UK Commonwealth Scholarship 2024/25 (Masters, PhD)

By Vipul Jain

30 Nov, 2024

Scholarship

Here we talk about UK Commonwealth Scholarship 2024/25 (Masters, PhD), The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is the official managing authority of the Commonwealth Scholarship 2024. Any student from a commonwealth country who is not able to afford to study in the UK for postgraduate courses is eligible for Commonwealth Scholarship UK. These scholarships are mostly fully funded and few are partially funded, covering the university fees, travel, and accommodation fees, etc. In the UK, students who are applying for these courses to study in the UK can apply for these scholarships.

UK Commonwealth Scholarship 2024/25 (Masters, PhD)

Selection Criteria

Applications will be considered as per the following selection criteria:

• Academic merit
• Quality of research proposal
• Possible impact on the development of the country due to the arrival of the candidate

Commonwealth PhD Scholarship -

For full-time PhD study at a UK university.

• Provides partial funding for their research programs up to a tenure of 36 months.
• The scholarship will not be extended until the completion of the entire course.

Commonwealth Master Scholarship -

• For full-time study Master in UK University,
• Partial funding for one-year taught master's programs.
• The stipend ranges from £1,236 per month to £1,516 per month depending on the location of the university.
• To be eligible for the Commonwealth Master Scholarship the candidate must select the local nominating body from his/her home country.

Deadline UK Commonwealth Scholarship (Masters, PhD)

Deadline for Commonwealth Masters Scholarship: 17:00 hours BST (16:00 GMT) on 17 October 2023. Deadline for Commonwealth PhD Scholarship: 17:00 hours BST (16:00 GMT) on 17 October 2023

Eligible countries for the Commonwealth UK Scholarship 

• Bangladesh
• Belize
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Dominica
• Eswatini
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guyana
• India
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mauritius
• Montserrat
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Rwanda
• Saint Helena
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
• Samoa
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Tanzania
• The Gambia
• Togo
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Vanuatu
• Zambia

Eligibility for Commonwealth Scholarship  

For Masters Scholarship –

• Citizens of an eligible Commonwealth country or have been granted refugee or permanent residence.
• Able to commence academic studies in the UK by September 2024 academic year.
• A graduate degree holder.
• Being unable to study in the UK without a scholarship

For PhD Scholarship –

• Citizens of an eligible Commonwealth country or have been granted refugee or permanent residence.
• Able to commence academic studies in the UK by September 2024 academic year.
• Master's degree holder.
• Being unable to study in the UK without a scholarship
• For Split-Site Scholarships – Scholars must already be registered for a Ph.D. at a university in their Commonwealth country by the time of scholarship registration.

How to Apply?

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