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United KingdomCommonwealth PhD Scholarship
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Full-time UK doctoral funding for high-quality graduates from eligible least developed and vulnerable Commonwealth countries, including Sri Lanka.
Deadline
The official 2027/28 cycle opens on 8 September 2026; applicants must also follow their nominator's deadline.
What you get
Amount not recorded
Covers
- Tuition
- Living costs
- Travel
- Health insurance
- Visa fee (not recorded)
Awards offered
Not recorded
Who can apply
- Study level funded
- PhD
- Subjects
- No subject restriction recorded
- Qualification you must already hold
- a bachelors degree
- Academic result
- Upper second-class (2:1), or lower second-class plus a relevant postgraduate qualification
- Language
- No single scholarship-level English score applies across all courses unless a structured test is listed here. Meet the language and admission rules of the selected host institution and programme.
- Sri Lankan applicants
- Eligible
Other conditions the award sets
- Citizen or refugee of an eligible Commonwealth country
- Permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country
- Apply through an approved nominator as well as CSC Central
- Demonstrate that the study cannot otherwise be afforded
These are recorded as written and are not checked by the matcher.
Check this against your own situation
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