Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries

Background:

The Department for International Development’s (DFID) commitment to provide scholarship for candidates from the Commonwealth member countries on the distance learning courses want to study at UK universities. 

Host Institutions and Online Courses offered:

Bangor University

– M.Sc Forestry
Cardiff University

– MSc Palliative Medicine/Palliative Care
Institute of Education, University of London

– MA Education and International Development
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

– MSc Clinical Trials
             – MSc Epidemiology

– MSc Global Health Policy
– MSc Infectious Diseases
– MSc Public Health

London South Bank University

– MSc Education for Sustainability

Open University

– MSc Advanced Networking
– MSc Computing for Commerce and Industry
– MSc Development Management
– MSc Software Development

Royal Veterinary College, University of London

– MSc Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

– MSc Poverty Reduction: Policy and Practice
University of Bath

– MSc International Construction Management
University of Edinburgh

– MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
– MSc Global Health and Infectious Diseases
– MSc Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases
– MSc International Animal Health

University of Leicester

– MSc Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management
University of Liverpool

– MPH Master of Public Health
University of Manchester

– MPH Master of Public Health
University of Oxford

– MS International Human Rights Law
University of Southampton

— MSc Gerontology
University of Stirling

– MSc Dementia Studies
University of York

– MPA Master of Public Administration – International Development

Target group:

The candidates are expected from the following countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda Nauru, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana,  British Virgin Islands, Namibia, Cameroon, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana,  India,  Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati,  Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia,  Maldives, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guineas, Pitcairn, Rwanda, St Helena,  St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, and Zambia.

Eligibility:

The candidate must fulfill the requirements of the course to study with proficiency in English Literature.

Application procedure:

Before applying for the scholarship the candidates must have approved a program at a recognized host institution at UK.  The candidates can also contact the program director and query to get the information of the Distance Learning Scholarship. Applications should be done via the electronic application system.

Get the all information from the official Scholarship Website at:  http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/distance-learning/