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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
All tuition fees, travel and living costs
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- travel expenses
Description
Students from developing countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the UK can apply for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for master’s study, jointly supported by UK universities.
Purpose: to contribute to development needs of Commonwealth countries by providing training for skilled and qualified professionals and academics who would not otherwise have been able to study in the UK.
Intended beneficiaries: high-quality postgraduate students who have not studied extensively overseas before, who would not otherwise have the opportunity to study in the UK, and who have the potential to enhance the development of their home countries with the knowledge and leadership skills they acquire.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Approved airfare from your home country to the UK and return at the end of your award (the CSC will not reimburse the cost of fares for dependants, nor usually the cost of journeys made before your award is finally confirmed).
Approved tuition and examination fees.
Stipend (living allowance) at the rate of £1,378 per month.
Thesis grant towards the cost of preparing a thesis or dissertation, where applicable.
Warm clothing allowance, where applicable.
Study travel grant towards the costs of study-related travel within the UK or overseas.
Eligibility
To apply for these scholarships, you must:
- Be a Commonwealth citizen, refugee, or British protected person;
- Be permanently resident in a developing Commonwealth country;
- Be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September/October;
- By August, hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) honours standard;
- Not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a developed country;
- Be unable, either yourself or through your family, to pay to study in the UK.
- Be studying one of the following subjects:
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
55 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
14 Dec 2025
The first step is to check that your course choice is eligible and submit a scholarship application using the link. This form should be submitted before you make an application for admission to your chosen Cranfield course. If your scholarship application progresses to the next stage you will be given instructions on the further steps you must undertake. Please do not submit an application for admission to Cranfield University until you are advised to do so.