Chevening Scholarships 2025 – 2026

Deadline: 5th November | Chevening Scholarships 2025 – 2026

Chevening Scholarships enable outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue one-year master’s degrees in the UK. Whilst there is no ‘typical’ Chevening Scholar, we are looking for the kind of people who have the passion, ideas, and influence to provide the solutions and leadership needed to create a better future.

Because these scholarships are fully-funded (flights, accommodation, and course fees are all included), you are free to focus on achieving your professional goals and maximising the experience of a lifetime. You will live and study in the UK for a year, during which time you will develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK. On completing your studies, you will leave the UK equipped with the knowledge and networks necessary to bring your own ideas to life.

When applying for Chevening, you will need to pass an eligibility checker before you can access the application form. The eligibility checker will check if you meet all of the eligibility requirements set out on this page.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Chevening Scholarship you must: 

• Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory.  
• Commit to returning to your home country for at least two years after your scholarship ends. 
• Have at least two years of work experience (2,800 hours). 
• Hold an undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a UK master’s programme. 
• Apply to three different and eligible  UK university courses. You must have received an unconditional offer from at least one of these course choices by the references and education documents deadline listed on the application timeline. 

You are not eligible for a Chevening Scholarship if you: 

• Hold British or dual British citizenship (unless you are a citizen of a British Overseas Territory or hold BN(O) and are applying from Hong Kong).
• Hold refugee status in a country not eligible for Chevening. However, if you are a citizen of an eligible country and hold refugee status in another eligible country, you are eligible for a scholarship.
• Are an employee, former employee, or relative of an employee of the UK government, British Embassies/High Commissions, the British Council, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, or sponsoring UK universities. Employees, former employees, or relatives* of an employee of Chevening Partner organisations are eligible to apply, but if the employment took place within the last two years, you cannot receive a Chevening Partner Award from the organisation from which you work, previously worked, or are affiliated with through relatives.
• Have previously studied in the UK on a UK government-funded scholarship.

Please note that having a master’s degree does not prevent you from applying for a second master’s degree in the UK, providing you can articulate how it aligns with your career goals and will help you to drive positive change in your home country. 

How to Apply for Chevening Scholarship ?

Please follow the following instructions to apply for Chevening Scholarship:

1. Choose your country from here, then choose Chevening Scholarship.
2. Create an account.
3. Fill your profile with your personal information, save the data and validate your profile, then start your application.
4. Complete the quiz to assure your eligibility for the Scholarship.
5. Fill the application with the required data and prepare the following documents:
   • Completed education documents.
   • English language qualification.
   • Conditional offers for proposed courses of study (up to three).
   • Unconditional offers for proposed courses of study (up to three) (You must upload at least one unconditional offer by July).
   • References (If you are invited to interview you will be invited to upload two references).
   • Passport / ID document.
6. Submit the application.

For more Information about Chevening Scholarship 2025-2026 a fully funded masters scholarship, Visit the official website of Chevening Scholarship 2025 -2026