Chevening Scholarships

• Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory. For an award in an ODA-eligible country, you must also live in an ODA-eligible country and show a clear intention to support your country of award.
• Commit to returning to your country of award for at least two years after the scholarship ends.
• Hold an undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a UK master's programme, completed at least two years before the application deadline (for the 2027-2028 cycle, by October 2024). You may apply without the certificate but must have it by interview.
• Have at least two years of work experience (a minimum of 2,800 hours) gained after your undergraduate degree. Full-time, part-time, voluntary work and paid or unpaid internships count; up to fifteen employment periods can be entered.
• Apply to three different eligible UK university courses and hold an unconditional offer from one of them by the offer deadline.
• Holding a master's degree already does not stop you applying for a second UK master's.
• There is no upper age limit.

Who cannot apply

• British or dual British citizens (except British Overseas Territory citizens and BN(O) holders applying from Hong Kong).
• Holders of refugee status in a country that is not Chevening-eligible.
• People living in the UK when they apply (except in the British Overseas Territories).
• Employees, immediate relatives of employees, or former employees (who left within two years of applications opening) of a UK government department, the British Council, a partner UK university or their wholly owned subsidiaries, including people contracted to British Council programmes.
• People who have previously studied in the UK on a UK government-funded scholarship. Former Chevening Fellows must wait five years after their fellowship before applying.

Eligible countries and territories

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Caucasus, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Netherlands, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.