Scholarships & funding opportunities

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships

We are pleased to offer these prestigious scholarships to 5 well-qualified applicants from an eligible Commonwealth country. 

These scholarships are only available for applicants to the MSc in Prosthetic/Orthotic Rehabilitation Studies and MSc in Rehabilitation Studies for programmes beginning in September 2020.

Recipients of this award will benefit from full-payment of all course fees for the three year programme.

  • Number of scholarships 5
  • Value Course fees
  • Opens 1 March 2020
  • Deadline 13 April 2020
  • Help with Tuition fees
  • Duration 3 years

Eligibility

Eligibility:

  • Be a citizen or be granted refugee status from an eligible Commonwealth country*, or be a British Protected Person;
  • be permanently and continually resident in an eligible Commonwealth country*;
  • hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) standard (or equivalent) - a lower qualification and sufficient relevant experience may be considered.

*Eligible countries:

  • Bangladesh
  • Cameroon
  • Eswatini
  • The Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Samoa
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tanzania
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Zambia

How to apply

To apply you must:

1. Apply and hold an offer for the programme from the University of Strathclyde to start the MSc in the 2020 academic year;

and

2. Apply for the scholarship through the Commonwealth Scholarship website (available from the 24th of February until the 6th of April, 2020).

Recipients of this award will benefit from full-payment of all course fees for the three year programme. 

Any applicants who do not apply to both systems by the 6th of April 2020 will not be considered.