2014/2015 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for Master's Courses in UK.

The Department for International Development is offering Commonwealth
scholarships to international Masters Students to pursue their studies
in the UK universities. About 250 scholarships will be awarded. Course
of study chosen by an applicant must be relevant to the economic,
social or technological development of the candidate's home country.
The deadline for scholarship application is April 16th 2014.

About scholarship
The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for taught Master's courses
only. All courses undertaken must be demonstrably relevant to the
economic, social or technological development of the candidate's home
country. Awards are available at participating institutions in the UK
only. Please note that participating universities are required to
support the student stipend for the award holder (at the rate set by
the UK government). The CSC funds the cost of tuition fees (at
overseas rate), return airfares, and other allowances.

Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following requirements before applying for
this scholarship:
* Hold a first degree at either first or upper second class level
* Be nationals of (or permanently domiciled in) a developing
Commonwealth country, and not currently be living or studying in a
developed country.
* Be sufficiently fluent in English to pursue the course
* Have not previously studied for one year or more in a developed country
* Be able to confirm in writing that neither they or their families
would otherwise be able to pay for the proposed course of study
* Be willing to confirm that they will return to their home country as
soon as their period of study is complete

Fields of study
This scholarship is provided to study any course offered by a UK
university at the masters' level.

What the scholarship covers
Tuition fees and air fares to and from the UK are paid by the CSC and
the maintenance allowance is paid by the scholar's host institution,
at the level set by the UK Government: £1,173 per month for scholars
based in London and £948 per month for the rest of the UK. (October
2013 figures with an inflationary increase for 2014/15 academic year).

How to apply
There are different methods of sending an application. Kindly read
through it below, and pick any one that applies to you.
All enquiries should be addressed to the university at which you wish
to study and through which you should apply for a Shared Scholarship,
not to the CSC. The university will advise you on eligibility issues
and how to make an application. There are two ways:
1. Most universities will handle advertising and recruitment directly
using their own application form, and you should therefore apply to
the university direct. Following their closing date for applications,
the university will ask those candidates which it selects to complete
the CSC's application form using our Electronic Application System
(EAS). Please note that candidates must complete their application via
the EAS by 16 April 2014 at the latest, in order to be nominated to
the CSC by their host university.
2: Some universities request all of their Shared Scholarship
candidates to apply via the CSC's Electronic Application System (EAS).
You will be advised by the institution if this is the case, and should
then access the EAS once.

Applications must be submitted in time to meet the university's own
deadline, which will be made clear in the EAS and is listed in the
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships prospectus 2014. (Where a university
has not specified a closing date, you should contact the institution
to ascertain the latest date that applications will be accepted.)
Click http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/shared-scholarships/info-candidates/
for more information on how to apply.

Scholarship application deadline
The deadline for scholarship application is April 16th 2014

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