We connect people with learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK and aim to build lasting relationships between the UK and Iraq.

Education is the focus of our re-engagement with Iraq, working in partnership with Iraqi institutions and individuals to reconnect Iraq with the international educational community and sharing the UK’s experience to help design Iraqi solutions to Iraq’s challenges.

The Open Society Foundation-London, a division of the Soros Foundation, is collaborating with the Cambridge Overseas Trust to fund postgraduate students from the Middle East at the University of Cambridge Ten scholarships will be awarded to applicants for 2010 from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Syria who plan to study for a PhD in order to pursue an academic career in their home country or region.Applications are welcomed in the fields of Environmental Studies, Public Health, Education and Law, although other subjects within the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities may be considered.Applications for 2010/11 should be submitted, via the Board of Graduate Studies www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/ before 15 December 2009

Chevening 2010 – 2011 application is closed since 31st October 2009.

We are now in the short-listing process.

Chevening programme is managed by the British Council, on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Candidates are selected by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office only.

Competition for scholarships is very high and only applicants who meet the criteria will normally be considered. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted in December 2009.

The British Council is strongly committed to Equal Opportunity & Diversity. In Iraq, we follow the most appropriate practices in this regard in all what we do. Please visit the Diversity page for further information.

We're providing access to information and materials, through the Iraqi universities resource centres, the books donation programme, and visits and training programmes. Find out more.

Find out how we worked in partnership with the BBC World Service Trust to address the most urgent needs of the Iraqi media.