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Scholarship application kits for the United Kingdom

Kits for scholarships to study a master's in the United Kingdom: Chevening, Commonwealth, Gates Cambridge, Rhodes and Oxford's Clarendon Fund. Each kit follows that programme's published criteria and rules.

Kits

United Kingdom

Application Kit for Chevening

Worksheets for the four Chevening essays and your three course choices, a STAR evidence bank, interview practice and a referee brief. Independent self-study tool.

United Kingdom

Interview Kit for Chevening

Practice questions across six themes, essay re-reading and career plan planners, a STAR evidence bank and a reference letter checklist for the Chevening interview.

United Kingdom

Application Kit for Commonwealth Master's and Shared Scholarships

Worksheets for the four Development Impact parts, study plan, career plans, personal statement and course choices, a STAR evidence bank and a referee brief.

United Kingdom

Application Kit for Gates Cambridge

Worksheets for the four Gates statements with their character limits, a STAR evidence bank, interview practice and a Gates referee brief, built around Cambridge's no-AI rule.

United Kingdom

Application Kit for the Rhodes Scholarship

Worksheets for the Rhodes personal statement, academic statement and CV, a STAR evidence bank, interview practice and a referee brief, with confirmed rules for West Africa, India, Pakistan and Kenya.

United Kingdom

Application Kit for Oxford Graduate Study and Clarendon

Worksheets for your Oxford statement of purpose, research proposal, written work and CV, a STAR evidence bank, a referee brief and a timeline built around Clarendon's December and January rule.

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Guides

Deadlines

ProgrammeStageAs publishedSource
Chevening ScholarshipsApplications openAugust 2026 (2027/28 round; 4 August 2026 for India). Dates for the next round not yet published: check your country pageSource
Chevening ScholarshipsApplications closeOctober 2026 at 11:00 UTC (2027/28 round; 6 October 2026 for India); check your country page for the date that applied to youSource
Chevening ScholarshipsEligibility siftingFrom October 2026Source
Chevening ScholarshipsReading committee assessmentMid-October 2026 to January 2027Source
Chevening ScholarshipsShortlisting and interview invitationsMid-February 2027Source
Chevening ScholarshipsUpload ID, degree certificate and two referencesAt least seven working days before your interviewSource
Chevening ScholarshipsInterviewsMarch to April 2027Source
Chevening ScholarshipsResultsFrom mid-June 2027, by emailSource
Chevening ScholarshipsUnconditional offer deadline8 July 2027, 17:00 BSTSource
Chevening ScholarshipsCourse startSeptember or October 2027Source
Chevening ScholarshipsShortlisting and interview invitationsMid-February 2027 (2027/28 round)Source
Chevening ScholarshipsUpload ID, degree certificate and two reference lettersAt least seven working days before your interviewSource
Chevening ScholarshipsInterviewsMarch to April 2027 (2027/28 round)Source
Chevening ScholarshipsResultsFrom mid-June 2027, by email; no feedback givenSource
Chevening ScholarshipsUnconditional offer deadline8 July 2027, 17:00 BSTSource
Chevening ScholarshipsCourse startSeptember or October 2027Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsMaster's: CSC Central openOpen for 2027/28 (opening date not stated on the CSC page); closes 16:00 BST, Tuesday 20 October 2026Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsMaster's: nominator's internal deadlineSet by your national nominator, usually earlier than the CSC date: check its callSource
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsMaster's: CSC closing date16:00 BST, Tuesday 20 October 2026 (2027/28 round)Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsMaster's: nominations to the CSCBy December 2026Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsMaster's: outcomesExpected by July 2027, by emailSource
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsShared: course list for 2027Published before CSC Central opens on 10 November 2026Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsShared: CSC Central opensTuesday 10 November 2026 (2027/28 round)Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsShared: CSC closing date16:00 GMT, Tuesday 8 December 2026 (2027/28 round); university admission deadlines are separateSource
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsShared: universities nominate to the CSCThe Shared page says 'in March 2026', which falls before this round opens. No corrected date was published as of 20 October 2026Source
Commonwealth Master's and Shared ScholarshipsStudy startBy September 2027Source
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)Applications open11 September 2026 (2027/28 entry)Source
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)International round deadlineTuesday 8 December 2026 or Wednesday 6 January 2027, 23:59 UK time (2027/28 entry), depending on your course funding deadline in the Cambridge Course DirectorySource
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)Gates reference dueBy your course funding deadlineSource
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)Departmental rankingDecember 2026 to February 2027Source
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)All applicants notified of application outcomeBy 23:59 UK time, Monday 8 March 2027Source
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)Review and selection by panelsMonday 22 and Tuesday 23 March 2027Source
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (International round)Scholarships offeredBy early April 2027; must be accepted within 72 hoursSource
Rhodes ScholarshipNext cycle (entry 2028)Rhodes says applications reopen in 2027 for 2028 entry; dates not yet publishedSource
Rhodes ScholarshipApplications open1 June 2026 for West Africa, India, Pakistan and Kenya (2027-entry cycle); usually around 1 JuneSource
Rhodes ScholarshipIndia: application close / references23 July 2026, 23:59 IST / references 6 August 2026 (2027-entry cycle)Source
Rhodes ScholarshipPakistan: application close5 August 2026, 23:59 PKT (2027-entry cycle)Source
Rhodes ScholarshipWest Africa: application close / references27 August 2026, 23:59 GMT / references 3 September 2026 (2027-entry cycle)Source
Rhodes ScholarshipKenya: application close27 August 2026, 23:59 EAT (2027-entry cycle)Source
Rhodes ScholarshipPreliminary and shortlist interviewsSeptember to October 2026 for India; virtual rounds before finals for West AfricaSource
Rhodes ScholarshipFinal interviews and social eventNovember 2026 for West Africa and India; Kenya and Pakistan: confirm in your constituency documentSource
Rhodes ScholarshipOutcomes emailedBy December 2026; no feedbackSource
Rhodes ScholarshipOxford applications by Scholars-electSoon after selection; some courses close in the first days of DecemberSource
Rhodes ScholarshipEntry to OxfordOctober 2027 for the 2027-entry cycleSource
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsApplications openSee your course page (applications made in 2026-27 are for 2027-28 entry)Source
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsScholarship cut-off ruleApply by your course's December or January deadline; March or later deadlines are excluded from Oxford scholarshipsSource
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsExample only: MPhil Development Studies deadline12:00 UK time, Wednesday 2 December 2026 (2027-28 entry), its only deadlineSource
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsExample only: MSc Economics for Development deadline12:00 UK time, Tuesday 26 January 2027 (2027-28 entry), final deadlineSource
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsRecommended submissionForm and all documents at least two weeks before your course deadlineSource
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsAt least two references submittedBy your course deadlineSource
Oxford graduate application and Clarendon Fund ScholarshipsScholarship awardsMost Oxford scholarships are awarded between late February and JuneSource

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