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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH MASTER’S AND PHD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMMES

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Application Deadline: 16:00 on 14 October 2025.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Applications for Commonwealth Master’s and PHD Scholarships for 2026/27 are open. Commonwealth Scholarships are a joint initiative between the UK government-funded Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) and UK universities.

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for these scholarships, students must be postgraduate applicants from low- and middle-income Commonwealth countries who wish to study programs that fall under the six key themes.

Further eligibility criteria, including a list of eligible Commonwealth countries, can be found on the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission website.

Cardiff University does not administer this scholarship. All eligibility inquiries and applications should be directed to the Commonwealth Association or the British Council within your home country.

For further information, see the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission website.

Ensure that you check with the nominating agency in your home country for the relevant deadlines for your application.

Applications should be made through either a selected non-governmental organisation and charitable body or through your national nominating agency for Commonwealth scholarships in your home country.

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) expects all Commonwealth Scholarship candidates to be nominated by an approved nominating body and to have completed an application form online using the Electronic Application System (EAS). There is no charge for candidates who apply using this online application system.

In addition to the Master’s Scholarship, the CSC offers:

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for least developed countries and fragile states)

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for high-income countries)

Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships

Commonwealth Professional Fellowships

BENEFIT:

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 £1,452 per month, or £1,781 per month for those at universities in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at current levels).

Warm clothing allowance, where applicable.

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.

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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA SCHOLARSHIPS

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LOCATION: United Kingdom

The MBA Scholarship schemes recognise high-quality candidates who share the institution’s Public Value ethos and ambitions and want to take the next step in their career by studying for their MBA at Cardiff Business School.

ELIGIBILITY:

A variety of scholarships available for students enrolled on MBA programmes at Cardiff Business School:

MBA Public Value Scholarships

Part-time MBA programme corporate discount

The Cardiff MBA staff discount

The following full terms and conditions apply for this scholarship:

Scholarships are available to applicants who meet the terms of their offer and enrol on any Cardiff University MBA programmes.

The Public Value Scholarship and The Cardiff MBA staff discount are only available to self-funded students. They will be awarded in the form of an automatic tuition fee discount and cannot be used in place of any required deposit. No cash alternative is available.

The corporate discount starts at 20% and increases to 25% when 3 or more members of the same organisation enrol on the programme. The scholarship will be awarded in the form of an automatic tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available. If your studies will be part-funded by an employer and part self-funded, or you have funding arrangements not covered here, please contact MBA-Enquiries@cardiff.ac.uk to discuss your individual circumstances.

Scholarships are for entry in the autumn semester. Any requests to defer entry and receipt of the scholarship will need to be done via direct discussion with the school.

Applicants who are in receipt of any variation of the MBA scholarships are not eligible for any other University bursaries or scholarships.

For our full-time programmes, only self-funding international and home fee status students are eligible. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations. This excludes postgraduate loans from the UK Government and postgraduate loans and bursaries from the Welsh Government.

If you are an international student, you must satisfy all financial requirements as part of your visa application for study in the UK. You should not be solely relying on receiving the Cardiff University MBA Public Value Scholarship to meet the UKVI financial requirements. Please see  UKVI financial requirements for visa applications for further information.

Please ensure that you have left sufficient time for your application and supporting documents to be reviewed and processed before the acceptance deadline noted above. This can take up to 10 working days. Please contact the Admissions Office should you have any problems submitting your application or documents

BENEFIT:

Dependent on programme applied for.

We have three scholarship options available for our MBA programmes:

MBA Public Value Scholarships: These £7,500 scholarships recognise high-quality candidates who share our Public Value ethos and ambitions and want to take the next step in their career by studying for their MBA at Cardiff Business School.

Part-time MBA programme corporate discount: They are pleased to offer a 20% discount for employers who invest in their workforce by supporting them to study our part-time MBA programme. The discount rises to 25% if 3 or more staff enroll.

The Cardiff MBA staff discount: All self-funded Cardiff University staff are entitled to a 25% discount on the MBA fee. All variations of the MBA programme are included in the scholarship scheme.

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