to pay the home rate of fees.
- You must have a household income of £35,000 or less per year, as assessed by Student Finance England or an equivalent UK funding agency, and you must receive a maintenance loan during your course.
- You must have received an offer to study a full-time undergraduate course at the University of Sheffield.
- If successful, you must make the University of Sheffield your firm choice.
- Students studying undergraduate courses with foundation years may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- You must confirm that this is your first undergraduate degree programme and that you have not started a degree programme before.
Full tuition fee award plus an £8,000 maintenance award per year of study.
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