Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Durham University can support you financially if you are admitted to one of its study programmes as an international student.
Durham University awards scholarships, bursaries, tuition fee reductions and discounts that help you cover existing tuition and living costs.
Benefits
- Full payment of approved tuition fees
- Airfares to and from the UK (booked in line with CSC policy)
- Excess baggage allowance on return home, up to CSC rate
- A stipend of £1,452.00 per month
- Warm clothing allowance of £563.00
- Tuberculosis test fees (where required by the UK)
Eligibility
Applicants must
- Be a citizen of or be granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person
- Be permanently or continually resident in an eligible Commonwealth country
- By 1st August 2026, hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) standard, or lower second class level plus a relevant postgraduate qualification usually a Masters degree
- By 1st March 2026 have met all English Language conditions, as stated in your academic offer letter from Durham University,
- The CSC cannot assess work experience in lieu of this minimum academic qualification
- Not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a developed country
- Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Submit an academic application to Durham University. Please ensure that you submit your academic application and provide any academic references required to support your academic application, to Durham University as soon as possible and no later than the scholarship application deadline date of 16:00 (GMT) on 9 December