Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the United Kingdom in partnership with UK universities offers Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries.  Shared Scholarships are usually tenable for one-year Master’s courses only.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To apply for these scholarships, you must:

1. be a Commonwealth citizen, refugee, or British protected person;
2. be permanently resident in a developing Commonwealth country;
3. be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September/October 2017;
4. by August 2017, hold a first degree of either first or upper second class (2:1) classification, or lower second class (2:2) classification plus a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree); 
5. not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a developed country; and
6. be unable, either yourself or through your family, to pay to study in the UK.

BENEFITS

Shared Scholarships are jointly funded by the CSC and participating UK universities. Each Scholarship provides:

1. approved airfare from your home country to the UK and return at the end of your award;
2. approved tuition and examination fees;
3. stipend (living allowance) at the rate of £1,034 per month, or £1,268 per month for those studying at universities in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at 2016-2017 levels) (paid and funded by the university);
4. warm clothing allowance (paid and funded by the university);
5. study travel grant towards the costs of study-related travel within the UK or overseas (claimed from and paid by the university, funded by CSC); and
6. excess baggage allowance, up to up to an annual approved limit, when returning home (claimed from and paid by the university, funded by the CSC).

Additional allowances for spouses or other dependants are not usually available.

CANDIDATES’ RESPONSIBILITIES

Candidates are urged to carefully consider all the responsibilities outlined on the website.

For detailed information on this programme of study, cost involved and application form, please visit:

http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/shared-scholarships/info-candidates/

Deadline to submit application forms via the Electronic Application System (EAS) to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is March 29^th, 2017.