Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2017 for study in the United Kingdom (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: 23:59 (BST) on 12 May 2017.

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships are offered for citizens of developing Commonwealth countries. These scholarships are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), with the aim of contributing to the UK’s international development aims and wider overseas interests, supporting excellence in UK higher education, and sustaining the principles of the Commonwealth.

Purpose:

To contribute to development needs of Commonwealth countries by providing training for skilled and qualified professionals in key development areas.

Intended beneficiaries:

High-quality postgraduate students who wish to access training not available in their home countries, who wish or need to remain in their home country while they study, and who have the potential to enhance the development of their home countries with the knowledge and leadership skills they acquire.

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships support distance learning Master’s degree courses offered in partnership with local providers in developing countries, as well as courses delivered directly by UK universities.

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

Scholarship Worth

• 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, grants to recipients, applicable partnership development costs, and any UK residential programmes
• 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.

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

All applications must be submitted by 23:59 (BST) on 12 May 2017.

How to access the EAS

For More Information :

Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2017