Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships at Swansea University

1. The awards are aimed at people who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.
2. They are offered under six CSC development themes.
3. There is no rigid subject restriction, but priority goes to programmes that contribute directly to development goals in the applicant’s home country.
4. Master’s awards are typically for a one-year taught degree, and MBA programmes are generally not eligible.

Full tuition fees, a monthly living allowance, return airfare and a warm clothing allowance where applicable. One aggregator gives the living allowance as up to £1,378 a month, so check the current rate on the CSC site. Scholars can’t take paid employment during the award without prior CSC approval.

1. Be a Commonwealth citizen, refugee or British protected person, and be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.
2. Hold a first degree of at least upper second-class (2:1) standard by the start date, or a lower second plus a relevant postgraduate qualification.
3. Be unable to afford to study in the UK without the scholarship.
4. Apply for an eligible full-time taught Master’s at Swansea.
5. The CSC would not normally fund a second Master’s degree, so you’d need to justify one.
6. Only applicants from CSC’s eligible-country list can apply.