Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme

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Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme
   
 Creating opportunities to solve global development issues.

Do you want to make a difference to the development of your home country?
7 fully-funded scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries:
§  100% of tuition fees;
§  return airfare to the UK;
§  a maintenance award and additional allowances

Closing date 17 April 2018

Who is eligible to apply?
The University of Nottingham is delighted to offer this scholarship in partnership with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC) for students holding an offer in selected subject areas.
You can apply for this scholarship if you:
§  are a Commonwealth citizen, refugee or British protected person who is permanently resident in a developing Commonwealth country (please see the CSC's webpage for a list of eligible countries) AND;
§  are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes AND;
§  have not studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a developed country AND;
§  are unable, either yourself or through your family, to pay to study in the UK AND;
§  are not currently studying at a University of Nottingham campus or are not a University of Nottingham graduate AND;
§  by August 2018, hold a first degree of either first or upper second class (2:1) classification, or lower second class (2:2) classification plus a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a masters degree) AND;
§  hold an offer to start a full-time masters degree programme at Nottingham in September 2018 in one of the following subject areas: 
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§  MSc Advanced Nursing
§  MSc Economic Development and Policy Analysis
§  MSc Economics and Development Economics
§  MA Education
§  MPH Public Health
§  MPH Public Health (International Health)

Please check our online Postgraduate Prospectus for course details
Further Information
§  You must hold an offer to study at the University of Nottingham in September 2018 to apply for this scholarship so you should apply for your chosen course in the first instance (click the links above to apply).
§  Application for admission to study at Nottingham must be received at least six weeks before the scholarship closing date to allow time for our Admissions office to process the application and confirm your offer, before you can apply for the scholarship.
§  Any application for admission to study submitted later than six weeks before the scholarship closing date is not guaranteed to be processed in time.
§  There are no separate IELTS requirements for this scholarship. Applicants must meet the requirements of their course. Further information on The University of Nottingham's English requirements is available here.
§  You must make your scholarship application using the CSC's Electronic Application System (EAS).
Apply through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission website;
https://csc.do-it-online.org.uk/csc/ElectronicApplicationSystem.htm


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