FAQs

No. Extensions will not be granted under any circumstances.

No, Chevening does not require university transcripts to be translated. However, some UK universities may require a certified translation of your transcript documents. Please check with them directly.

You can only submit one Chevening Scholarship application during each application period. If both fellowships and scholarships are available in your country, you can apply for both in the same application cycle. However, you should refer to your country page for more information on the options and decide which one is more relevant to your […]

If you are applying for an Chevening Award from an ODA-eligible country, you must be resident in an ODA-eligible country. This does not have to be the country of citizenship. For example, you could apply for a Chevening Scholarship as an Egyptian citizen while living in Brazil (an ODA-eligible country), but you would be expected […]

No, you do not need to resign from full-time employment in order to apply for a Chevening Award. However, you are personally responsible for ensuring that you will be able to accept the award offer when it’s made and that your employer will release you in time for departure to the UK.

You can make changes to your application at any point before you submit it. It is not possible to make changes to your application after it has been submitted. Within the application window, you can withdraw an application at any time and start the application process again. Please note that withdrawing your application will remove […]

All Chevening applications undergo a rigorous review. Applications are first screened using our plagiarism tool, and then sifted and checked against our eligibility criteria. They are then individually reviewed by independent reading committees who score each application against FCDO, Chevening, and regional objectives, and the potential of the candidate to meet those objectives. Find out […]

No, Chevening Alumni are not eligible to apply for another Chevening Scholarship.

Chevening applicants must have at least two year’s work experience (or 2,800 hours) of work experience, acquired after the completion of their undergraduate degree. If your course choices are not related to your work experience, you will need to explain why you want to make a career change. You should explain the transferable skills you […]

The types of work experience that are eligible for Chevening include full-time employment; part-time employment; voluntary work; and paid or unpaid internships. Work experience must be acquired after graduating from your undergraduate studies. Fellowship programmes may have additional requirements which you should check on the relevant programme page.