08/01/2026
Greetings all,
Happy New Year... May this be your year of answered prayers.
The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships 2026 has UK universities offering eligible graduate courses through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK to applicants from eligible Commonwealth Countries, including Jamaica.
Courses span 6 development related themes, with programmes including MA, MSc, MPA, MPhil, MRes, MSt... from top universities, including St Andrews, Bath, Cambridge, East Anglia, Edinburgh Lancaster, and Oxford. Most of the courses are full-time in the UK, but a few are 100% online (distance learning with the same valid accreditation as f2f attendance. (Distance learning available at St Andrews, UCL, University of Edinburgh, etc.)
To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must first be offered a place at a listed institution with a programme under 1 of the thematic areas. See the thematic areas and institutions offering related programmes here: https://share.google/27jhn1tba87OwerhH
The absolute deadline to apply for the scholarships is May 20th, and the application is a bit long, so interested persons should start early and apply... You'll never know what door will be opened in fields like Disability Studies, Gereontology, Comparative Ed, Entrepreneurship, Biotech, Food Science, etc.
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships 2025 Eligible courses. Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are offered under the six CSC Development themes.