Commonwealth Shared Scholarship

Eligibility

To apply for a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of, or be granted refugee status from, an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person
• Be permanently and continually resident in an eligible Commonwealth country
• Hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) standard, or lower second class level plus a Master’s degree. The CSC cannot assess work experience in lieu of this minimum academic qualification
• Your home university must confirm that you are sufficiently fluent in written and oral English to pursue your studies immediately, and ensure that you meet the English language requirement set by UK Visas and Immigration. Pre-sessional English language courses are not supported.

When you apply, you will need to sign to say that you:

• Have not studied for one (academic) year or more in a high income (developed) country
• Have not worked for one year or more in a high income (developed) country
• Are yourself, or through your family, unable to pay to study in the UK (your home university may be asked to state its procedures for verifying your financial status)
• Will return to your home country within one month of the end date of your award

Liverpool Hope University welcomes applications for the following courses:

• MA Disability Studies
• MSc Public Health

Scholarship requirements