🔆 Overview

• ✅ Commonwealth Shared Scholarships 2026/27 offer fully funded Master’s study opportunities for students from low-income and lower-middle-income Commonwealth countries.

• ✅ Supports talented students who cannot study in the UK without financial aid.

• ✅ Managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC).

• ✅ Promotes development, inclusion, equity, and academic excellence.

• ✅ Provides access to alumni networks, Knowledge Hubs, and collaboration platforms.

🔆 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships 2026/27 Details

• Host Country:

  • ✅ United Kingdom

• Host Universities:

  • ✅ Selected UK Universities

• Degree Level:

  • ✅ Master’s Programs

🔆 Benefits

• ✅ Full tuition fee coverage

• ✅ Return airfare

• ✅ Monthly stipend: £1,452

• ✅ Stipend for London universities: £1,781

• ✅ Warm clothing allowance

• ✅ Thesis grant (if applicable)

• ✅ Study-related travel grant

• ✅ TB test reimbursement

• ✅ Visa fee reimbursement

• ✅ Child allowance:

  • £622/month for first child

  • £154/month for second or third child (under 16)

• ✅ Disability support (after assessment)

🔆 Eligibility Criteria

• ✅ Citizen or refugee of an eligible Commonwealth country

• ✅ British Protected Persons eligible

• ✅ Must be a permanent resident of an eligible country

• ✅ Must hold:

  • First-class honours degree, OR

  • Upper second-class degree (2:1), OR

  • Lower second-class degree (2:2) plus a relevant Master’s

• ✅ Available to start studies in September 2025

• ✅ Not previously studied or worked for a full academic year in a high-income country

• ✅ Must demonstrate financial need

🔆 Eligible Countries

• ✅ Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia

🔆 How to Apply

• ✅ Apply through the CW Shared Portal

• ✅ Submit a separate application to the chosen UK university

• ✅ Select eligible courses from the official list

• ✅ Ensure university-specific requirements are met

• ✅ If English test not required, email university requesting nomination without test

• ✅ Universities nominate candidates to CSC

• ✅ You may apply to multiple universities but accept only one offer

🔆 Require Documents

• ✅ Passport or national ID

• ✅ Academic transcripts and degrees

• ✅ English test results (if required)

• ✅ Two reference letters

• ✅ CV/Resume

• ✅ Statement of purpose or study plan

• ✅ Documents for child or disability allowances (if applicable)

🔆 Deadline

• ✅ 9 December 2026 at 16:00 GMT