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 students joining the University in 2025 from a Delhi Public School Society (DPS) institution in India. 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 a Delhi Public School Society (DPS) institution in India.

• 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.