The Developing Solutions scholarship is a master’s scholarship, founded in 2001, for students from African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries. This scholarship programme is designed for international students who want to make a difference to the development of key economic, environmental, structural, social, or political structures in their home country.
The University of Nottingham is offering scholarships covering 50% or 100% of full-time masters tuition fees. These one-year scholarships are available to support innovative and passionate students who can successfully demonstrate their ingenuity for developing solutions that will impact their home countries and incite change.
Eligiblity
Students who wish to apply, must meet the following requirements:
- Be domiciled in Africa, India or one of the selected Commonwealth countries listed in their website (linked below)
- Be classed as an overseas student for fee purposes
- Hold an offer to start a full-time masters (including MRes) for 2025/26 at the University of Nottingham UK, studying in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science or Faculty of Social Sciences
- You shouldn’t be a student or graduate of the University of Nottingham
- You are not eligible if you have studied and been awarded an undergraduate or postgraduate degree outside of your home country
- Do not be studying in the UK
How to apply
You must apply for and receive an offer to study a full-time masters (including MRes) at the University of Nottingham for 2025/26 before applying for this scholarship. When you have received an offer to study, you can apply through the scholarships section of the university’s application system, NottinghamHub.
Or if you have an offer for an MRes course, email the scholarships team on scholarship-assistant@nottingham.ac.uk for instructions on how to apply.
Selection criteria
- Applicants will be assessed on how they can demonstrate their vision, and tangible plan for developing a specific solution that will positively contribute to key economic, environmental, structural, social, or political challenges within in their home country.
- Strong applicants will be able to link this to the learning outcomes of their course of study, and how this will facilitate their efforts.
- Where the ethos of Developing Solutions has been clearly evidenced, applications will then be looked at in line with more traditional scholarship criteria, including your reasons for studying at Nottingham and noteworthy achievements.
Application deadline
April 16th, 2025.
For more details visit the Nottingham: Developing Solutions scholarships website.
