Use this page when full cost coverage is your first filter and you want to remove partially funded UK routes from the shortlist. The UK has elite fully funded routes, but the pool is smaller, more competitive, and split between government-backed scholarships and top-university awards.
Chevening is the UK government's fully funded scholarship for emerging leaders from eligible countries and territories. The 2027/28 competition opens on 4 August 2026 at 11:00 UTC and closes on 6 October 2026 at 11:00 UTC. Applicants choose three eligible one-year taught Master's courses and apply separately to Chevening and their selected UK universities.
A fully funded UK master's scholarship for eligible candidates from low and middle income Commonwealth countries who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.
United KingdomMastersFully FundedDeadline: Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are closed; check the CSC page for the next cycle
Official source: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission•Updated:
The UK fully funded pool is not one uniform category. Chevening and Commonwealth behave like broad national scholarship brands, while Gates Cambridge and Clarendon are university-led and much tighter at the selection stage.
This matters because a route can be fully funded and still operate through a much narrower competition funnel. Use this page to compare those top-end routes first, then move back to the broader UK scholarship options if you want partially funded alternatives.
Still-open fully funded scholarships in the UK
Use this shortlist if you need to apply soon and want to stay inside the UK.
The Marshall Scholarship 2027 funds eligible U.S. citizens for postgraduate study at universities across the United Kingdom. The 2027 competition uses institutional endorsement, regional review, a minimum 3.7 undergraduate GPA without rounding, and official applicant and institutional deadlines in September and October 2026.
United KingdomMastersFully FundedDeadline: Applicants and recommenders: September 29, 2026, 5:00 p.m. in the endorsing institution's time zone; institutional endorsement: October 1, 2026, 5:00 p.m. in the endorsing institution's time zone
Chevening is the UK government's fully funded scholarship for emerging leaders from eligible countries and territories. The 2027/28 competition opens on 4 August 2026 at 11:00 UTC and closes on 6 October 2026 at 11:00 UTC. Applicants choose three eligible one-year taught Master's courses and apply separately to Chevening and their selected UK universities.
This guide explains how to answer the Chevening Scholarship essay questions and four application criteria: leadership and influencing, relationship-building and networking, course choice, and career plan. It uses official Chevening guidance and focuses on original applicant-written answers.
This guide explains the Chevening work experience requirement, including how to calculate 2,800 hours, which work types can count, how to enter employment periods, what not to count, and how to make work examples stronger for the application.
This guide explains how Chevening eligible courses work, how to choose three UK master's programmes, which courses qualify, which courses are not allowed, and how to connect course choices with your career plan.
This guide explains Chevening required documents for the scholarship application and interview stages, including what is not uploaded at initial submission, which documents shortlisted candidates need, how references work, and how university documents differ from Chevening documents.
This guide explains how Pakistani students and professionals should prepare for the Chevening Scholarship, including Pakistan-specific timing, eligibility, work experience, course choices, references, essays, university applications and official Chevening Pakistan links.
This guide explains whether applicants can apply for Chevening without IELTS, why Chevening removed its central English-language requirement, why UK universities may still require English evidence, and how English conditions affect unconditional offers.
The Rhodes Scholarship 2027 U.S. competition is open for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and eligible DACA recipients. Thirty-two scholarships are available across 16 regional districts for full-time postgraduate study at the University of Oxford beginning in October 2027.