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# **United Kingdom: Scholarships**
Scholarship programmes you can apply for in United Kingdom and their application routes.
## **Scholarships**
**master****Direct application**
### **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.
**master****nominator (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
- For each scholarship, identify the route: direct, nomination or via the university?
- Check deadlines together with the year.
- Prepare several scholarships and a backup plan.
- Be careful with intermediaries that charge application fees.
Information on this page is compiled from official sources and was verified on the date shown. Fees, dates and visa rules change often; check official sources before applying. Empty fields have not been verified yet; ask our advisor for the current information.
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