Study UK: Commonwealth Scholarships

The Award:

• Six months of clinical training in either of Cancer Research, Cardiology, Gynecology, Medicine, Dentistry, Orthopedics, Neurology, ENT
• One-year Master’s/equivalent degree or three-year doctoral degree in either of Engineering and Technology, Science (Pure and Applied), Agriculture, Humanities and Social Sciences

The fellowship covers: 

• Student concessionary or other approved airfare to UK and return on expiry of the scholarship
• Approved tuition and examination fees.
• Personal maintenance allowance at the rate of 882 Euros per month
• Grant towards the expenses of preparing a thesis or dissertation, where applicable; initial arrival allowance, incorporating in initial clothing grant for scholars from tropical countries; grant for expenses for approved travel within the UK or overseas; grant towards fieldwork costs for those Scholars undertaking doctoral studies for whom a case has been made for fieldwork outside UK.
• A paid mid-term fare to their home country for Scholars on three years doctoral awards.
• For married Scholars selected by the Commission for awards exceeding 18 months, a marriage allowance of 220 euros per month payable provided that the husband and wife are residing together at the same address in UK.

Number of Scholarships: Up to 60 nominations containing maximum 25 for doctoral studies are sent by the ministry to Commonwealth Scholarship Commission for final selection.  

Duration:

• Six months for clinical training
• One year for Master’s course
• Three years for PhD course

Eligibility:

• The candidate should not be more than 40 years of age as on 12 October 2011
• He should have completed tertiary education in English medium. Those whose native language is not English will be required to provide evidence of sufficient competency in the language. 
• He should hold a Bachelor's degree or Master’s degree from a recognised university with at least 60% marks in case of Humanities and Social Science while 65% in Medical, Engineering and Technology, Science and Agriculture.
• For PG scholarship in Business and/or Management, the candidate must have taken Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
• For scholarship in Economics and related subjects, he should have passed Graduate Record Examination (GRE) 
• For clinical training, the candidate must have qualified MBBS/BDS between 1 October 2002 and 30 September 2007
• Applicants in Medicine and Dentistry should be eligible for registration with the General Medical Council or the General Dental Council 

Note: Candidates who have already completed PhD or are about to complete will not be considered. Click here to view details

Selection criteria: Applicant has to give one page academic justification for pursuing the course in UK. In addition, he has to appear for IELTS test between 1 October 2011 and 6 March 2012

Application deadline:

• 7 October 2011 for downloading application form
• 12 October 2011 for receiving completed application in the Ministry by post/hand

Click here to download application form

Address:
Section Officer
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
External Scholarship Division
ES.4 Section, West Block-1, Wing-6,
2nd Floor, R.K. Puram, New Delhi – 110066

Phone: 26172491,26172492

Website: http://www.education.nic.in/