FAQs

You will have access to the UK’s world-renowned National Health Service (NHS) while you’re in the UK.  Chevening pays your Immigration Health Surcharge, which gives you access to the NHS.

If you need wellbeing support, you should contact your university’s student support services as they have staff available to help you locally and a large number of welfare services. Your Programme Officer or the Chevening welfare and immigration team is available to you Monday – Friday during office hours (09:00-17:00 BST) by email or telephone […]

Please follow UK government travel advice before travelling abroad. Please let your Programme Officer know if you are planning to spend any time outside of the UK.

Please book your flights home via our designated travel provider Diversity. If you are unable to book via Diversity, please contact your Programme Officer.

Once you have completed all the steps and clicked on the ‘submit application’ button, you will be advised that you have successfully submitted your application. You will also receive an email from the online application system to confirm that your application has been submitted. You can check the status of your application by logging in […]

Chevening cannot provide universities with contact details or a confirmation of funding until an applicant has been awarded a Scholarship. There is a timeline of process for the Chevening Award. Should the universities request fees or contact details, it is recommended that applicants negotiate with them, explaining that they are applying for a Chevening Award […]

The Chevening English language requirement was removed in 2020. Candidates will still need to meet all requirements from their chosen university and secure an unconditional offer from one of their three course choices by the deadline.

Please check your spam/junk email folders. To ensure you receive emails from us, please add our email addresses to your ‘allow list’. If you are not receiving the Alphagram newsletter, please add newsalerts@chevening.org to your allow list. If you are not receiving the Scholargram newsletter, please add engage@chevening.org to your allow list. Please add awards@notifications.service.gov.uk […]

Yes, you can apply to Chevening using a deferred university offer, as long as the university offer is for a Chevening eligible course. You will still need to identify three university courses in your Chevening application, and you must receive an unconditional offer from one of these courses by the deadline.      

You have three attempts to complete the eligibility questionnaire in the online application system. If you are unsuccessful after your third attempt, we recommend you apply again next year. Find out more about eligibility for Chevening.