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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition + living costs
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
Description
The Commonwealth Scholarships is an international programme under which member Commonwealth governments offer scholarships to citizens of developing Commonwealth countries. Nearly 30,000 individuals have benefited from Commonwealth Scholarships since the programme began in 1959. Around 900 scholarships are awarded in the UK each year.
Alumni of Commonwealth Scholarships form a community with wide interests and high achievements. The vast majority of award holders have returned to make a significant contribution to their home countries, in many cases at the highest level, making the award scheme one of the largest and most prestigious in the world.
Benefits
A Commonwealth scholarship includes airfare from your home country to the UK, full tuition fees and living costs, thesis grant and warm clothing allowance for your course at USW.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be citizens of developing Commonwealth countries.
- All subject areas are eligible, although the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission’s selection criteria give priority to applications that demonstrate the strongest relevance to development.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
56 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Please visit the Commonwealth Scholarship website for further details about when you can apply, eligibility criteria and how to apply for these awards.