Fully Funded Chevening UK Master's Scholarship

Chevening is the UK government's international scholarships programme, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organisations. It brings emerging leaders from eligible countries and territories, Canada included, to the UK for a full-time, one-year taught master's at any UK university, paying tuition fees, a monthly living allowance, economy return flights and the visa application. In return, scholars commit to going home for at least two years afterwards to put what they learned to work.

What you get:

• Tuition fees paid for any eligible one-year master's (MBA tuition is capped at £22,000, and you pay anything above that)
• A monthly living allowance (stipend) for accommodation and living costs, set at different rates for London and the rest of the UK and reviewed each year
• Economy travel to the UK and home again from your country of residence
• An arrival allowance, a departure allowance, and a travel top-up allowance for London events if you study outside London
• The cost of your UK visa application
• Up to £75 towards a tuberculosis test, where your visa requires one
• A programme of networking events with other scholars, Chevening alumni, the FCDO, high-profile speakers and partner organisations
• A place in the global Chevening alumni network after you graduate

What you'll do:

• Complete the online application: education and work history, three UK master's course choices, two referees, and four essays on leadership, building professional relationships, your first-choice course and your career plan
• Apply separately to your three chosen UK courses and secure an unconditional offer from at least one by 17:00 BST on 8 July 2027
• If shortlisted in mid-February 2027, interview in English at a British embassy or high commission between March and April 2027, uploading photo ID, your degree certificate and two reference letters at least seven working days before
• Study full time in the UK for up to 12 months from September or October 2027, attending the mandatory Chevening Orientation and Farewell events
• Return to your country of award for at least two years after your course ends

Key dates:

• Applications opened 4 August 2026 at 11:00 UTC
• Applications close 6 October 2026 at 11:00 UTC
• Eligibility sift from October 2026, then independent reading committees assess applications from mid-October 2026 to January 2027
• Interview shortlist in mid-February 2027
• Interviews at British embassies and high commissions, March to April 2027
• Interview results released from June 2027
• Unconditional UK university offer due by 17:00 BST on 8 July 2027
• Studies begin in the UK in September or October 2027

More information:

• Applying is free. Chevening says you do not need to pay anyone to apply, and it does not endorse or work with third parties who charge for application support or advice.
• Extensions to the 6 October deadline are not granted under any circumstances, and an application cannot be changed after it is submitted.
• You do not need a university place before applying to Chevening. Choose three courses from the Chevening course finder and apply to each university separately; your Chevening application is not an application to the universities.
• Using AI to write your essays is prohibited, and Chevening screens every application for plagiarism and AI-generated content.
• Selection: applications are sifted for eligibility, scored by independent reading committees against FCDO, Chevening and regional objectives, and the local British embassy or high commission interviews and selects the final candidates.
• Applicants from Commonwealth Small Island Developing States, and from ASEAN member states or Timor-Leste, can opt in to the Chevening SIDS or ASEAN Scholarship inside the same application, which adds extra events in the UK.
• Chevening partner awards sometimes go unfilled, and Chevening says applying for one may improve your chances.
• Costs you carry yourself: travel and any overnight stay to attend your interview, any university deposit (Chevening will not pay it), travel insurance, graduation costs, and anything for dependants, whom the scholarship does not support.
• An embassy or high commission can offer a part award covering tuition only, or the stipend and allowances only, in which case you fund the difference.

• Citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory. The full list is the country selector on chevening.org/apply, and it includes Canada.
• If you are applying from an ODA-eligible country, you must live in an ODA-eligible country when you apply (it need not be your country of citizenship) and show a clear intention to support your country of award.
• Not open to British or dual British citizens, unless you are a citizen of a British Overseas Territory or hold BN(O) status and are applying from Hong Kong.
• Not open to anyone living in the UK when they apply (British Overseas Territories excepted).
• At least two years of work experience gained after your undergraduate degree, totalling at least 2,800 hours. Full-time and part-time jobs, voluntary work and paid or unpaid internships all count, across up to 15 separate periods.
• For this cycle you must have completed your undergraduate degree by October 2024, and the work requirement must already be met when you submit. Final-year undergraduates cannot apply.
• An undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a UK master's, typically equivalent to a UK upper second-class (2:1) honours degree. You need your degree certificate by the time of any interview.
• Three different eligible UK master's courses: full-time, taught, based in the UK, starting in the autumn term and lasting 9 to 12 months. Part-time, distance learning, PhD and January-start courses are not eligible.
• An unconditional offer from at least one of your three courses by 17:00 BST on 8 July 2027.
• A commitment to return to your country of award for at least two years after the scholarship ends. Scholars cannot switch to the UK Graduate route visa, and anyone who does not stay home for the two years is liable to repay the award.
• No separate Chevening English test since 2020, but you must meet each university's own English requirement, and pre-sessional English courses are not permitted.
• Not open to anyone who has already studied in the UK on a UK government-funded scholarship, or to Chevening Scholarship alumni. Former Chevening Fellows can apply five years after completing their fellowship.
• Not open to employees, or former employees within two years of applications opening, of a government department, the British Council, a partner UK university or their wholly owned subsidiaries, nor to their immediate relatives, as Chevening's eligibility page words it. Anyone contracted to work on a British Council programme is also ineligible.
• Not open to anyone holding refugee status in a country that is not Chevening-eligible.
• No upper age limit, and an existing master's degree does not stop you applying.
• One Chevening Scholarship application per cycle.