Chevening Scholarships

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Scholarship value

Tuition Fees at the Home/EU rate, stipend and expenses (External Link)

Deadline

Applications for 2020/2021 Chevening Scholarships are open between 12:00 BST on 5 August 2019 and 12:00 GMT on 8 November 2019. Applications for some Chevening Fellowships are also now open.



Criteria

To be eligible for a Chevening Scholarship you must:

  • Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country
  • Return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after your scholarship has ended
  • Have an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry to a post-graduate programme at a UK university. This is typically equivalent to an upper second-class 2:1 honours degree in the UK
  • Have at least two years’ work experience
  • Apply to three different  eligible UK university courses and have received an unconditional offer from one of these choices by 16 July 2020
  • Meet the Chevening English language requirement by 16 July 2020, 17:00 BST Chevening Scholars must be based in the UK. Unfortunately, Brussels and Paris programmes are not eligible. 

Further details

Chevening Scholarships are the UK government's global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations.

The programme offers awards for outstanding scholars from around the world who wish to study postgraduate courses (typically a one year Master's) at universities in the UK.

The University of Kent is also generously co-funding a number of Chevening Awards available to applicants from Malaysia, Turkey and Nigeria.


How to apply

For full information on eligibility and how to apply please see http://www.chevening.org/apply/

All applicants who wish to be considered for an award at Kent are encouraged to select the university as their first preference within their Chevening application.