The UK Commonwealth Scholarship 2024 is a fully funded scholarship program administered by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). The scholarship provides students from low and middle-income Commonwealth countries with a one-year master's degree program and a three-year Ph.D. grant. Commonwealth fellowship is one of the most prestigious UK scholarships, alongside Chevening and Gates Cambridge.
Applicants must apply online for the CSC Scholarship as well as through a nominating organization. The applicants will be chosen by the Nominating Agency and forwarded to the Commonwealth Committee. The scholarships are for students planning to study in the United Kingdom commencing in September/October 2024. The application procedure for the UK Commonwealth Scholarship 2024/25 is outlined below.
Financial Coverage
The Commonwealth Scholarship will give each scholarship winner with the following benefits:
- The return air ticket covers the entire tuition fee.
- A monthly stipend of £1,347 or £1,652 is provided.
- Also includes the allowance for warm clothing.
- Thesis Funding
- Grants for Additional Study Travel
- If the applicants are widowed, divorced, or single parents, the scholarship pays the first kid £576.61 per month and £143 per month for the second and third children under the age of 16.
- A disabled individual is entitled to additional compensation.
Supporting Documents
Documents included with the application:
- Proof of citizenship from a Commonwealth-eligible country.
- A Valid Passport Copies
- Full transcripts of all higher education degrees, including current transcripts for any courses being taken, with certified translations if not in English. If any transcripts are missing or do not include full pages, the application will be rejected.
- At least two references, in PDF format, signed and on institutional letterhead or an email clearly displaying the sender's identity.
Eligible countries
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Ghana Gabon
- Grenada
- Guyana
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena and St. Lucia
- The Republic of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- The Republic of Sierra Leone
- The Solomon Islands
- The Republic of South Africa
- Sri Lankan
- Tanzania
- Gambian Republic
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu and Zambia
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a citizen of, or a refugee in, the aforementioned nation.
- Permanent resident of one of the nations listed above.
- Be ready to begin academic courses in September 2024.
- Hold a first degree with at least upper second-class (2:1) honors or a lower second-class degree and an appropriate postgraduate certification (typically a Master's degree) before September 2024.
- Without this scholarship, you would be unable to study in the UK.
- I have submitted the relevant supporting documentation.
Application process
The application process is online. Candidates looking forward can apply for the scholarship by clicking on the link mentioned.
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