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Commonwealth Distance Learning Master's Scholarships

  • Organization: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC)
  • Type: Scholarship
  • Location: Global
  • Funding: Fully Funded

The Commonwealth Distance Learning Master's Scholarships let you study a UK master's degree from home, without relocating to the UK. The program is run by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) and funded by the UK government. It's designed for high-achieving postgraduate students from least developed and middle-income Commonwealth countries who want access to world-class training that isn't available locally, or who need to stay in their home country while they study. Scholarships last up to six years, reflecting the modular structure of the courses, and are funded on an ongoing basis. You apply through a participating UK university that has already been approved for the program, and the university does an initial selection before the CSC gives final approval. There are approved courses across six development themes, so the focus is on fields that can make a real difference back home. To apply, you need to both secure admission to an approved master's course at a participating UK university and submit an application through the CSC's online system, CSC Central. Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now closed, with study starting September/October 2026.

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Commonwealth Distance Learning Master's Scholarships

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Opportunity type
Scholarship
Funding
Fully Funded
Location
Global
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About this opportunity

The Commonwealth Distance Learning Master's Scholarships let you study a UK master's degree from home, without relocating to the UK. The program is run by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) and funded by the UK government. It's designed for high-achieving postgraduate students from least developed and middle-income Commonwealth countries who want access to world-class training that isn't available locally, or who need to stay in their home country while they study. Scholarships last up to six years, reflecting the modular structure of the courses, and are funded on an ongoing basis. You apply through a participating UK university that has already been approved for the program, and the university does an initial selection before the CSC gives final approval. There are approved courses across six development themes, so the focus is on fields that can make a real difference back home. To apply, you need to both secure admission to an approved master's course at a participating UK university and submit an application through the CSC's online system, CSC Central. Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now closed, with study starting September/October 2026.

Who can apply

  • Must be a citizen of an eligible Commonwealth country (least developed or middle-income country, including fragile and conflict affected states)
  • Must be a high-quality postgraduate student seeking training not available in their home country
  • Must wish or need to remain in their home country while studying
  • Must have the potential to enhance the development of their home country
  • Applications must be made via a successful UK university that has bid for scholarships for specific courses
  • Must submit application via CSC Central online application system (no paper or email applications accepted)
  • Study must be in one of the six CSC Development themes
  • postgraduate students from Commonwealth developing countries
  • professionals in key development areas
  • distance learners remaining in home country
  • future leaders and innovators in developing nations

AI Verification

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We could not fully verify this organization or all of its details. Check it independently on the official website before you apply, and never share sensitive personal or financial information until you are sure a request is genuine.

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Not confirmed. No live CSC page states a fee either way, because the candidate page now 404s and the surviving university-facing page has been emptied to a bare title.This opportunity has a fee. Check the details before you apply.

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Good to know

  • +The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission itself remains real, active and highly credible. It is simply no longer running this particular award, and five other CSC programmes are live and could be sourced instead

Worth checking yourself

  • !The closing date could not be confirmed on the organisation's own pages. This listing shows no deadline, which does not mean applications are open indefinitely. Check the official page before you plan around it.
  • !THIS ROUND IS CLOSED. Applications are not currently open and no new date has been published by the organisation. Do not plan around this listing until it is confirmed reopened.
  • !Not scored. A dead record should be retired, not scored
  • !Every field on this record is now unverifiable against a live page, so all four confidences are low
  • !This record is actively harmful while live: it shows Rolling to a young person and sends them to a URL that 404s
  • !Relevant to any replacement: even when it ran, this scholarship could not be applied for directly. UK universities bid for scholarships and made the initial selection of candidates
  • !The CSC's own live pages carry a fraud warning worth heeding when re-sourcing, naming an organisation that lists Commonwealth programmes without being an official partner

What we could not confirm

  • ?Deadline
  • ?Application link

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