Welcome to the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme for the educational session of 2024/2025. This program is mainly for applicants from the least advanced and lower-middle-earning Commonwealth nations. It provides a fully financed program for full-time Master’s research on assigned programs jointly sponsored by a famous United Kingdom institution. Served by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC), this program matches the United Kingdom authority’s foreign expansion goals and functions within the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.
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Advantages Of The Scholarship
Successful applicants will enjoy a range of advantages to assist their educational journey in the UK:
- Endorsed flight fare: Travel costs from the student’s home nation to the United Kingdom and return.
- Endorsed tuition payments: Complete protection of tuition payments.
- Allowances (living stipend): A monthly allowance for people studying in the London metropolitan region.
- Warm clothing stipend: Given where relevant.
- Study-associated travel grant: Obtainable for travel within the United Kingdom or abroad.
- Child stipend: Relevant to widowed, divorced, or single-parent students.
Qualification Measures
To be eligible for these scholarships, candidates must meet the following qualification measures:
- Nationality: Be a national of or have been awarded refugee status by a qualified Commonwealth nation or be a British-covered individual, which refers to citizens of the UK, British Overseas Territories, or British Crown Dependencies.
- Residency: Be an indefinite resident in a qualified Commonwealth nation.
- Beginning of studies: Be obtainable to begin educational studies in the United Kingdom by the start of the United Kingdom educational session in September 2024.
- Academic certifications: Has a first degree of a minimum of upper second-class (2:1) honors standard by September 2024 or a lower second-class program (2:2) with a necessary postgraduate certification.
- Previous job or study: Not have studied or worked for one educational session or more in a high-earning nation, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, or any European Union country.
- Financial requirements: Be able to pay to study at a United Kingdom institution with this grant.
- Accompanying documentation: Offer all needed accompanying documentation in the stipulated structure.
Application Conditions
Candidates are required to present the following documents with their request:
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- Evidence of citizenship or refugee status: An authentic copy of a passport or national identity card showing a picture, birth date, and country of citizenship.
- Complete transcripts: Explicit transcripts of all higher studies certifications, including present programs transcripts, with qualified translations if not in English.
How To Apply
Requests for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for the 2025/2026 educational year are open. The request deadline is Thursday, December 12th, 2024, at 16:00 GMT. The grants are for study in the United Kingdom starting September/October 2025.
Requests to the CSC must be carried out using the CSC’s online application system. The CSC cannot receive any request or documentation not presented through the online application system.
Candidates must complete and present requests immediately, as the online application system will be bustling from the final date.
Candidates are required to apply to study an endorsed Master’s program at a partaking United Kingdom institution.
Candidates can apply for more than one program and to more than one institution; hence, they may only receive one application for a Shared Scholarship. Know that these grants are only for Master’s programs and not undergraduate or PhD research.
Candidates are required to make an application and acquire acceptance for the selected institution program in addition to applying for a shared scholarship. Please review with the institution chosen for their recommendation on time to apply, acceptance conditions, and laws.
Applications will be allocated to the institution that will assign their selected applicants to the CSC in March 2025, ensuring a fair and transparent selection process.
