Scholarship Overview

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships is offered by the Queen's University Belfast to international students. Commonwealth Shared Scholarships is available for students from any country who want to study Masters Degree in the UK at the Queen's University Belfast. Every year, the university selects 2 candidates from all the received applications and offers them scholarships based on their academic profiles. The maximum scholarship that a student can receive is GBP 31796 at Queen's University Belfast. The fee needs to be paid in full, the scholarship amount will be given to students once they start their study program.
Participating Programmes:
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships is available for the Masters Degree. We have listed below the Masters Degree Programmes of Queen's University Belfast that are eligible for the scholarship:
• MSc City Planning and Design,MPH in Global Health,MA in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Applicable course, university and country

This scholarship is applicable for Masters Degree

This scholarship is applicable for the following courses in Queen's University Belfast in UK

• MA in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
  MPH in Global Health
• MSc City Planning and Design

• There are three eligible PGT Master’s courses:
  • MPH Global Health
  • MA Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
  • MSc City Planning and Design

Scholarship amount details

Max scholarship per student: Pound 31,796 => Rs 34,36,512

Conversion rate used: 1 Pound = Rs. 106.18 (last updated 25th November 2024)

Scholarship amount will be given: One Time

Scholarship amount can be used for

Type of Expense	Indicates if scholarship can be used for this type of expense
Tuition & Fees	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this
Living Expense	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this
Accommodation	×Not covered in scholarship
Air Fare/Travel Expenses	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this
Spouse/Child Care	×Not covered in scholarship
Health Cover	×Not covered in scholarship
Application	×Not covered in scholarship
Others	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this

• Stipend/living cost £1,133 per month plus approved tuition fees (£18,200)

 

Student Awards

Number of students to be awarded: 2

Scholarship Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirement mentioned on the Scholarship site, student profile will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Special Restrictions

• Must return to home country after course completion

• Students must confirm that they will return to their home country after the award comes to an end

Eligibility

Candidates 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
• Be available to start your academic studies in the UK, or remotely if required, by the start of the UK academic year in September
• Not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a high income country
• Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship
• Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format
• Have applied for and been offered a full time place at Queen’s on the eligible one year Masters programme and must also make a separate scholarship application
• Satisfy the University’s English Language requirements for entry to the programme normally by the closing date specified or shortly afterwards

Application Process for this scholarship

• Copies of an official Degree/Diploma Certificates, for the qualification(s) already completed
• Degree transcripts for all completed periods of study (undergraduate level and above)
  
  • If the applicant's degree is still in progress, he/she must provide a transcript of the results achieved to date. This can be requested from his/her University
• Certified translations, if the applicant's original documents are not in English
  • If he/she does not have translations at the time of application, please forward by email to intl.student@qub.ac.uk when available
• Proof of English Language proficiency
• Applicants must include the names and contact details of two referees, normally academics, who are familiar with your undergraduate and/or postgraduate studies
  • If they have taken a higher degree or postgraduate course, one of their referees should normally be from that institution
  • If they have been away from higher education for some time, they may use an employer as one of their referees
• Other documents, (such as a resume, writing samples, portfolios) as requested by the department

Scholarship Application

This scholarship needs a separate external application.

Important Dates

	Date	Additional Details
Application final end date	Not Available	Deadline has been passed

Please note that these dates could be in local country times and may not be IST (Indian standard time).

FAQ Link	https://www.qub.ac.uk/International/International-students/International-scholarships/international-scholarships/scholarships-for-south-asia/faqs-postgraduate-students-from-south-asia-2022/
Contact email	pg.awards@qub.acuk