Subject areas:
Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care.
Psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience.
Funding type:
Tuition fee.
Stipend.
Travel.
Awarding body:
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
Country:
Bangladesh.
Belize.
Botswana.
Cameroon.
Dominica.
Eswatini.
Fiji.
Gabon.
The Gambia.
Ghana.
Grenada.
Guyana.
India.
Jamaica.
Kenya.
Kiribati.
Lesotho.
Malawi.
Malaysia.
Maldives.
Mauritius.
Montserrat.
Mozambique.
Namibia.
Nauru.
Nigeria.
Pakistan.
Papua New Guinea.
Rwanda.
St. Helena.
St. Lucia.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
Samoa.
Sierra Leone.
Solomon Islands.
South Africa.
Sri Lanka.
Tanzania.
Togo.
Tonga.
Tuvalu.
Uganda.
Vanuatu.
Zambia.
3 awards for students from eligible low and middle income Commonwealth countries to study approved master's programmes at King's College London.
Eligibility criteria
The 2025/26 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships Scheme (CSSS) awards at King's College London are open to students applying for the following campus-based full-time Master's programmes only:
Important Note: Distance-learning and part-time study modes are NOT eligible for the scholarship.
To apply for these scholarships, applicants must:
- Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country.
- Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.
- Be available to start academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year 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).
- Not have studied or worked for more than one (academic) year or more in a high-income country
- Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.
- Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format by the given deadlines (see ‘Application Process’).
In addition, applicants must:
- Meet the relevant entry requirements for their chosen degree programme and be sufficiently fluent in English to pursue the course.
- Be willing to confirm that they will return to their home country as soon as the period of study is complete.
Award conditions
For full terms and conditions – including further details of the scholarship themes, value of the scholarship, and general conditions – visit the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's webpage.
Application process
To apply, candidates MUST submit the following:
- By the deadline of 16:00 (UK Time) on 12 December 2024, apply to the CSC via the CSC’s online application system. For further details, click here.
AND
NB: applicants are encouraged to submit both applications as soon as possible. Failure to meet the respective application deadlines (given above) means that the applicant will be ineligible and won’t be considered for the scholarship opportunity.
Admissions Fee
Applicants for master’s programmes at King’s College London are normally required to pay an admissions application fee, however, if you are applying for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme (CSSS) opportunity, you can have this fee waived.
To request a waiver of your admissions application fee, please complete the 'Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme Application Fee Waiver Form' by no later than 3rd January 2025. Requests for a waiver of the admissions application fee must be submitted as soon as possible to ensure that the request is processed in time for you to submit your application by the deadline of 8th January 2025.
Selection process
Eligible applications will be reviewed by King's College London, and King's will nominate selected candidates to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) by no later than 13 March 2025. The CSC will then consider and confirm whether the candidates meet the eligibility criteria for this scheme. Candidates should expect to receive a decision by July 2025.
Applications will be considered according to the following selection criteria:
- Academic merit of the candidate
- Quality of the plan of study
- Potential impact on the development of the candidate’s home country
For further details, see the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships selection criteria
For full details about the 2025/26 CSSS awards, please visit the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's web-page.
Contact Details
For general queries about the scholarship scheme, please contact: King's Doctoral College, King's College London (Email: doctoral-college@kcl.ac.uk).
For specific queries relating to the master's programme at King's, please contact to the relevant academic department - details available via the online prospectus pages.