Scholarships at Sheffield Hallam University

The GREAT Scholarships for justice and law is a new time-limited programme from the Study UK campaign and the Ministry of Justice.

The GREAT Scholarships for justice and law are jointly funded by Sheffield Hallam University with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.

This scholarship is exclusively for students domiciled in Nigeria, starting one of the following full-time postgraduate taught courses in September 2023. The scholarship provides a £10,000 tuition fee waiver for the first year of study on one of the following courses: 

• MA Applied Human Rights

• LLM Applied Human Rights

• MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice

• LLM Legal Professional Practice

Terms and conditions

• You must be domiciled in Nigeria. There is 1 scholarship available for Nigeria. 

• You must be a self-financing student eligible to pay international tuition fees.

• This offer is applicable to the following full-time taught postgraduate degree programmes in September 2023: MA Applied Human Rights, LLM Applied Human Rights, MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice, LLM Legal Professional Practice.

• You will only receive the award for your first year of study.

• Your fee cannot also be discounted by another arrangement such as a corporate contract or partnership discount.

• You may qualify for both an award and a scholarship but you will only be eligible to receive one of these offers. You would be able to accept the highest award or scholarship that you are offered.

• You must meet the entry requirements in your offer letter before you can enrol.

• If you are eligible for the award, you are still required to pay any relevant deposits and 50% of the remainder of the discounted fee before or at enrolment.

• All decisions on eligibility for these awards are at the University's discretion and are final.