Commonwealth Scholarships in Low and Middle Income Countries

Commonwealth Scholarships in Low and Middle Income Countries; Scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries to study Undergraduate, Master's and PhD degrees locally or abroad.


This call for applications is for Commonwealth Master's Scholarships that allow successful applicants to benefit from the expertise provided by universities in low and middle income countries around the Commonwealth.

They are majority funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP).

The scholarships give talented students – who can be from any Commonwealth country other than the host country – the opportunity to gain a Master's degree while developing new skills and experiencing life in another country.

The scholarships

The scholarships are fully-funded. They provide full tuition fees, a return economy flight, an arrival allowance, and a regular stipend (living allowance).

They are for Master's courses only and are not applicable to distance learning courses.

Eligibility

  • Applicants must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country other than the host country.

  • Applicants must hold a Bachelors degree of at least upper second level.
    2017 scholarships

    We are currently offering 17 scholarships, tenable at ACU member universities in 10 low and middle income Commonwealth countries.

  • Bangladesh – University of Dhaka, one scholarship available (all Master's courses)
  • Botswana – University of Botswana, one scholarship available (MSc Mechanical Engineering only)
  • Ghana – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), two scholarships available (all Master's courses)
  • Ghana – University of Ghana, one scholarship available (all Master's courses)
  • Kenya – Kenyatta University, Maseno University, Moi University, The Technical University of Kenya, and/or University of Nairobi, three scholarships available (all Master's courses)
  • Mauritius – University of Mauritius, one scholarship available (all Master's courses)
  • Pakistan – COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), three scholarships available (various Master's subjects)
  • Swaziland – University of Swaziland, one scholarship available (Agricultural, Environmental, Food, and Animal Sciences Master's only)
  • Tanzania – University of Dar es Salaam, one scholarship available (Agriculture, Climate Change, Economics, Engineering, and Natural Resources courses only)
  • Uganda – Islamic University in Uganda, Mbarara University of Science and Technology,
    Uganda Christian University, and/or Uganda Martyrs University, two scholarships available (various Master's subjects)
  • West Indies – University of the West Indies, one scholarship available (various Master's subjects)

    All applications close on 10 March 2017 at midnight GMT.

    For more information about each scholarship, how to apply, and scholarships application forms, see; Commonwealth Scholarships in Low and Middle Income Countries

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    by: Kwamema

    Hello Commonwealth Scholarship, I thank you for a helpful thinking for African and commonwealth descents. I really want to apply for a scholarship at the University of Ghana but can not access the application form.

    Kindly help me to be able to access the application form and apply for a Masters' programme.

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    by: Zilahowa

    I am a Malawi man, I believe my country Malawi also belongs to commonwealth countries but it is missing on the list of commonwealth countries.

    Am already admitted to study Masters degree in Soil Science, have place for a year due to lack of scholarship, and this seems as an opportunity to secure the scholarship from you.

    My place for MSc studies is Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Lilongwe, MALAWI, CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Thank you

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