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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Tuition fee waiver and other costs.
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- travel expenses
Description
University of Salford is proud to offer Commonwealth Scholarships which enable talented and motivated Masters students to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development.
These scholarships are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and offered through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC).
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 the rate of £1,712 per month, or £2,000 per month for those at universities in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at current levels).
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
42 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
20 Oct 2026
Applications for Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships for the academic year are now open.
The closing date for applications is 16:00 BST on Tuesday 20 October.
Please note that this opportunity is for study in the UK beginning in September/October.
Applications to the CSC are made using the application system, CSC Central.