Funding

The funding sources offered by the School for Policy Studies can be found below:

• Chevening
• Commonwealth Shared Scholarships
• Sanctuary
• Think Big Scholarship

Chevening

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for a Chevening Scholarship you need to:

• be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country;
• have an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry to a postgraduate programme at a UK university;
• have minimum of two years’ work experience.

Eligible programmes:

• MSc Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health
• MSc Policy Research
• MSc Public Policy

How to Apply

You can apply directly through the Chevening website.

Deadline

Go to the Chevening website to see the full timeline for applications.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships

The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship programme is one of three Master’s programmes offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

Postgraduate scholarships for applicants from low and middle-income Commonwealth countries. Funded jointly by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC) and participating UK universities.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must have applied for one of the eligible one-year taught postgraduate programmes at the University of Bristol.

The eligible programmes are: 

• MSc Public Policy

How to apply

You must apply using the Commonwealth Commission's online application system. As part of the application, you will be asked how your inclusion on the programme will benefit your home country.

Deadline

Applications for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for the 2024/25 academic year are now open. The deadline for submitting an application is 16:00 GMT on Thursday 14 December 2023. The scholarships are for study in the UK beginning in September/October 2024.

Sanctuary 

Sanctuary Scholarship is funding for students from asylum-seeking and refugee communities. The scholarship is equivalent to a full tuition fee waiver and a full living cost stipend.

Eligibility

You can apply if you:

• are from a refugee or asylum-seeking community
• hold an academic offer (or are awaiting a decision) to study an eligible course at the University of Bristol.

Read the full eligibility criteria.

There may be other scholarships available to you depending on your circumstances, and you can search for these on our scholarships page. Please note your fee status may determine eligibility for other scholarships.

Deadline

Complete your application by 5 pm on Sunday 31 March 2024.

Think Big Scholarship

Think Big Scholarship applications for 2024 are now open.

Our international scholarships could help you fund your UK study at the University of Bristol. We've invested up to £3 million in Think Big scholarships to help international students come to Bristol in 2024.

These scholarships are for applicants with overseas fee status who have applied for an eligible undergraduate or master's course.

Think Big Scholarship application timeline

Eligible programmes

Undergraduate:

• BSc Childhood Studies

Postgraduate:

• MSc Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health
• MSc Policy Research
• MSc Social Work