Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Programme 2026/2027 – YOA

Deadline: December 9, 2025

Applications are open for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Programme 2026/2027. The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship programme is certainly one of three Master’s programmes supplied by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission within the UK (CSC) offers the UK authorities scholarship scheme led by worldwide growth targets. It operates inside the framework of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) and affords a vivid demonstration of the UK’s enduring dedication to the Commonwealth. By attracting people with excellent expertise and identifiable potential from all backgrounds and supporting them to grow to be leaders and innovators on returning to their home nations, the CSC’s work combines sustainable growth with the UK nationwide curiosity and offers alternatives for worldwide partnerships and collaboration.

Scholarship

Each scholarship offers:

• Approved airfare from the Scholar’s home nation to the UK and return on the finish of the award (the CSC is not going to reimburse the price of fares for dependants, nor the price of journeys made earlier than the award is confirmed) – funded by the CSC.
• Approved tuition charges: full charges are lined by settlement between the CSC and the UK college, and students should not liable to pay for any part of the tutoring payment.
• Stipend (dwelling allowance) on the charge of £1,452 monthly, or £1,781 monthly for these at universities within the London metropolitan space (charges quoted at present ranges) – paid and funded by the college.
• Warm clothes allowance, the place relevant – paid and funded by the college.
• Thesis grant in direction of the price of getting ready a thesis or dissertation, the place relevant – paid by the college, funded by the CSC.
• Study journey grant in direction of the price of study-related journey inside the UK or abroad – paid by the college, funded by the CSC.
• Contribution in direction of the price of a compulsory tuberculosis (TB) check, the place required for a visa application (receipts should be equipped) – paid by the college, funded by the CSC.
• If a Scholar has youngsters and is widowed, divorced, or a single dad or mum, child allowance of child allowance of £622 monthly for the primary child, and £154 monthly for the second and third child underneath the age of 16, if their youngsters live with them on the similar handle within the UK.

Eligibility

To be thought-about for these scholarships, candidates should:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee standing by an eligible Commonwealth nation.
• Be completely resident in an eligible Commonwealth nation.
• Be out there to start out tutorial research within the UK by the beginning of the UK tutorial yr in September 2026.
• By September 2026, maintain a primary diploma of not less than higher second-class (2:1) honours commonplace, or a decrease second-class diploma and a related postgraduate qualification (often a Master’s diploma).
• Not have studied or labored for a couple of (tutorial) yr or extra in a excessive earnings nation
• Be unable to afford to study within the UK with out this scholarship.
• Have offered all supporting documentation within the required format.

Application

In the application type, candidates are requested to:

• List all undergraduate and postgraduate college {qualifications} obtained.
• List as much as 10 publications and prizes.
• Provide particulars of employment historical past and clarify how the expertise gained helps and is related to the programme to be undertaken within the UK.
• List names and positions of three referees who’re certified to touch upon each their capability to learn from the proposed Scholarship within the UK and their capability to ship growth influence afterwards. One of the referees should be a present employer (if relevant).
• Provide a Development Impact assertion in 4 elements.

Applications for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for the 2026/27 tutorial yr open at 16:30 GMT on Wednesday 12 November 2025. The scholarships are for study within the UK starting in September/October 2026. The deadline for purposes is Tuesday 9 December at 16:00 GMT.

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For extra info, go to Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Programme.