Funding Database
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (Selected MSc Programmes)
Study Level: Taught Postgraduate
Country:
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Indian Ocean Territory
Cameroon
Dominica
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Subject:
Computing Science
Public Health
Health Sciences
Environment
International Relations
Brief Description
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for taught postgraduate students who are nationals of a developing British Commonwealth country. The University of Aberdeen has one scholarship available for 2013/14. The scholarship covers tuition fees and provides a stipend for maintenance.
Description
The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships were set up by the Department for International Development (DFID) in 1986 and represent a unique partnership between the United Kingdom government and UK universities. The University of Aberdeen and DFID will jointly meet the full costs of an award holder's study in the UK, including tuition fees, a stipend for maintenance and air fares to and from the UK. The stipend is paid by the University at the level set by the UK Government of £917 per month (July 2012 figures).
The following programmes have been approved for Commonwealth Shared Scholarship funding on the basis that that they have a developmental emphasis and relevance to developing Commonwealth countries. We therefore welcome applications from eligible candidates for the following programmes:
MSc Clinical Pharmacology
MSc/MRes Environmental Science
MSc Global Health and Management
MSc Information Technology
MSc International Relations
MSc Public Health Research
Eligibility
Candidates are normally expected to hold a first degree at either first class or upper second-class level. Sponsoring institutions must confirm that candidates are sufficiently fluent in written and oral English to pursue their proposed studies immediately, as no pre-course English Language Teaching is available under these awards. Candidates who have already studied for one year or more in a developed country or who possess sufficient resources to self-fund are not eligible for an award. Only the programmes listed above are eligible for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships.
Candidates must be able to certify that they:
i) are nationals of a Commonwealth developing country, and not at present living or studying in a developed country;
ii) have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed
country;
iii) are themselves, or through their families, unable to pay to study in the
United Kingdom;
iv) will return to their home country as soon as their award comes to an end.
Application Procedure
To apply for this scholarship, students are asked to submit the standard application for admission to the University (see www.abdn.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply).
On the application form there is a space for candidates to declare whether they are funded or not (Section 2 - Intended Source of Funding). Candidates wishing to be considered for the Scholarship must write 'Commonwealth Shared Scholarship' in this box.
The deadline for submitting an application in order to be considered for this scheme is 30 March 2013. The successful candidate will be notified of the outcome by 15 April 2013 and will be asked to submit the Commonwealth Commission's own application form by 19 April 2013 (details on how to do so will given at the time).
Details of admission requirements for individual programmes can be found at www.abdn.ac.uk/prospectus/pgrad/study/taught.
Deadline: 30th of March 2013
Further Info
For further information on the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme please visit http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/shared-scholarships/. Specific queries can be directed to