Chevening Scholarships 2024-25

The applicants will be selected based on the fulfilment of eligibility criteria and performance in the interview.

• The reference must be written in English.
• All applicants need to register as new users regardless of whether they have applied previously.
• The applications, once submitted cannot be edited. Thus, the applicants are advised to fill the form carefully. 
• The applications found ineligible for the scholarship will be removed from the selection process.
• The interview will be conducted in a city/town where the British embassy or high commission has representation.
• Skype interviews are permitted in exceptional cases.
• The candidates will not be eligible for the scholarship if they -
  • hold British or dual British citizenship (unless you are a citizen of a British Overseas Territory or hold BN(O) and are applying from Hong Kong)
  • hold refugee status in a non-Chevening eligible country
  • have previously studied in the UK with funding from a UK Government-funded scholarship
  • are an employee, a former employee, or relative* of an employee of Her Majesty’s Government, or have been within the last two years from the opening of Chevening applications (including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, all British Embassies/High Commissions, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade and the UKVI), the British Council, a sponsoring UK university, or a staff member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities
• The candidates having a master’s degree does not prevent them from applying for a Chevening Award to study for a second master’s degree in the UK, as long as they can clearly explain why it will help them fulfil their career plan to influence positive change in their home country.

*Note - Relatives are defined as parents or step-parents, siblings or step-siblings, children or step-children, spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner (where the couple has been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least two years).