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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Fully-funded
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- travel expenses
Description
Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), the scholarship aims to support talented individuals who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.
Scholars are expected to use the knowledge and skills gained to contribute to the sustainable development of their home countries. The scholarship is offered under the six CSC Development Themes.
Benefits
Each scholarship provides:
Approved airfare from the Scholar’s home country to the UK and return at the end of the award (the CSC will not reimburse the cost of fares for dependants, nor the cost of journeys made before the award is confirmed).
Approved tuition fees: full fees are covered by agreement between the CSC and the UK university, and Scholars are not liable to pay for any part of the tuition fee.
Stipend (living allowance) at a rate set by the CSC.
Study travel grant towards the cost of study-related travel within the UK or overseas.
If a Scholar has children and is widowed, divorced, or a single parent, child allowance of child allowance of £622 per month for the first child, and £154 per month for the second and third child under the age of 16, if their children are living with them at the same address in the UK.
Eligibility
To be considered for these scholarships, applicants must:
- Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person.
- Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.
- Be available to start academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September.
- By September, hold a first degree of at least upper second-class (2:1) honours standard, or a lower second-class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree).
- Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.
- Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
20 Oct 2026
Apply through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) online application system.
Apply through an approved nominating agency.
Submit an application for an eligible Master's programme at King's College London.
Meet all CSC and King's application requirements and deadlines.