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Chevening Scholarships 2027/28 (UK, fully funded master’s)

Offered by Chevening (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) (opens in a new tab)

Chevening fully funds a one-year master's degree in the UK for professionals from eligible countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and most of North Africa and the Levant. It is not open to citizens of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain or Oman this cycle. Applications for 2027/28 close on 6 October 2026 at 11:00 UTC.

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Key facts

Provider
Chevening (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
Study in
United Kingdom
Degree level
Master
Field of study
Any field
Funding
Fully funded
Value
Full tuition + monthly living stipend (rate depends on London vs outside London) + return economy flight + visa
Deadline
Deadline: 12 days leftApplications close 6 October 2026 at 11:00 UTC (15:00 Gulf Standard Time in the UAE/Oman; 14:00 in Riyadh, Doha, Kuwait, Manama and Cairo). Unconditional university offer due 8 July 2027, 17:00 BST.
Applications open
Study mode
On campus
Duration
1 year
Eligible nationalities
Citizens of Chevening-eligible countries and territories. On the official eligible-country list: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan, Palestine, Libya, Yemen, Syria. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman are NOT on the 2027/28 list (their country pages return 404).
Listed for applicants from
Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

What it covers

  • Tuition fees paid
  • Monthly personal living allowance (stipend); rate depends on studying inside or outside London and is reviewed annually
  • Economy return travel to the UK for the scholar
  • Cost of the UK visa application for the scholar
  • Arrival allowance, departure allowance and travel top-up allowance
  • Up to £75 towards TB testing where required

Who can apply

  • Citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory
  • Commit to return to your country of citizenship for at least two years after the award ends
  • Undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a UK master's programme
  • At least two years' work experience (equivalent to 2,800 hours) gained after your undergraduate degree
  • Apply to three different eligible UK master's courses and hold an unconditional offer from one by the offer deadline
  • Not eligible: British or dual British citizens (limited exceptions), UK residents at time of application, current/former employees of HMG departments or the British Council and their immediate relatives, past recipients of UK government-funded study scholarships

Documents and requirements

  • Online application with answers on leadership and influencing, networking, course choice and career plan
  • Three eligible one-year UK master's course choices
  • Two referees; two reference letters in English
  • Undergraduate degree certificate and transcripts (uploaded before interview)
  • Unconditional offer from one of the three courses by 8 July 2027
  • No Chevening English test (removed in 2020) — the university's own English requirement still applies

How to apply

  1. Check your country is on the Chevening eligible list and that you meet the 2,800-hour work-experience rule
  2. Pick three eligible one-year taught master's courses in the UK
  3. Submit the online Chevening application before 6 October 2026, 11:00 UTC
  4. If shortlisted (mid-February 2027), upload all documents at least seven working days before the interview
  5. Interview at the British Embassy (March–April 2027)
  6. Secure an unconditional university offer and submit it by 8 July 2027, 17:00 BST

Our guide to this scholarship

Chevening is the UK government’s flagship scholarship for professionals who have already started their careers. It pays for a one-year taught master’s at a UK university: tuition, a monthly living allowance, a return flight and your visa. For 2027/28 the application window runs from 4 August to 6 October 2026, 11:00 UTC.

Who it fits: graduates with at least two years (2,800 hours) of work experience after their bachelor’s who can show leadership and a clear plan for work back home. Citizens of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Palestine, Yemen and Syria are eligible this cycle. Citizens of the GCC states (Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman) are not eligible: none of them is on the 2027/28 eligible list.

The real catch is the return clause: you must go back to your country of citizenship for at least two years after the award ends. The second catch is timing. The scholarship only becomes final once you hold an unconditional offer from one of your three chosen courses, and that offer must be uploaded by 8 July 2027. Popular UK master’s courses fill early, so apply to universities in parallel with Chevening, not after the result.

There is no separate Chevening English test (it was removed in 2020), but each university still sets its own IELTS or equivalent score, and an unconditional offer usually depends on it.

Realistic timeline: submit by 6 October 2026; shortlist in mid-February 2027; interview at the British Embassy between March and April; results in mid-June; start studying in September/October 2027.

Tips for applicants from our region:
1. Count your hours honestly. Part-time work, internships and volunteering can count toward the 2,800 hours, but only work done after graduation qualifies.
2. Make each of your three course choices defensible. Assessors look at your first choice in detail, so link its modules to a specific problem in your sector at home.
3. Book IELTS early.
4. Use concrete examples of leadership from your job, such as a team you coordinated or a process you changed, rather than student-union titles.
5. Write your answers yourself. Chevening says it strictly prohibits using AI to generate application answers.

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