Scholarships at Bishop Grosseteste University

Chevening Scholarships enable outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue one-year master’s degrees in the UK. Whilst there is no ‘typical’ Chevening Scholar, we are looking for the kind of people who have the passion, ideas, and influence to provide the solutions and leadership needed to create a better future.

Because these scholarships are fully-funded (flights, accommodation, and course fees are all included), you are free to focus on achieving your professional goals and maximising the experience of a lifetime. You will live and study in the UK for a year, during which time you will develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK. On completing your studies, you will leave the UK equipped with the knowledge and networks necessary to bring your own ideas to life.

This section of the website contains all of the information you need in order to successfully submit an application. We encourage you to review it fully in order to ensure that you have the best possible chance of being selected for an award.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Chevening Scholarship you must:

• Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory.  

• Commit to returning to your home country for at least two years after your scholarship ends. 

• Have at least two years of work experience (2,800 hours). 

• Hold an undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a UK master’s programme. 

• Apply to three different and eligible  UK university courses.

You are not eligible for a Chevening Scholarship if you: 

• Hold British or dual British citizenship (unless you are a citizen of a British Overseas Territory or hold BN(O) and are applying from Hong Kong).

• Hold refugee status in a country not eligible for Chevening. However, if you are a citizen of an eligible country and hold refugee status in another eligible country, you are eligible for a scholarship.

• Are an employee, former employee, or relative of an employee of the UK government, British Embassies/High Commissions, the British Council, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, or sponsoring UK universities. Employees, former employees, or relatives* of an employee of Chevening Partner organisations are eligible to apply, but if the employment took place within the last two years, you cannot receive a Chevening Partner Award from the organisation from which you work, previously worked, or are affiliated with through relatives.

• Have previously studied in the UK on a UK government-funded scholarship.

The deadline to receive and submit at least one unconditional UK university offer is 17:00 BST (UK time) on 10 July 2025. 

To encourage applications from selected regions, we offer a guaranteed scholarship of £2,000 on Masters courses (excludes PGCE and iPGCE) for applicants from the following areas:

• South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal).

• South East Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam).

• Nigeria, Ghana.

Scholarships are awarded in the form of a tuition fee waiver of £2,000 for the programme.