8 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for 2022

8 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for 2022

We are offering up to 8 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for 2022, which are available for applicants who are nationals of (or have been granted refugee status by) and are ordinarily resident in one of the following developing Commonwealth countries, as specified by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission:

Bangladesh, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, The Gambia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, or Zambia.

Candidates must be applying for specific courses, these alter each year dependent on the current focus of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. For 2022 entry candidates must be applying to one of the following courses:

• MSt Diplomatic Studies
• MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology
• Master of Public Policy (MPP)
• MSc Economics for Development
• MSc Water Science, Policy and Management
• MSc Environmental Change and Management
• MSc Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management

The scholarship covers course fees in its entirety and provides a grant for living costs for full-time students of at least £13,600, return airfares from your home country plus a warm clothing allowance, and study travel and thesis grants. Awards are made for the full duration of fee liability for the agreed course. The scholarship is jointly funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and the University.  It supports students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the United Kingdom.

Details of full eligibility criteria and how to apply are available on the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's website, applications are now being accepted for 2022 entry.

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

Complete the online scholarship application form issued by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission by 4 pm (GMT) on Monday 20th December 2021.

Have submitted your application for graduate study by the relevant deadline for your course.  

Candidates who have not completed both of the above, will not be considered.

Selection is expected to take place between April and June 2022.