Applications For 2024 Chevening Scholarships Are Open Now For Pakistani Students

We are pleased to announce that the United Kingdom has announced the Chevening Scholarships 2024. The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship, funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, that lets foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom.  It’s a golden opportunity for postgraduate students to get a fully funded master’s degree abroad. Pakistani students who wants to study at prestigious British universities of United Kingdom can avail this chance by applying for Chevening Scholarship. The Chevening Scholarship Scheme is designed to offer two kinds of awards such as

• Chevening Scholarships

• Chevening Fellowships.

The British embassies and high Commissions designated in various countries across the globe which are responsible for selecting the recipients of both kinds of Chevening awards exclusively. Candidates will be selected after a highly competitive selection process. To know all the important information regarding to Chevening UK government scholarships check the details given below. 

Funding Amount Of Chevening Scholarship

Chevening Scholarships is a fully-funded scholarship, which includes the following awards.

• University tuition fees

• A monthly stipend

• Travel costs to and from the UK

• An arrival allowances

• A homeward departure allowances

• Cost of one visa application

• Travel grants to attend Chevening events in the UK

Chevening scholarship stipend amount

The contribution to tuition fee through Chevening Scholarship for one-year postgraduate course is approximately £18,500.

• You will receive, an average cost of £70–125 per week for shared housing or residence halls. This stipend will only cover your reasonable living costs, e.g. housing, utilities, food, and transportation.

• £65–86 for utility bills (gas, water, electricity)

• £20–40 weekly for food, and £20–40 weekly for local commuting costs. Your monthly stipend should cover your medical and dental expenses as Chevening Scholarship does not provide extra funding for medicines.

Note: The student will get their monthly stipend through cash card on the 21st of each month.

UK Universities For Chevening Scholarship

Almost 48 universities of United Kingdom are the host institutions offering Chevening scholarship scheme. Some famous Chevening scholarship partner universities includes 

• University of Birmingham

• Bangor University

• Birkbeck, University of London

• Bournemouth University

• Brunel University

• Cardiff University

• Imperial College London

• ‎University of Nottingham

• University of Salford Manchester

• University of Liverpool

Chevening scholarship Pakistan Eligibility

To be eligible for a Chevening scholarship for Pakistan 2024 you must:

• Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country (Pakistani citizens are eligible)

• Return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after your scholarship has ended

• Have a complete undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry to a post-graduate program at UK university. This is typically equivalent to an upper second-class 2:1 honors degree in the UK

• The applicant must be applied for a full-time master’s degree program, not less or more than 12 months.

• Have at least two years’ (equivalent to 2,800 hours) work experience

• Apply to three different eligible UK university courses and have received an unconditional offer from one of these choices by the deadline listed on the application timeline.

There is no upper age limit to be eligible for a Chevening award.

Chevening scholarship eligible country

Around 180 countries are eligible for Chevening scholarship including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.

Chevening scholarship eligible courses

Selecting the right courses at the right universities is one of the most important aspects of your application. In order to be eligible, the courses you choose must be full-time courses/

• Start in the autumn term (usually September/October)

• Taught master’s (that are not research-focused MRes programs)

• Lead to a master’s degree qualification

• Based in the UK

Non-eligible Courses for Chevening Scholarship

• Part-time

• Distance learning

• Less than nine months in duration

• More than 12 months in duration

• PhD or MPhil

• Taught with more than one month of study outside the UK

How To Apply For Chevening Scholarship

To apply for Chevening scholarship candidates can follow this Procedure. 

• To apply for Chevening Scholarship, firstly must have to apply for admission in United kingdom’s university for one-year postgraduate course.

• To get unconditional acceptance letter from UK’s university, you have to meet the admission eligibility criteria of the selected university you choose and submit the required documents.

• After getting the letter of acceptance from university, you can visit to Chevening’s application section.

• Select your country, then select your level of study and fill the Chevening scholarship application form.

• You can apply at three UK’s Universities for three postgraduate courses of your choice but the curriculum of courses should be related to each other.  

• You will select the UK’s university to apply for admission in postgraduate program and follow the instructions of their admission application.

• You can select the courses for postgraduate and find the right course for yourself.

Chevening Scholarship Requirements

• After your Chevening award has been ended, you must return back to your native country.

• You must have an under graduate degree of bachelor honors (4-year duration study program) and must have transcripts of academic records (under graduate degree)

• You must have at least two years work experience. For Chevening Fellowship, the work experience should be 5 years duration.

• You must pass the English language proficiency test with required grades ton apply for Chevening scholarship.

• IELTS/ PTE test results are the basic English language requirements for Chevening scholarship.

• You must apply for postgraduate degree courses at one or three UK universities and must receive an unconditional letter of acceptance for any one of these applied courses

• Valid passport and national identity card are also important documents required for Chevening scholarship.

Tips For Applying For Chevening Scholarship

• The applicant has to apply online through the online application system (OAS).

• It is recommended that applicants apply through Google Chrome while using a laptop or a PC rather than a mobile or tablet

• In order to apply successfully the size and format of the files should meet the requirements. The documents must be in JPG, PNG, or PDF form and not larger than 5MB.

• The length of the file names must not exceed 50 characters.

Chevening Scholarship Application Deadline

Interested applicants are advised to apply for Chevening Scholarships before time to avoid any hardship or hassle. The Chevening Scholarships are now open for the year 2024-2025.

• Start applying from: 12 September 2023

• Deadline to apply for Chevening Scholarship: 7 November 2023