UK Government Chevening Scholarships 2025

About the UK Government Chevening Scholarships

The UK Government Chevening Scholarships is a fully funded scholarship to pursue any master’s degree at any UK university.

The Chevening Scholarship 2025-2026 is a fully funded master’s scholarship for international students.

The Chevening Scholarship covers university tuition, a monthly living allowance, an economy class return flight to the UK, and additional grants and allowances to cover necessary expenses.

Chevening offers future leaders and influencers from around the world a unique opportunity to grow professionally and academically, network widely, experience UK culture, and form long-term beneficial interactions with the UK.

Chevening is the UK government’s international awards system designed to develop world leaders. There will be approximately 1,500 scholarships distributed worldwide.

Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organizations, Chevening provides two kinds of awards–Chevening Scholarships and Chevening Fellowships–with recipients personally chosen throughout the globe by British embassies and high commissions.

Eligibility For the UK Government Chevening Scholarships

To be considered for the Chevening Scholarship Award, you must:

Be a citizen of an eligible Chevening country

Hold an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2.1 (‘upper second-class honors’).
Have two years’ work experience.
Have an unconditional offer for a Masters at a UK university

Have completed all components of an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry onto a postgraduate programme at a UK university by the time you submit your application.

Chevening Scholarship Coverage and Benefits

Chevening Scholarship, provides the recipient with the following benefits:

University tuition fees.

A monthly stipend.
Travel costs to and from the UK.
An arrival allowance.

A homeward departure allowance.
The cost of one visa application.
A travel grant to attend Chevening events in the UK.

You are not eligible for UK Government Chevening Scholarships if you:

Hold British or dual British citizenship (unless you are a citizen of a British Overseas Territory or hold BN(O) and are applying from Hong Kong).
Hold refugee status in a non-Chevening eligible country. Applicants who are citizens of a Chevening-eligible country and who hold refugee status in a Chevening-eligible country are eligible for a scholarship.

Are an employee, a former employee, or relative* of an employee of Her Majesty’s Government, or have been within the last two years from the opening of Chevening applications (including British embassies/high commissions; the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy; Department for International Trade; the Ministry of Defence; and the Home Office), or a staff member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Employees, former employees, or relatives* employees of Chevening Partner organizations are eligible to apply, but if the employment took place within the last two years, you cannot receive a Chevening Partner Award from the organization from which you work, previously worked, or are affiliated with through relatives.
Have previously studied in the UK with funding from a UK Government-funded scholarship.

How to Apply

Please follow the following instructions to apply for UK Government Chevening Scholarships:

Choose your country from here, then choose Chevening Scholarship.
Create an account.

Fill your profile with your personal information, save the data and validate your profile, then start your application.
Complete the quiz to assure your eligibility for the Scholarship.
Fill the application with the required data and prepare the following documents:

Completed education documents.
English language qualification.
Conditional offers for proposed courses of study (up to three).

Unconditional offers for proposed courses of study (up to three) (You must upload at least one unconditional offer by July).
References (If you are invited to interview you will be invited to upload two references).
Passport / ID document.