Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2027/2028 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: October 20, 2026

Applications are open for the Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2027/2028. Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships allow gifted and motivated people to achieve the information and abilities required for sustainable improvement and are geared toward those that couldn’t in any other case afford to study within the UK.

Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships are for candidates from eligible low and center revenue Commonwealth international locations, to undertake full-time taught Master’s study at a UK college.

Scholarship

Each scholarship supplies:

• Approved airfare from the Scholar’s home nation to the UK and return on the finish of the award (the CSC won’t reimburse the price of fares for dependants, nor the price of journeys made earlier than the award is confirmed).
• Approved tuition charges: full charges are lined by settlement between the CSC and the UK college, and Scholars aren’t liable to pay for any part of the schooling price.
• Stipend (dwelling allowance) on the fee of £1,712 per thirty days, or £2,000 per thirty days for these at universities within the London metropolitan space (charges quoted at present ranges).
• Study journey grant in direction of the price of study-related journey throughout the UK or abroad.
• If a Scholar has kids and is widowed, divorced, or a single dad or mum, child allowance of child allowance of £622 per thirty days for the primary child, and £154 per thirty days for the second and third child underneath the age of 16, if their kids live with them on the identical tackle within the UK.

Eligibility

To be thought of for these scholarships, candidates should:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee standing by an eligible Commonwealth nation, or be a British Protected Person.
• Be completely resident in an eligible Commonwealth nation.
• Be obtainable to start out tutorial research within the UK by the beginning of the UK tutorial 12 months in September 2027.
• By September 2027, maintain a primary diploma of no less than higher second-class (2:1) honours normal, or a decrease second-class diploma and a related postgraduate qualification (often a Master’s diploma).
• Be unable to afford to study within the UK with out this scholarship.
• Have supplied all supporting documentation within the required format.

Selection Criteria

Applications will probably be thought of based on the next choice standards:

• Candidate benefit (together with tutorial expertise)
• Quality of analysis proposal
• Potential impression on the event of the candidate’s home nation

Application

In the application kind, 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 profit from the proposed Scholarship within the UK and their means to ship improvement impression afterwards. One of the referees should be a present employer (if relevant) and no less than two references should be included with the application.
• Provide a Development Impact assertion in 4 components.

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For extra data, go to Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships.