Chevening Scholarships are fully-funded, leaving you free to focus on achieving your professional goals and maximising the experience of a lifetime.
You will live and study in the UK for a year, during which time you will develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK.
Mandated to Select Three Courses From the Eligible Chevening Scholarship Universities
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Benefits oF Chevening Scholarship
Chevening Scholarship provides the recipient with the following benefits:
- University tuition fees.
- A monthly stipend.
- Travel costs to and from the UK.
- An arrival allowance.
- A homeward departure allowance.
- The cost of one visa application.
- A travel grant to attend Chevening events in the UK.
Eligibility Criteria For Chevening Scholarship
To be eligible for Chevening Scholarships, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be passionate about creating lasting positive change and a realistic career plan for achieving it.
- Have lots of examples of your leadership and influencing skills.
- Have at least two years of work experience (2,800 hours), acquired after the completion of your undergraduate degree.
- Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory.
- Commit to returning to the country of citizenship from which you applied for at least two years after your scholarship ends.
- Hold an undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a UK master’s programme.
- Apply to three different and eligible UK university courses. If you are conditionally selected for a Chevening Scholarship, you must have received an unconditional offer from at least one of these course choices by the deadline provided. We recommend applying to UK universities as soon as possible.
How to Apply – (Application Opens 5th August 2025)
Please follow the instructions to apply for Chevening Scholarship:
- Choose your country from here, then choose Chevening Scholarship.
- Create an account.
- Fill your profile with your personal information, save the data, and validate your profile, then start your application.
- Complete the quiz to ensure your eligibility for the Scholarship.
- Fill the application with the required data and prepare the following documents:
- Completed education documents.
- English language qualification.
- Conditional offers for proposed courses of study (up to three).
- Unconditional offers for proposed courses of study (up to three)
- References (If you are invited to interview, you will be invited to upload two references).
- Passport / ID document.
- Submit the application
Important Info For Nigerian Applicant – https://www.chevening.org/scholarship/nigeria/
Scholarship Link – https://www.chevening.org/scholarships/
Application Opens – 5th August 2025
Application Deadline: 7 October 2025
NOTE > Even if you have no plans to come back home, Chevening scholarships are a good bargain and I’d advise you to apply regardless.
