Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship In UK 2025
The 2025 Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship is designed to help students from Commonwealth countries undertake part of their graduate research in the United Kingdom at no cost.
The Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship UK is fully funded covering all costs of tuition, monthly stipends, clothing, travel, visa, accommodation, and family, and is open to applicants who must be citizens of a Commonwealth country and must typically have completed a master’s degree in a relevant field.
Requirements:
- Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person
- Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country
- Be registered for a PhD at a university in an eligible Commonwealth country by the time your Scholarship starts (September 2025)
- Ensure that an institutional or departmental link exists between your home university and your proposed UK university. This link must be greater than simply a collaboration between individuals – see section on ‘Tenure and placement’ for further details. Both supervisors must provide a supporting statement which provides further details of the link to ensure your application is eligible.
- Be available to start your academic studies in the UK in September 2025.
- By September 2025, hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) honours standard, or a lower second class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree)
- Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this Scholarship.
Benefits:
- Approved airfare from your home country to the UK and return at the end of your award (the CSC will not reimburse the cost of fares for dependants, nor the cost of journeys made before your award is confirmed)
- Approved tuition fees
- Stipend (living allowance) at the rate of £1,347 per month, or £1,652 per month for those at universities in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at current levels).
- Warm clothing allowance, where applicable
- Study travel grant towards the cost of study-related travel within the UK or overseas
- If a Scholar is widowed, divorced, or a single parent, child allowance of £576.61 per month for the first child, and £143 per month for the second and third child under the age of 16, if their children are living with them at the same address in the UK.
Required Documents:
- List all undergraduate and postgraduate university qualifications obtained.
- List up to 10 publications and prizes.
- Provide details of employment history and explain how the experience gained supports and is relevant to the programme to be undertaken in the UK.
- List names and positions of three referees who are qualified to comment on both their capacity to benefit from the proposed scholarship in the UK and their ability to deliver development impact afterwards. One of the referees must be a current employer (if applicable) and at least two references must be included with the application.
- Provide a Development Impact statement in four parts.
How to Apply?
- Check Eligibility: Ensure you are eligible as a citizen of an eligible Commonwealth country with a relevant master’s degree and a research proposal aligned with your home country’s development needs.
- Research Host Institutions: Identify and contact potential UK host institutions for your research.
- Prepare Research Proposal: Develop a detailed research proposal.
- Contact National Nominating Agency: Find out if you need to apply through your country’s national nominating agency.
- Complete Online Application: Fill out the application form provided by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission or your national nominating agency.
- Submit Reference Letters: Arrange for reference letters.
- Submit Supporting Documents: Provide required documents and transcripts.
Deadline: December 16, 2024
