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Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarships is a program that targets students from low—and middle-income Commonwealth member countries worldwide. Its goal is for them to conduct research at top universities in the United Kingdom.
The Commonwealth Scholarship, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), offers financial support to high-quality international graduates who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK and are looking to pursue doctorate studies. These graduates have the potential to become influential leaders, teachers, or researchers in their home countries.
The purpose is to widen access to UK equipment and expertise for quality doctorate candidates from Commonwealth countries and to contribute to UK and Commonwealth higher education and research through collaboration and partnerships.
Participants of the Commonwealth Split-Site PhD Scholarships must have a proposed research project with a developmental and leadership focus. The scholarship is valid for a year, which can be taken as a single 12-month period or separated into two six-month periods.
Tuition Fees
Generally, international undergraduate tuition fees at universities in the United Kingdom range from £11,400 to £38,000. On the other hand, international postgraduate tuition fees range from £9,000 to £30,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a resident of a commonwealth country.
- Applicant can be a British-protected person.
- Candidates should be available to start academic studies in the UK by September 2025
- Candidates must hold a Masters Degree.
- Applicants unable to study abroad without a scholarship are eligible.
- Open to applicant who has refugee status in an eligible Commonwealth country.
- If the applicant is a permanent resident of a commonwealth country, they can apply.
- The applicant must be registered for PhD in any university of the Commonwealth country at the time of the scholarship’s confirmation (September 2025).
- There must be a link between the applicant’s host and UK universities.
- The university’s professors must provide supportive details to confirm the candidate’s eligibility.
Essential Documents
- Clear National ID Copy or Passport Copy
- Academic transcripts
- Reference letter
- Supporting statement of the supervisor from your home country.
- Supporting statement of the supervisor from UK’s university.
Eligible Countries
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- St Helena
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Zambia
Scholarship Benefits
Recipients of the Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarships will receive financial aid covering full tuition, return air ticket, study travel grant, and warm clothing allowance (where applicable). Successful candidates will receive a monthly stipend of £1,378, but if the selected university is located in the London Metropolitan area, the monthly stipend will be £1690.
If a parent is widowed, divorced, or single, the first child allowance of £590/month and the second and third child allowance of £146 will be given.
Note: Children must be under 16 years of age.
Application Procedure
- Applicants must apply to a university with a funding agreement with the CSC.
- Apply using the application system, CSC Central.
- Select the scholarship program on the webpage.
- Complete the application form.
- The application is directly submitted to CSC.
Deadline/Expiration: December 16, 2024
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