The application period for Chevening Scholarships in the UK for the 2025 academic session will commence from August 6 and run through November 5, 2024.

Who is eligible to apply?

Applicants who have a good intellectual foundation, a strong capacity for leadership, and a strong desire to change the world.

Before you access the application form for Chevening, you must pass an eligibility checker. The eligibility checker will verify if you meet the requirements listed on the page.

Here are requirements to be eligible for Chevening Scholarship:

1. You must be a citizen of countries or territories eligible to apply for Chevenings

2. You must commit to returning to your home country for at least two years after rounding up your master’s degree.

3. You must have at least two years of work experience which amounts to (2,800 hours).

4. You must hold an undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a master’s programme in the UK.

5. You must apply to three different UK eligible university courses.

6. You must have received an unconditional offer from at least one of these course choices by the references and education documents deadline listed on the application page.

See below for applicants who are not eligible for a Chevening Scholarship:

1. If you hold a 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).

2. If you hold a refugee status in a country not eligible for the scholarship.

3. However, if you are a citizen of an eligible country and hold refugee status in another eligible country, you are eligible for a Chevening.

4. If you are an employee, former employee, or relative of an employee of the UK government, British Embassies/High Commissions, the British Council, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, or sponsoring UK universities.

5. If you are an employees, former employees, or relatives* of an employee of Chevening Partner organisations are eligible to apply, but if the employment took place within the last two years, you cannot receive a Chevening Partner Award from the organisation from which you work, previously worked, or are affiliated with through relatives.

6. You are also not eligible If you have previously studied in the UK on a UK government-funded scholarship.


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