Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
Description
The scholarship is available for selected Master's programmes that contribute to sustainable development. Applicants must first apply for an eligible course at RGU and then submit a separate application to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
Benefits
Tuition fees paid, plus other costs and additional allowances
Eligibility
To be considered for these scholarships, applicants must:
- Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country.
- 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.
- 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).
- Not have studied or worked for more than one (academic) year or more in a high-income country
- Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.
- Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Applicants are required to first apply to study one of the selected courses directly to RGU.
Applications will be considered according to selection criteria:
Academic merit.
Quality of research proposal.
Potential impact on the development of the candidate’s come country.