Commonwealth PhD Scholarships

Candidates will be chosen based on:

• potential impact on the development of the candidate's home country
• academic merit of the candidate
• quality of the plan of study

These scholarships are offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and funded by the UK Department for International Development. They are for students from least-developed Commonwealth countries and fragile states who want to study for a PhD in the UK.

This scholarship covers: your tuition fees

return travel costs

a monthly stipend

an allowances package

Candidates will be chosen based on:

academic merit of the candidate

quality of the plan of study

potential impact on the development of the candidate's home country

You must:

be a British Protected Person, a citizen, or a refugee in, one of the eligible countries and live there

be available to start your studies in September 2025

not be registered for a PhD, or an MPhil leading to a PhD, at either a UK university, in your home country or elsewhere before September 2024

have the support of a potential supervisor from at least one UK university listed in your application form

be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship

provide all supporting documentation in the required format

You must also have either a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) honours or a second class degree (2:2) and a relevant postgraduate qualification (a master's degree) by September 2025.