Commonwealth shared scholarships

Applications for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for September 2024 have now closed.

The Shared Scholarship Scheme is a joint initiative between the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission with funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and UK universities, to support scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the United Kingdom.

To apply for these scholarships, you must:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person.
• Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.
• Be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September 2024.
• Not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a high income country.
• Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.
• By September 2024, hold a first degree of at least upper second-class (2:1) honours standard, or a lower second-class degree (2:2) and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a master’s degree)..

Eligible Commonwealth countries are: Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, 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, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia.

The scholarship covers:

• Tuition fees
• Maintenance/Living cost stipend
• Approved airfare to and from UK
• Thesis grant if applicable
• Study travel grant if applicable
• A one off warm clothes allowance

• MSc Food Science
• MSc Food Technology – Quality Assurance 
• MA International Relations

You must also apply for the scholarship on the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission’s online application form.

Applications for this scholarship are now open and close on 14 December 2023 at 16:00 GMT.

Please visit the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission website for more information on eligibility, terms and conditions, application and selection process.