Commonwealth Scholarships for Developing Country Students 2009

November 20, 2008

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COMMONWEALTH SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME 2009 DFID

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships, set up by DFID in 1986, represent a unique partnership between the United Kingdom government and UK Universities. Shared Scholarships have enabled thousands of students, who would not otherwise have been enabled to do so, to benefit from UK higher education.

For 2009, the range of opportunities listed in the following pages is wide. We are delighted that over 30 UK universities have offered to support our scholarships by contributing the stipend for the students from their own
resources, or those which the university has been able to generate from elsewhere. Indeed it is the mark of UK Universities’ commitment that the scheme receives many more bids each year than it has the resources to fulfil.
This reflects the confidence of the Department for International Development, which provides the government funding for the scheme, that higher education and scholarships in particular have a critical role to play in influencing the development of some of the world’s poorest countries. We are pleased to see that this approach has been increasingly taken by other international agencies.

Although the scheme is now managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, its success depends critically on the support of participating universities, the Department for International Development and the students themselves. To all of these, we extend our grateful thanks and express the hope that the 2009 intake will be one of the most successful ever.

SHARED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
1. GENERAL

Awards made under this scheme are jointly funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), as part of the United Kingdom International Development programme to developing countries, and participating institutions
in the UK. The scheme is administered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), whose secretariat is provided by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HF.

2. AIMS
The aim of the scheme is to assist students, from developing Commonwealth countries, of excellent academic calibre who, for financial reasons, are unable to study in Britain and are outside the scope of other British Government Support Schemes, but would benefit from higher education in the United Kingdom, enabling them to contribute toward the development of their home countries.

3. LEVEL OF STUDY
Awards are for taught masters courses only. No awards will be made for undergraduate or doctoral study.

4. SUBJECTS
Subjects must be related to the economic, social and technological development of the student’s home country; see page 8 in attached PDF file for a full list of eligible courses.

5. DURATION OF AWARDS
Awards are normally tenable for one-year taught postgraduate courses only.

6. ELIGIBILITY

6.1

Candidates are normally expected to hold a first degree at either first class or upper second-class level. Sponsoring institutions are asked to give priority to candidates under the age of 30 but may give reasons for
wishing to make exceptions for older candidates. They must also confirm that candidates are sufficiently fluent in written and oral English to pursue their proposed studies immediately, as no pre-course English
Language Teaching is available under these awards. Candidates who have already studied for one year or more in a developed country or who possess sufficient resources to self-fund, are not eligible for an award.

6.2
Candidates must certify in writing that they

i) are nationals of a Commonwealth developing country, and not at present living or studying in a developed country;

ii) have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country;

iii) are not at present employed by a national Government department or parastatal organisation;

iv) are themselves, or through their families, unable to pay to study in the United Kingdom;

v) will return to their home country as soon as their awards ends.

6.3 Candidates are advised that false declarations will cause at least DFID’s share of the award to be terminated, even if the course of study has started. In such circumstances, the candidate will be required to refund any payments made by DFID in connection with the award.

Please visit the link below for further scholarship information and application deadlines.

Scholarship Application and Information: http://www.cscuk.org.uk/docs/DFIDSSSBOOKLET2009.pdf

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