The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarship is offering two scholarships to pursue two-year research Master's programmes at Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) affiliated universities in Kenya. Citizens of Commonwealth countries other than Kenya are eligible to apply.
Field of Study
The scholarships are only tenable in the listed subjects at the following participating universities:
The following courses are available:
- Applied Linguistics
- Entrepreneurship
- Music Education Or African Music Studies
- Musical Arts In Composition Or Performance
- MBA Business Administration
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Public Health
- Applied Parasitology
- Applied Parasitology
- Applied Statistics
- Community Nutrition
- Computational Chemistry
- Forensic Biochemistry
- Information And Knowledge Management
- International Relations
- Land Administration
- Mathematical Statistics
- Mathematics (Pure Or Applied Mathematics)
- Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Physics
- Applied Entomology
- Applied Parasitology
- Environmental Resource Management
All Masters programmes. See website for available courses.
Who can apply?
Applicants will only be considered if they fulfil the following criteria:
- Citizen of, and reside permanently in a Commonwealth country;
- Citizens of Commonwealth countries other than Kenya are eligible to apply;
- Apply for the identified study programmes at the two participating universities on a full-time basis;
- Must have completed an undergraduate degree at a 2:1 equivalent level (or that will enable you to gain entry to a postgraduate course);
- Should have an aggregated average of 65% marks or 2.65 GPA out of 4;
- Meet the minimum entry criteria of the proposed course of study;
- An academic background aligned to the proposed field of study;
- Demonstrate a strong motivation for their application;
- Understand and promote the values and objectives of the Commonwealth.
What the scholarship offers
- Fully-funded tuition fees
- Living expenses allowance for duration of award
- Return economy flights to host country
- Once-off arrival allowance
- Research support grant
Application process
Please follow the below steps to complete your application.
Make sure that you have the following documentation to upload to your application:
- High school certificate
- Undergraduate transcript (and graduation certificate)
- Two references – preferably academic
- Scan of passport or national ID card
- Proof of English language ability if English is not your first language
Submit an online application at: QECS in Kenya.
Incomplete applications, late applications and those submitted without all supporting documents will not be considered.
Submit a separate application for admission to your chosen course at participating universities - this can be completed after you have submitted your QECS application.
Deadlines
The application deadline is 18 January 2021.
Documents and links
Contact
If you have questions about university course admissions at either university, please contact –
- Technical University of Kenya:
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Note
Please note that this opportunity is not offered by the Department of Higher Education and Training. If there are any discrepancies in the details provided, the information given by the sponsor supersedes the details provided above. No additional financial support will be provided by the Department of Higher Education and Training.
