The British Chevening Scholarships, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, are prestigious awards which enable overseas students to study in the United Kingdom. The scholarships are offered in more than 150 countries and enable talented graduates and young professionals to become familiar with the UK and to gain skills, which will benefit their country.

The Chevening Programme currently provides around 2300 new scholarships each year, worth about GBP41 million, for postgraduate studies or research at UK institutions of higher education. Most scholarships are for one-year Master’s course or equivalent.

Shared funding scholarship programmes are also available. Shared funding arrangements with commercial companies, universities, trusts, foundations and other appropriate organisations are an important part of the programme.

British Embassies and High Commissions overseas select candidates for British Chevening Scholarships. The British Council on behalf of the FCO administers the scholarships overseas and in the UK.

The British Chevening Scholarships are named after the Chevening House in Kent, which houses the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2010-2011
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu & Vanuatu nationals are welcome to apply for scholarship for the academic year beginning September 2010. We encourage that you first visit the chevening website before completing the application form to see if you meet the requirements on becoming a scholar.

• application must be madeon-line and submitted before 30 November 2009
• please register as a new applicant as required at the bottom of that page
• you will be required to create your own log-in and password. The system allows partial completion of an application so that you can return to complete the form
• you should only submit your application when all pages of the application have been completed. Once you have submitted your form, you will no longer be able to log in as your log-in and password will be deleted
• please enter "South Pacific" as your country of application
  

Further enquiries can be directed to the British High Commission in Suva Fiji as follows:

Tel: (679) 322 9124
Fax: (679) 322 9132
E-mail: cheveningsuva@fco.gov.uk