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London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
4 per year (avg)
Bangladesh , Mozambique , Papua New Guinea , Tuvalu , Lesotho , Gambia , Ghana , Malawi , Sierra Leone , Solomon Islands , Kiribati , Pakistan , Rwanda , Cameroon , Tanzania , Vanuatu , Kenya , Zambia , Commonwealth , India , Nigeria , Sri Lanka , Uganda
Applicable to all genders
All types of delivery mode
Only selective applicants are considered
Full Time
All intakes
Academic excellence
The aim of the scheme is to assist students of excellent academic calibre from developing Commonwealth countries who would benefit from higher education in the United Kingdom, to the developmental advantage of their home countries, but who, for financial reasons, are unable to study in Britain and are outside the scope of other British Government Support Schemes. For the 2025/26 academic year, LSE has five awards to support the full time study on one of the six eligible programmes. Applicants are expected to hold a first degree at either first class or upper second class level. You must also confirm that you are sufficiently fluent in written and oral English to pursue your studies at LSE immediately, as no pre-course English Language teaching is available under these awards. Applicants who have already studied for one year or more in a developed country, or who possess sufficient resources to self-fund, are not eligible for an award. Applicants must certify that they: Are nationals of (or permanently domiciled in) an eligible Commonwealth developing country and not at present living or studying in a developed country; Have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country; Are themselves, or through their families, unable to pay to study in the United Kingdom; Will return to their home country as soon as their award ends. The FCDO and participating United Kingdom institutions will jointly meet the full costs of an award holder's study in the United Kingdom, including airfares to and from the United Kingdom. The full tuition fees and a maintenance allowance will be provided, the maintenance allowance was £19,824 for 12 months.
A grant of up to £225 to cover master's thesis costs is available along with a £200 study travel grant; the cost of up to 10 kilograms of accompanied excess baggage is also available for scholars returning home at the end of their awards.
Students are shortlisted based on their
You need to apply separately for this scholarship
To apply for a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for programmes beginning in September, you will need to follow these steps:
submit your application for admission to one of the eligible programmes at LSE. See how to apply for graduate study at LSE.
submit your application to the via the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship web page
submit your LSE Graduate Financial Support Application via the LSE Graduate Applicant Portal. This will also allow you to be considered for other LSE Scholarships you may be eligible for.
receive an offer of a place (conditional or unconditional)
The CSC will provide LSE with the applications submitted to them. LSE will then short list and identify suitable candidates based on financial need and academic merit and return LSE's first choice nominations and reserves to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission for their agreement.
While you may apply to more than one institution, only one offer of award may be accepted.
Nominated candidates will be emailed around April/May. Please ensure that our domain name - lse.ac.uk - is added to your safe senders list and routinely check your junk/spam folders.
Your LSE Graduate Financial Support Application will also be considered for LSE scholarships. The outcome to your Graduate Support Scheme application will be displayed after you have received an offer. Successful applicants selected for other LSE Scholarships or awards will be notified by the end of July.
Awards are for full-time one-year taught postgraduate programmes only. The following programmes ere eligible: MSc Development Management MSc Gender, Development and Globalisation MSc Global Health Policy MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies MSc Local Economic Development MSc Health and International Development