Chevening Scholarship

Chevening Scholarships enable outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world to pursue a one-year Masters degree in the UK. Chevening looks for the kind of people who have the passion, ideas, and influence to provide the solutions and leadership needed to create a better future.

Funding

Full tuition fee plus living stipend

Academic year

2026/27

Open to

International (including EU) and International (non-EU) students

Qualification level

Postgraduate taught

Number available

Ten co-funded by York, plus the main awards

Applications for 2026/27 are open until Tuesday 6 October 2026, 12am BST.

Scholarship details

We are a proud partner of Chevening, co-funding ten Chevening/York Partnership Awards available to candidates from all Chevening-eligible countries.

These particular awards are being offered in addition to the main Chevening Awards at York. The top ten successful candidates will be offered a partnership award, and all other successful candidates will receive a Chevening Award through the main programme.

All applicants who wish to be considered for one of these ten extra awards at York should select the university as their first preference within their Chevening application.

Chevening Scholarship contact details

International Recruitment Team
international@york.ac.uk

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) and International (non-EU) students.

Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory
Hold an undergraduate degree that qualifies you for a York Masters programme
Have at least two years' work experience (including voluntary work), acquired after completing your undergraduate degree
Have a good standard of English language
Commit to return to your home country (country of award) for at least two years after completing your Masters degree
Meet Chevening's full eligibility criteria
The majority of our taught Masters programmes are eligible for this award.

Exclusions:

Hull York Medical School courses;
MSc Nursing (all routes);
MA Social Work;
MA Public Policy (Mundus MAPP);
MPA Comparative Applied Social and Public Policy, Evaluation and Research;
MA Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management;
LLM Professional Legal Practice (SQE 1 and SQE 2);
Postgraduate Certificate courses, including PGCE programmes;
Masters by research degree programmes;
PhD programmes;
Distance and online learning courses;
International Pathway College;
Partnership and exchange students (including visiting students)

How to apply

Application deadline: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 12am BST

You should apply for a full-time Masters course at York before applying for this scholarship. However, Chevening do not require you to have received an offer letter from York by the initial 6 October 2026 deadline.

The deadline to submit your unconditional university offer to Chevening is 17:00 BST (UK time) on 8 July 2027.

Discover our postgraduate taught courses and find out how to apply.

Once you have applied to study with us, you can apply for the scholarship.

How we allocate

Chevening candidates could have applied for any Chevening-eligible, one year taught Masters course at York that starts in September 2027.

However, we generously co-fund ten additional awards available to all applicants.

All applicants who wish to be considered for one of these ten extra awards at York should select the University of York as their first preference within their Chevening application.

Terms and conditions

See the full terms and conditions.

Eligible Countries

Open to students from: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Caucasus, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.