Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships support candidates to study
Master’s degree courses that are either offered in partnership with
universities in developing countries, or delivered directly by UK
institutions.
Cardiff University
Open University
University of Edinburgh
University of Liverpool
University of Oxford
University of Southampton
University of Stirling
University of York
HOW TO APPLY
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2016
Application Deadline: 23:59 (BST) on 3 May 2016.
The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is one of the
largest and most prestigious scholarship schemes for international study
in the world. Since it was established in 1959, around 30,000
individuals have benefited – 25,000 of them have held awards funded by
the UK government, managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in
the United Kingdom (CSC).
Eligibility
To apply for these scholarships, you must:- Be a citizen of a developing Commonwealth country, refugee, or British protected person
- Be permanently resident in a developing Commonwealth country
- Hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) standard. A lower qualification and sufficient relevant experience may be considered in certain cases
- All expressions of interest must meet the CSC’s overall funding cap of £18,000 per scholarship. This figure must cover all elements of the award, including tuition fees, applicable partnership development costs, and a UK residential programme.
- If the actual costs of delivering the course are higher than £18,000, the university must clearly identify the source of top-up funding in its expression of interest, and any subsequent proposal.
- Funding is available for five years from the start of an approved programme.
Cardiff University
- MSc Palliative Medicine and Care (available to citizens of Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka only)
Open University
- MSc Environmental Management (available to citizens of Kenya only)
- MA Online and Distance Education
- MSc Burn Care
- MSc Endocrinology and Diabetes
- MSc Gastroenterology
- MSc Orthopaedic Trauma Science
- MSc Trauma Sciences
- MSc Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health (available to citizens of Sri Lanka only)
- MSc Public Financial Management (available to citizens of Malawi and Tanzania only)
- MA Education and International Development (available to citizens of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda only)
- MA Education, Gender and International Development (available to citizens of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda only)
- MA Education, Health Promotion and International Development (available to citizens of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda only)
University of Edinburgh
- MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
- MSc Clinical Education
- MVetSci Conservation Medicine
- MSc Family Medicine
- MSc Global Challenges
- MSc Global eHealth
- MSc Global Health and Infectious Disease
- MSc International Animal Health
- MSc One Health
- MSc Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- MPH Public Health
University of Liverpool
University of Oxford
University of Southampton
University of Stirling
- MSc Dementia Studies (available to applicants from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka only)
- MSc Finance (available to applicants from Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania only)
- MSc Hydrogeology (available to applicants from Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe only)
University of York
HOW TO APPLY
The application cycle for Distance Learning Scholarships has three stages:
1. The CSC invites expressions of interest from UK universities for Distance Learning Scholarships (August-September).
2. The CSC invites formal proposals from shortlisted universities,
deciding which courses to select and how many scholarships to allocate
to each course (November-January).
3. The CSC selects candidates for Distance Learning Scholarships from a
shortlist of candidates nominated by each university following its own
recruitment process (February-
July) Expressions of interest and proposals from universities and
applications from candidates must be made using the CSC’s Electronic
Application System (EAS). Information on how to use the EAS, including
detailed guides, is available at
http://bit.ly/cscuk-distance-learning-scholarship
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2016
Application Deadline: 23:59 (BST) on 3 May 2016.