Commission in the United Kingdom invites applications for scholarships from
students from developing Commonwealth countries
The Commonwealth Scholarship
Commission (CSC) in the UK is a body that offers scholarships
to students from developing Commonwealth countries for Masters, PhD and
Split-site (PhD) studies in the UK. The funds for these
scholarships are received from the UK Department for International Development
(DFID).
Each Commonwealth country has a nominating agency for these scholarships.
Moreover, CSC also invites different universities in Commonwealth countries to
recommend candidates for the scholarships.
Each year, the CSC invites each
nominating agency/university/university body to forward a specific number of
nominations. Each nominating agency/university/university body is responsible
for its own selection process, and in most cases they will set a closing date
in the months preceding the CSC's deadline for nominations.
Approximately 200-230 scholarships
are awarded each year. The CSC invites around three times more nominations than
scholarships available – therefore, nominated candidates are not guaranteed to
get a scholarship.
There are no quotas for scholarships for any individual country. Candidates
nominated by national nominating agencies are in competition with those
nominated by universities/university bodies, and the same standards will be
applied to applications made through either channel.
Selection Criteria
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Academic merit of the candidate
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Quality of the proposal
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Likely impact of the work on the development of the candidate's home
country
Courses of Study
You can apply for a Commonwealth Scholarship for the following levels
of study:
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Master's
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PhD
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Split-site, where the CSC supports one year's study at a UK university
as part of
a PhD being undertaken in your home country
All subject areas are eligible,
although the CSC's selection criteria give priority to those applications that
demonstrate strong relevance to development.
You are requested to apply for a
course of study at a UK university which has agreed to offer a tuition fee
contribution.
The CSC expects all candidates
being considered for a Commonwealth Scholarship to be nominated by an approved
nominating agency/university/university body, and to have completed an
application
form using the Electronic Application System (EAS). The CSC will not accept any
applications, which are not submitted via the EAS to the nominating
agency/university/university body in the candidate's home country.
Last date
for submitting the applications is December 7, 2011.
For m more information follow the link
http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/scholarships-developing-cw/
