Commonwealth Scholarship schemes
Commonwealth Scholarship schemes
Commonwealth Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are offered to citizens from low and middle income Commonwealth countries. The majority of Scholarships are funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), with the aim of contributing to the UK’s international development aims and wider overseas interests, supporting excellence in UK higher education, and sustaining the principles of the Commonwealth.
Please visit the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's website for criteria for each schemes.
Number of Scholarships
VariableEligible countries/regions
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
Eligible programmes
- Accounting & Finance[PhD]
- Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work (CLD Standards Council Accredited)[MEd/PgDip]
- Advanced Functional Materials[MSc]
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing[MSc]
- Advanced Nursing Science[MSc]
- Advanced Practice in Health Care[MSc(MedSci)]
- Advanced Quantitative Methods[PhD]
- Advanced Statistics[MRes]
- Aerospace Engineering[MSc]
- Aerospace Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Ageing, Health & Welfare[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- American Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Ancestral Studies[MRes]
- Ancient Cultures[MSc]
- Animal Ecology[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law[MSc]
- Applied Linguistics[MSc]
- Applied Linguistics[PhD]
- Applied Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Applied Photonics[EngD]
- Archaeology[MSc]
- Archaeology[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Art History[MLitt]
- Art History: Collecting & Provenance in an International Context[MSc]
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories[MLitt]
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning[MLitt]
- Astrophysics[MSc]
- Autonomous Systems and Connectivity[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Behavioural Science[MSc]
- Biochemistry & Biotechnology[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Bioinformatics[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Biomedical Engineering[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Biomedical Engineering[MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences[MRes]
- Biomedical Sciences[MSc]
- Biotechnology[MSc]
- Biotechnology & Management[MSc/PgDip]
- Brain Sciences[MSc]
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology[MSc]
- Cancer Sciences[PhD/iPhD]
- Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences[PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)]
- Cardiovascular Sciences[MSc(MedSci)]
- Cell Engineering[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Celtic & Gaelic[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Celtic Studies[MSc]
- Central & East European Studies[PhD]
- Chemical Biology[MSc]
- Chemistry[MSc]
- Chemistry[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[MSc]
- Children's Literature & Literacies[MEd]
- City Planning[MSc]
- City Planning & Real Estate Development[MSc]
- Civil Engineering[MSc]
- Civil Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Classics[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Classics & Ancient History[MSc]
- Clinical & Surgical Sciences[PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)]
- Clinical Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice[MSc(MedSci)]
- Clinical Pharmacology[MSc(MedSci)]
- Comparative Literature[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Comparative Literature[MLitt]
- Computational Geoscience[MSc]
- Computer Systems Engineering[MSc]
- Computing Science[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Computing Science[MSc]
- Conflict Archaeology & Heritage[MSc/PgDip]
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems[MSc]
- Corporate & Financial Law[LLM]
- Corporate Governance & Accountability[MSc]
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy[MSc]
- Creative Writing[MLitt]
- Creative Writing[DFA/MFA]
- Criminology[MRes]
- Criminology[PhD/MRes]
- Criminology & Criminal Justice[MSc]
- Critical Care[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) (in conjunction with The Glasgow School of Art)[MLitt]
- Data Analytics[MSc]
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance[MSc]
- Data Science[MSc]
- Dentistry (Community Oral Health & Oral Sciences)[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Diabetes, Renal, Endocrine & Metabolic Medicine[PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)]
- Digital Cancer Technologies[MSc]
- Digital Society[MSc]
- Doctorate in Education[EdD]
- Early Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships[MSc]
- Ecology & Environmental Biology[MRes]
- Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
- Economic & Social History[PhD]
- Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways)[MSc]
- Economics[PhD]
- Economics, International Banking & Finance[MSc]
- Education[PhD/MPhil/MRes]
- Education for Sustainable Futures in Adult, Community & Youth Contexts[MSc]
- Education, Public Policy & Equity[MSc]
- Educational Studies[MSc]
- Educational Studies[MEd]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering[MSc]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing[MSc]
- English Language & Linguistics[MSc]
- English Language & Linguistics[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- English Literature[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- English Literature[MLitt]
- English Literature: American Modern Literature[MLitt]
- English Literature: Fantasy[MLitt]
- English Literature: Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory[MLitt]
- Environment & Sustainable Development[MSc]
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)[MLitt]
- Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems[MSc]
- Environmental Research[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Environmental Sciences[PhD/MSc (Research)/MPhil (Research)]
- Environmental Sustainability[PhD]
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance[MSc]
- Evolutionary Analysis[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Film & TV Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Film & Television Studies[MLitt]
- Film Curation[MSc]
- Filmmaking & Media Arts[MSc]
- Finance & Management[MSc]
- Financial Economics[MSc]
- Financial Modelling & Investment[MSc]
- Financial Risk Management[MSc]
- Financial Technology[MSc]
- Food Security[MSc]
- French[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Gender History[MSc/PgDip]
- General Practice & Primary Care[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geology[PhD/MSc (Research)/MPhil (Research)]
- Geomatics & Management[MSc]
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geospatial Data Science[PhD]
- Geospatial Data Science & Modelling[MSc]
- German[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Global Economy[MSc]
- Global Health[MSc/MRes]
- Global History[MSc]
- Global Mental Health[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Global Migrations & Social Justice[MSc]
- Global Security[MSc]
- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Health Services Management[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Health and Social Policy[PhD]
- Hispanic Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- History[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- History[MSc/PgDip]
- History of Art[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]
- Human Geography[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies[MRes]
- Human Nutrition[MSc(MedSci)]
- Human Rights & International Politics[MSc]
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice[MEd]
- Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis[MRes]
- Infection Biology (with specialisms)[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Infection, Immunity & Inflammation[PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)]
- Infectious Disease[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Information Management & Preservation[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Information Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Information Technology[MSc]
- Infrastructure & Environment[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy[LLM]
- Interdisciplinary Studies[PhD/MPhil]
- International & Comparative Education[MSc]
- International Accounting & Financial Management[MAcc]
- International Business[MSc]
- International Commercial Law[LLM]
- International Corporate Finance & Banking[MSc]
- International Economic Law[LLM]
- International Finance[MFin]
- International Financial Analysis[MSc]
- International Human Resource Management & Development[MSc]
- International Law[LLM]
- International Law & Security[LLM]
- International Management & Design Innovation[MSc]
- International Relations[MSc]
- International Relations[MRes]
- International Strategic Marketing[MSc]
- Investment Banking & Finance[MSc]
- Italian[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement[MSc]
- Language & Literacy Education (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
- Law[LLM]
- Law[PhD/LLM (Research)]
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)[MBA]
- Management[MRes]
- Management[PhD]
- Management[MSc]
- Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth[MSc]
- Management with Human Resources[MSc]
- Master of Global Business[MGB]
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies[MSc/PgDip]
- Mathematics[PhD/iPhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics[MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering[MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Mechatronics[MSc]
- Media & Cultural Policy[PhD/MLitt/MPhil]
- Media Management[MSc]
- Media, Communications & International Journalism[MSc]
- Media, Culture & Society[MSc]
- Medical Devices Engineering[MSc]
- Medical Education[PhD]
- Medical Genetics & Genomics[MSc(MedSci)]
- Medical Physics[MSc]
- Medical Visualisation & Human Anatomy[MSc]
- Medieval History[MSc/PgDip]
- Mental Health[PhD/iPhD]
- Microbiology[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
- Modern Languages & Cultures[PhD/MRes]
- Molecular Genetics[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Molecular Pathology[PhD]
- Molecular Pharmacology[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Museum Education[MSc]
- Museum Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Music[PhD/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Music Industries[MSc]
- Musicology[MMus]
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology[MSc]
- Neuroscience & Psychology[PhD/iPhD/MD]
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics[MSc]
- Nursing & Health Sciences[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Nutrition[PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)]
- Oral Sciences[MSc]
- Parasitology[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Philosophy[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]
- Philosophy[MSc]
- Philosophy & Psychology[PhD]
- Philosophy (Conversion)[MSc]
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology[MSc]
- Physics & Astronomy[PhD/EngD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Plant Science[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy[MLitt]
- Political Communication[MSc]
- Politics & International Relations[PhD]
- Population & Ecosystems Health[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Precision Medicine[PhD/iPhD]
- Precision Medicine (with specialisms)[MSc]
- Psychological Science (conversion)[MSc]
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of[MSc]
- Psychological Studies (conversion)[MSc]
- Psychology
- Public Health[PhD/iPhD/MD]
- Public Health[MPH/PgDip/PgCert]
- Public Policy & Management[MSc]
- Public Policy Research[MRes]
- Quantitative Finance[MSc]
- Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology[MSc]
- Quantum Technology[MSc]
- Real Estate[MSc]
- Religion & Global Challenges[MSc]
- Robotics & AI[MSc]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MRes]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MSc]
- Science Communications[MSc]
- Scottish History[MSc/PgDip]
- Scottish Literature[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Sensor & Imaging Systems[MSc]
- Sensor & Imaging Systems[EngD]
- Slavonic Languages & Cultures[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Social & Public Health[PhD]
- Social Science & Health[PhD]
- Sociology[PhD]
- Sociology[MSc]
- Sociology & Research Methods[MRes]
- Software Development[MSc]
- Sound Design & Audiovisual Practice[MSc]
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics[MSc]
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine[MSc]
- Statistics[PhD/iPhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Statistics[MSc]
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine[MSc]
- Structural Engineering[MSc]
- Sustainable Energy[MSc]
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
- Sustainable Water Environments[MSc]
- Systems Biology[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Systems Power & Energy[PhD/EngD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MSc]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MEd]
- Text/Image Studies[PhD]
- Theatre & Performance Practices[MLitt]
- Theatre Studies[MLitt]
- Theatre Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Theology & Religious Studies[PhD/MPhil/MTh/MLitt (Research)/MRes]
- Theoretical Physics[MSc]
- Tissue Regeneration & Cancer[MSc (Research)]
- Tourism Studies[PhD]
- Translation Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Translation Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]
- Urban Analytics[MSc]
- Urban Research[MRes]
- Urban Studies[PhD]
- Urban Transport[MSc]
- Veterinary Medicine[PhD]
- Virology[PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)]
- War Studies[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]
- War Studies[MSc]
Value
The scholarship usually covers tuition fee, travel expenses and a stipend. Please refer to the terms and conditions of the scheme you are applying to.
How to apply
Submit an online application via the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's website .
Deadline:
Check the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's website for deadlines for individual countries.
For more information contact CSC.