Commonwealth Scholarships

Commonwealth Scholarships for the year 2017 is now announced for Master's & Doctoral degree programme. The study will commence in September/October 2017.

The CSFP is aimed at students of Commonwealth countries who can make a significant contribution to their home country after the completion of a higher education programme in the UK. 

This is a source of funding made available to all Commonwealth countries by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission. 

LEVEL OF COURSES

• One year Taught Master's courses or equivalent degree
• Doctoral degree of up to three/four years' duration. 

The CSFP is an annual scheme made available to all the Commonwealth countries by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission. In India, this is jointly managed by:

• Commonwealth Scholarships Commission
• the British Council
• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

THE SCHOLARSHIP COVERS

• economy return international travel
• tuition fee
• adequate maintenance and other allowances.

SUBJECTS COVERED

• Engineering and Technology
• Science (Pure and Applied)
• Agriculture
• Humanities and Social Sciences

The last date for online applications is 22 September 2016 (till 3:00 PM). Complete information is available on http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/CW--2017.pdfOpens in a new tab or window. and http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/CorrigendumCWSUK2017.pdfOpens in a new tab or window..

FELLOWSHIPS

For Split-site PhD Scholarships, Shared Scholarships, Academic, Professional and Medical fellowships, please visit Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's websiteOpens in a new tab or window.

Eligibility Scholarship

• be an Indian citizen residing in India
• have completed tertiary education in English medium
• the candidate should not be more than 40 years of age as on 16.09.2016
• For Master's degree candidate should hold or expect to hold the certificate of  Bachelor's degree by October 2017 in the subject field concerned securing 60% or above marks in Humanities and Social Science group and 65% or above marks in Engineering and Technology, Science and Agriculture group.
• For Ph.D  candidate should hold or expect to hold the certidicate of  Master's degree by October 2017 in the subject field concerned securing 60% or above marks in Humanities and Social Science group and 65% or above marks in Engineering and Technology, Science and Agriculture group

Eligibility criteria, guidelines and application form can be downloaded from http://www.britishcouncil.in/study-uk/scholarships/commonwealth-scholarships

Last date for applying online in the Ministry: 16th September, 2016 (till 3:00 PM)

For complete details on the scholarships, please visit  http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/CW--2017.p