Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global
scholarships programme. Established in 1983, these scholarships support study
at UK universities – mostly one-year Masters’ degrees – for students with
demonstrable potential to become future leaders, decision-makers and opinion
formers.
Chevening Scholarships are for talented people who have been
identified as potential future leaders across a wide range of fields, including
politics, business, the media, civil society, religion, and academia.
Chevening Scholarships are currently offered in
approximately 110 countries, in most regions of the world. In the current
academic year, there are over 700 Chevening scholars at universities across the
UK.
Applicants
should be:
- Motivated to pursue a career that will take them to positions of leadership in their own country within 10 years of their scholarship
- Able to use their studies and experience in the UK to benefit themselves, their countries, and the UK
- Natural influencers and talented communicators, with energy and ambition
- People who value networking and who can demonstrate the value of networks to their studies, and to bringing about change on a global level
- Intelligent, with demonstrable academic potential
- Strong characters with integrity, drive, and the ability to self-manage and work independently
Applicants
must:
Meet the academic
requirements for their chosen courses of study
- Have a good standard of written and spoken English and meet the language requirements for their chosen course(s) of study
- Be citizens of a country other than the UK or another European Union country or the United States of America
- Not be employees, relatives of employees, or former employees (who left within the past two years) of Her Majesty’s Government including FCO (and its British Embassies and High Commissions), DFID, UKTI, MOD, BIS, UKBA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the British Council, a partner (sponsor), or sponsoring UK university
- Not have previously studied in the UK under a UK government-funded scholarship
Scholarship
value
A full Chevening Scholarship award
normally comprises:
- payment of tuition fees;
- travel to and from your country of residence by an approved route for you only;
- an arrival allowance;
- a grant for the cost of preparation of a thesis or dissertation (if required);
- an excess baggage allowance;
- the cost of an entry clearance (visa) application for you only;
- a monthly personal living allowance (stipend) to cover accommodation and living expenses. The monthly stipend will depend on whether you are studying inside or outside London. It is currently £917 per month outside London and £1134 per month inside London (subject to annual review).
Further scholarship details and application procedures can
be found at http://www.chevening.org/
