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ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES (ACU) QUEEN ELIZABETH COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS

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Application Deadline: January 14, 2025.

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

Study for a two-year master’s degree at an ACU member university in a low- or middle-income country.

The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) offer a unique opportunity to study for a two-year Master’s degree in a low- or middle-income Commonwealth country.

Aimed at students who are committed to creating change in their communities, the scholarships are a life-changing opportunity to experience a new country and culture, to broaden horizons, and to build a global network that will last a lifetime. Applications for 2025-26 are now open.

ELIGIBILITY:

Look through the list of countries and universities hosting scholarships in this cycle.

Visit the relevant university website for more information on your chosen course using the links included below.

Complete and submit a QECS application for your chosen university/course by clicking the ‘Apply now’ button.  Once you’ve clicked apply, you’ll be directed to a log-in page. If you don’t already have a myACU account, click get ‘get started’ in the right-hand corner of the page to start your application.

Submit an application to your chosen university for admission to your chosen course.

Each year there are two opportunities to apply for QECS – cycle 1 opens in November/December and cycle 2 opens in March/April. You only need to submit one application, but you are welcome to apply more than once if there is another country you are interested in studying in.

Participating Institutions:

University of Eswatini

University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica

Technical University of Kenya (TUK)

Universiti Malaya (UM)

State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania

Makerere University, Uganda

BENEFIT:

Fully-funded tuition fees

Living allowance (stipend) for duration of award

Return economy flights to host country

One-off arrival allowance

Research Support Grant (on request only; subject to approval)

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COMMONWEALTH SPLIT-SITE PHD SCHOLARSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 16:00 GMT on Monday 16 December. 

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships are for candidates from low and middle income countries, as classified by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), in the Commonwealth, to conduct research at a university in the UK for 12 months.

ELIGIBILITY:

To apply for this scholarship, candidates must:

Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country.

Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.

Be registered for a PhD at a university in an eligible Commonwealth country by the time the scholarship starts in September 2025.

Ensure that an institutional or departmental link exists between the home university and proposed UK university. This link must be greater than simply a collaboration between individuals – see section on ‘Tenure and placement’ below for further details. Both supervisors must provide a supporting statement with further details of the link to ensure the application is eligible.

Be available to start academic study in the UK in September 2025.

By September 2025, 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.

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 £1,378 per month, or £1,690 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 is widowed, divorced, or a single parent, child allowance of £590 per month for the first child, and £146 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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