Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for
Master’s Study at London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine 2018/19
Deadline: June 20, 2018
The Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships 2018-19 is open for applications. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is offering 10 new scholarships to study a master’s degree by distance learning.
Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those unable to study in the UK for financial and other reasons.
Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those unable to study in the UK for financial and other reasons.
Value
Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships provide full tuition fees and all other compulsory costs of studying a UK Master’s course by distance learning. This includes the full cost of any residential components of a course.
Eligibility
To apply for these scholarships, you must:
- Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person
- Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country
- Hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) standard; a lower qualification and sufficient relevant experience may be considered in certain cases
- Be unable to afford to study your chosen course without this scholarship
- Hold an offer of admission to one of the eligible programmes before the deadline of 20 June 2018.
Eligible programmes
- MSc Clinical Trials (distance learning)
- MSc Demography & Health (distance learning)
- MSc Epidemiology (distance learning)
- MSc Infectious Diseases (distance learning)
Eligible Commonwealth countries
Bangladesh Cameroon The Gambia Ghana Guyana India Kenya Kiribat Lesotho Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Samoa Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia
Application
To apply for this funding, applicants must:
- Submit a complete application for study for one of the eligible programmes for 2018-19
- Submit a complete application using the CSC’s application system.