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COMMONWEATH SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS |
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Available in any academic subject you choose |
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A fellowship is available in any academic subject (including Medicine and Dentistry). Fellowships are primarily intended for younger established teachers (not for the senior members of the department) to enhance their teaching and/or research experience, or in the case of Medicine and Dentistry, clinical skills relevant to what they're going to study at the institution they choose.
Commonwealth Fellowships are not available for higher degrees. |
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Medicine: all branches.
Master's
Engineering and Technology: computer studies; electronics; environmental studies; remote sensing technology; communication engineering; bio-technology / biochemical engineering; robotics (including artificial intelligence).
Science (Pure and Applied): mathematics; molecular biology; physics and chemistry (including pharmaceutical/medicinal chemistry).
Agriculture and Allied fields: all branches.
Humanities and Social Sciences: history; sociology; management studies; fine art; (including western painting, art history, graphic design and sculpture); economics, philosophy and psychology, computer applications and english language.
Fellowship
Commonwealth Fellowships are for six months. Awards normally run from October in any year (i.e. the beginning of the academic year in the UK).
Up to 70 Fellowships are available.
General
If you are a candidate or sponsor you may indicate your own preferences on what you would like to study and where you would like to study it. If you have already made independent approaches to universities in the UK, or have received offers of places, you should report this to the Commission.
However, the Commission may (after seeking advice in the UK) decide to the offer you a fellowship at another institution. Your fellowship for any programme of study must be approved by the Commission and named in the formal letter of award. You must also be able to demonstrate that your study programme will be closely related to the academic work when you return to take up the award.
Medicine and Dentistry
If you are a medically qualified applicant and your programme requires you to practice clinically, or to work in a laboratory department reporting on samples from patients, you can only be considered eligible for registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) or the General Dental Council.
For more information write to:
The General Dental Council
37 Wimpole Street
London, WIM 8DQ
The General Medical Council
Overseas Registration Division
178-202 Great Portland Street
London, WIN 6JE
Under new regulations, if you require registration with the General Medical Council and your primary medical qualification is recognised only for limited registration, you will be required to show competence in the English Language by reaching a satisfactory standard in the IELTS Test.
However, if you have previously held registration with the General Medical Council to practice in the UK, you may not be required to take the IELTS Test.
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To apply for a fellowship, you must:
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be an Indian citizen residing in India |
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have completed tertiary education in English medium |
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hold a doctorate (or other postgraduate qualifications accepted as sufficient for the career you are in) |
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have been awarded your doctorate no less than five and no more than ten years from the date of taking up the Fellowship |
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have at least two-years experience as a staff member of a university or similar institution in your home country |
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be aged 40 or under at time of applying. |
The preliminary selection of candidates for Academic Staff Fellowships is carried out in India by University Grants Commission (UGC). The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) London does the final selection on the basis of the nominations sent by the UGC.
To be selected, you must be an academic staff member of staff and get nominated by the executive head of the university you work full time at. This is followed by shortlisting of applications and personal interviews in New Delhi. |
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You must apply for these scholarships at least one year before the course starts.
Deadlines vary, so you must check that you know what the deadline is before applying.
The UGC sends circulars to all universities in July or August every year for nominations
for the awards beginning the following academic year.
The interviews are normally held in November or December for the awards beginning
September in the following year. |
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