Opportunities abound for candidates who wish to study for their Masters in the UK but have no financial capacity to achieve their desire.

This is to inform the public that the UK Department For International Development (DFID) is calling for candidates from developing and lower-middle-income commonwealth countries to apply for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships. This to enable them to run a full-time Master's study on selected courses which is fully funded by the UK Department For International Development (DFID) and jointly supported by UK universities.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships affords talented and motivated individuals the opportunities to gain outstanding knowledge and skills required for sustainable development and it's targeted at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.

These scholarships offer the following six programmes:
Science and technology for development
Strengthening health systems and capacity
Promoting global prosperity
Strengthening global peace, security, and governance
Strengthening resilience and response to crises
Access, inclusion, and opportunity

Selection process

Each participating UK University will conduct its own recruitment process to select a specified number of candidates to be awarded Commonwealth Shared Scholarships. Universities must put forward their selected candidates to the CSC in May 2019. The CSC will then confirm that these candidates meet the eligibility criteria for this scheme. Universities will inform candidates of their results in July 2019.
Applications will be considered according to the following selection criteria:
Academic merit of the candidate
Potential impact of the work on the development of the candidate’s home country.

All applications must be submitted by 16.00 (GMT) on 14 March 2019 at the latest.

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