Overview

• Applications are open for the 2025 intake to one-year master's programmes starting in September 2025.
• Awards cover full tuition fees, a return flight to the UK, and a living allowance for the course duration.
• Applicants must be citizens or refugees permanently resident in eligible Commonwealth countries and hold at least a 2:1 or equivalent.
• Candidates must demonstrate financial need, have not studied or worked in a high-income country for more than one academic year, and commit to full-time study for a single approved degree.
• Applications go through participating UK universities for initial shortlisting with final approval by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, which assesses development impact.