2019 Commonwealth Scholarship Tenable In the United Kingdom

Fellowship Title: 2019 Commonwealth Scholarship Tenable In the United Kingdom

Deadline: 19^th Dec. 2018

Online application is invited from Indian national for ‘2019 COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP TENABLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM’ for pursuing Master’s & Doctoral degree programme commencing from September/October 2019. The Scholarships are offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), UK for the following Scholarships only:

• Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships (for low and middle income Commonwealth countries)
• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income Commonwealth countries)

Online applications:

Candidates are required to apply online at the following portals:

Ministry of Human Resource Development portal by 10th January, 2019. Link for online application: http://proposal.sakshat.ac.in/scholarship/

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission’s Electronic Application System (EAS) by 19.12.2018 by 16:00 (GMT)

Link for EAS: https://fs29.formsite.com/m3nCYq/form62/form_login.html

Note:

It is compulsory for the applicant to apply on both the portals before their cut-off dates, failing which would make his/her candidature ineligible.

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Eligibility:

The candidates who have received the offer of admission, from any of the university listed with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission are only eligible to apply. The list of university may be found at url: http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/ukuniversities/part-funding/

The applicant must be a permanent resident in India.

• The applicant must be available to start his/her academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September/October 2019
• The applicant must NOT be registered for a PhD, or an MPhil leading to a PhD, at a UK university or India university or elsewhere before September/October 2019
• The applicant must not be able to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship. (Candidates are compulsorily required to sign a declaration that they do not have access to sufficient funds to study in the UK).

Minimum qualifications:

(i) For Master’s course:

One should have completed or is expected to complete the Bachelor Degree by October 2019. The academic qualification must have direct and applied relevance to the development theme selected by the candidate.

(ii) For Ph.D. degree:

One should have completed or is expected to complete the Master Degree/Qualifying Exam, by October 2019. The academic qualification must have direct and applied relevance to the development theme selected by the candidate.

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