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.