Application Deadline: 23:59 (BST) on 3 May 2016.
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.
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, 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.
You can apply for a 2016 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship for the following Master’s courses
Cardiff University
- MSc Palliative Medicine and Care (available to citizens of Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka only)
Bangor University
Open University
- MSc Environmental Management (available to citizens of Kenya only)
- MA Online and Distance Education
Queen Mary, University of London
- MSc Burn Care
- MSc Endocrinology and Diabetes
- MSc Gastroenterology
- MSc Orthopaedic Trauma Science
- MSc Trauma Sciences
Royal Veterinary College
- MSc Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health (available to citizens of Sri Lanka only)
SOAS, University of London
- MSc Public Financial Management (available to citizens of Malawi and Tanzania only)
UCL Institute of Education
- 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 Birmingham
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 Leicester
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)
University of Strathclyde
- 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 St Andrews
University of York
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2016
7 comments
Comment:Good day,
Kindly please advise on whether the listed programs from the list of Universities provided are the only programs and institutions that may make one eligible for a scholarship.
I have been provisionally accepted by the University of Derby in the UK for a MSc in Strategic Management commencing in September 2016, would this not be considered?
Thank you.
Thuto Molete
Botswana
very good plan for African people.
But I would like to master in accounting and finance but I have not seen it in the list. what can I do?? thank you.
good programmes for poor developing countries!! send me fully funded schoolarship for PHd especially in Project Management
Am interested to enrol for Msc Hydrogeology under distance learning programme, please send me full details
I would like to master in Monitoring and Evaluation (ME) But its not on the list can i still go head and apply for it. Thank you
Kajubi Barisaba
okidi robert
Its intresting programme to help the developing countries from poverty line
thanks a lots
God Bless u
I would like to master in business administration(MBA) taking accounting and finance or procurement management
thx
[…] 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. […]