Chevening Scholarship Opportunities Now Open For 2024. Apply Today!

UN Jobs Admin August 6, 2024

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Chevening Scholarship Opportunities Now Open For 2024. Apply Today!

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About Chevening Scholarship

The Chevening Scholarship enables outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue one-year master’s degrees in the UK. There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ Chevening Scholar, but those who are successful tend to have ambition, leadership qualities, and a passion for influencing positive change in their home countries. Candidates are encouraged to apply if they meet the eligibility criteria and other requirements. Gender, age (there is no upper age limit), sexual orientation, religion, marriage or parenthood status, caste, class, or other attributes do not matter to them. What matters is one’s ability to submit a thoughtful application that demonstrates you are capable of excelling on an intense master’s course in the UK and that you have a clear vision for your future.

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Chevening eligibility criteria

You must meet the eligibility criteria set out on this page to apply for a Chevening Scholarship. Ineligible applications will be rejected. When applying for Chevening, you will need to pass an eligibility checker before you can access the application form. The eligibility checker will check if you meet all of the eligibility requirements set out on this page.

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 must have received an unconditional offer from at least one of these course choices by the references and education documents deadline listed on the application timeline.

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.
Please note that having a master’s degree does not prevent you from applying for a second master’s degree in the UK, providing you can articulate how it aligns with your career goals and will help you to drive positive change in your home country.
*Relatives are defined as parents or step-parents, siblings or step-siblings, children or step-children, spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner (where the couple have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least two years).

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Work experience requirement

Before applying for a Chevening Scholarship, you need at least two years (2,800 hours) of work experience. This can include:
Full-time employment
Part-time employment
Voluntary work
Paid or unpaid internships
Experience gained during mandatory employment for your degree does not count. You can combine up to fifteen different work periods to meet the requirement.

Work experience

You must ensure that you meet the minimum work-experience requirement for the scholarship before submitting your Chevening application. Chevening Scholarships require that applicants have at least two years of work experience.
If you do not already have the required level of work experience, you will be unable to submit your application.

Eligible types of work experience

The types of work experience that are eligible for Chevening can include:
Full-time employment
Part-time employment
Voluntary work
Paid or unpaid internships

Work experience can be completed before, during, or after graduating from your undergraduate studies, however, any mandatory employment that counts towards your undergraduate or postgraduate course would not be eligible. You do not need to meet the work experience requirement in one period of employment. Applicants can submit up to fifteen different employment periods in order to meet the requirement. If you have held more than fifteen positions, then please enter the periods that make up the greatest number of hours worked.

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If you are currently employed, it is not a requirement of Chevening that you resign from your position. You are advised to discuss your application with your employer and it is your responsibility to ensure that they will release you if you are selected for a Chevening Scholarship. You can refer them to the employers page on our website. The British Embassy, the High Commission, or the Chevening Secretariat cannot intervene in this.

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How to calculate your work experience

Your entries will be calculated automatically by multiplying the number of weeks worked by the number of hours worked per week.
2,800 hours of work equates to approximately two years of full-time employment, based on the assumption that full-time employees work on average 35 hours per week and 40 weeks per year.
However, if you have worked over 2,800 hours in less than two years (i.e. by working more than 35 hours per week), you are also eligible.
You may meet the 2,800-hour work experience requirement over a longer period than two years if, for example, you have worked part-time. To calculate the number of hours worked, the application system will automatically multiply your weekly hours by the number of weeks in the role.