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Scholarship programmes you can apply for in United Kingdom and their application routes.

Scholarships

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Chevening Scholarships

UK FCDO and partners

Coverage
Fully funded one-year UK master's: tuition fees, economy airfare (scholar only), arrival and departure allowances, visa fee (scholar only), TB test up to GBP 75 if required, travel top-up, monthly stipend (London / non-London; amount not on the FAQ page). No dependants provision.
Deadline
2027/28 round CLOSED (country pages for Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Turkey state 'now closed'). Timeline: applications opened Aug 2026, closed Oct 2026 at 11:00 UTC; interviews Mar-Apr 2027; results from mid-June 2027; unconditional offer deadline 8 Jul 2027 17:00 BST. 2028/29 dates not yet published.
Eligibility
Citizen of eligible country; at least 2 years / 2,800 hours work experience after undergraduate degree; return home for at least 2 years; apply to three UK courses and hold at least one unconditional offer by deadline; not British; not resident in UK; no prior UK-government-funded study.
masternominator (no direct applications)

Commonwealth Master's Scholarships

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (FCDO)

Coverage
Full tuition, airfare, stipend GBP 1,712/month (GBP 2,000 London area), study travel grant, child allowance for eligible single/widowed/divorced scholars.
Deadline
2027/28 round closed: 16:00 BST Tuesday 20 October (2026); nominators nominate by Dec 2026; outcomes by July 2027.
Eligibility
Therefore not available to citizens of the five target countries unless they hold refugee status from an eligible Commonwealth country.
Source
postgraduate (PhD, MLitt, one-year full-time courses)automatic via Cambridge application

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Gates Cambridge Trust / University of Cambridge

Coverage
Not verified directly in this pass (page fetch via search snippet only). Cambridge MPhil page confirms Gates Cambridge funding round dates.
Deadline
Cambridge MPhil Advanced CS page: Gates Cambridge US round 14 Oct 2026; international round via course funding deadline 8 Dec 2026 (page states 'Gates Cambridge US round only' for 8 Dec in one place - ambiguous).
Source
graduate (DPhil and Master's)automatic

Clarendon Fund

University of Oxford

Coverage
Course fees plus grant for living expenses for the fee-liability period; over 200 new fully funded scholarships each year.
Deadline
Automatic consideration if applying by the December or January deadline relevant to the course (Oxford MSc Advanced CS final deadline 6 Jan 2027).
Eligibility
No restrictions on nationality, residence or field.
Source
undergraduate and postgraduate taught

Imperial Inspires Scholarships

Imperial College London

Coverage
GBP 15,000 per award (UG: GBP 15,000 for each year of the course) for Overseas students.
Source
undergraduate and master's

Manchester Global Futures Scholarship

University of Manchester

Coverage
Partial merit-based; awards totalling over GBP 6 million; value varies by region.
Source
undergraduate (GBP 3,000/6,500/13,000 per year, up to four years) and master's (GBP 6,500/13,000/26,000, first year)

Bristol Think Big Scholarships

University of Bristol

Coverage
Partial
Deadline
19 March 2027, 13:00 UK time; applications open 27 Oct 2026 10:00 UK time (must already have applied to Bristol)
Eligibility
Overseas fee status and eligible course; no country restriction stated.
Source
undergraduate

Defne-Muhtar Kent Education Foundation Scholarship (Edinburgh Global Access)

University of Edinburgh

Coverage
'Sector leading financial support' (value not stated)
Eligibility
Eligible undergraduate joining from Turkey who may lack means or faces hardship; launching 2026.
Source
postgraduate taught (one year)

GREAT Scholarships (British Council + UK universities)

British Council with universities

Coverage
Contribution to tuition; amount not verified from an official page in this pass (listed by Imperial and Manchester as GREAT partners).
Source
UG and PG

LSE financial support for Overseas students

LSE

Coverage
Bursaries/scholarships funded by donations; number, value, criteria change yearly; graduate funding deadlines 3 Dec 2026 (early), 13 Jan 2027 (standard), 27 May 2027 (final)
Source

What to watch for in Scholarships

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