British Chevening Scholarships for International Students

Study in the United Kingdom on fully funded British Government Chevening Scholarships. The British Chevening Scholarship is one of the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations to international students across the world.. 

The Scholarship program offers awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study for a master’s degree in any subject at any UK university.

The Chevening programme makes awards to gifted people who clearly demonstrate the potential to become future leaders, decision-makers and opinion formers. The Scholarships are  awarded in different fields including  politics, government, business, the media, the environment, civil society, religion, and academia.

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Scholarships Program

• PostGraduate (Masters)

Participating universities 
The British Chevening Scholarships for International Students Hosted in any university in the UK.

Level/Field(s) of study
In any field of study available at the universities. 

Number of Awards

Around 1,500 scholarships globally will be offered.

Target Students:

The scholarships are uniquely targeted to legal citizens of Chevening-eligible countries.

Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Overseas Territories, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia,

Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DR Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montserrat, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Island, Republic of Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Southern Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan,

Tonga, Trinidad Tunisia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Scholarships Benefits
Covers a monthly living allowance, university tuition fees, an economy class return airfare to the UK, including additional grants and allowances to take care of essential expenditure.

Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible for a British Chevening Scholarships you must:

• Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country.

• Go back to your home country for a minimum of 2 years after your scholarship has ended
• must be a holder of an undergraduate degree that can enable you to obtain entry to a post-graduate programme at a UK university.

This is generally comparable to an upper seconds class 2:1 degree in the United Kingdom

• Have at least two years’ work experience

• Apply to 3 different licensed UK university courses and have gotten an unconditional offer from one of these choices.

• Meet the Chevening English language requirement either by taking an English language test or claiming an exemption based on the UKVI exempt categories

Application instructions:
•Applications for British Chevening Scholarships application will only be submitted through the Chevening online application system, available through the ‘apply’ button on your country’s page. It is vital to go to your individual country page at the official page for detailed data on the way to apply for this scholarship. Visit the official website and then select your country to get the scholarship information 

visit : Official Website

Scholarship Due date
The deadline for this scholarships in November annually. Please consult the official website for specific date. 

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