Îá°®³Ô¹Ï, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the are jointly funding 4 scholarships for Masters study at Îá°®³Ô¹Ï in September 2025. We will only consider applications from strong candidates resident in Uganda and Kenya who are refugees, internally displaced or have otherwise been affected by conflict.
Deadline
14 December 2024 (16:00 GMT)
Scholarship Amount
- Approved airfare from your home country to the UK and return at the end of your award
- Tuition fees
- Stipend (living allowance) at the rate of £1,347 per month
- Thesis grant towards the cost of preparing a dissertation, where applicable
- Warm clothing allowance and visa reimbursement, where applicable Îá°®³Ô¹Ï travel grant towards the costs of study-related travel within the UK or overseas
No additional allowances are available for spouses or other dependants
Number of Scholarships
4 scholarships are available under this scheme.
Eligible Countries
Uganda and Kenya
Îá°®³Ô¹Ï Level
Postgraduate Taught one-year courses starting in September 2025
Eligible Courses
The scholarships are open to students applying for the following taught masters programmes to begin their studies in September 2025:
- MSc Conservation and Land Management
- MSc Agroforestry and Food Security
- MSc Environment and Business Management
- MSc Public Health and Health Promotion
Eligibility
To apply for these scholarships, you must:
- Be a Commonwealth citizen, refugee, or British protected person
- Be permanently resident in a developing Commonwealth country, we will only consider applicants from Kenya and Uganda.
- Be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September/October 2025
- By August 2025, hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) honours standard
- Not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a developed country
- Be unable, either yourself or through your family, to pay to study in the UK
How to Apply
Please contact the Windle Trust to express your interest in the scholarship and your suitability as a nominee: postgraduate@windle.org.uk
Do not apply directly to Îá°®³Ô¹Ï.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make an application to Îá°®³Ô¹Ï.
The application system will open for candidates on the 16 November 2024. Deadline to apply is 14 December 2024.
Universities will inform candidates of the results by July 2025.
For further details on the scheme please see the