Commonwealth Shared Scholarships

Financial assistance

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships cover:

• tuition fees
• maintenance/living cost stipend
• approved airfare from the scholar's home country to the UK and return at the end of the award
• thesis grant
• study travel grant (if applicable)
• a one-off arrival allowance.

Eligibility

There are six awards available for the 2026/27 academic year. They are available for Commonwealth Shared candidates who have applied for an eligible one-year taught postgraduate programme at the University of Bristol:

• LLM Health, Law and Society
• MSc Artificial Intelligence for Medicine and Health
• MSc Climate Change Science and Policy
• MSc Environmental Policy and Management
• MSc Global Development and Environment
• MSc Medical Statistics and Health Data Science
• MSc Public Policy
• MSc Sustainable Engineering.

To be considered for these scholarships, applicants must:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country.
• Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.
• Be available to start academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year
• By September 2026, hold a first degree of at least upper second-class (2:1) honours standard, or a lower second-class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master's degree).
• Not have studied or worked for more than one (academic) year or more in a high-income country
• Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.
• Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format.