FAQs

If you’re selected for a Chevening Scholarship award, you can contact our immigration team for further advice about this.

Yes.

No. However, you may wish to begin preparing for the online application by reflecting on your leadership and influence skills; professional relationship-building skills; course choices; and career plan.

You can submit your application without a valid passport. However, you will be required to bring a valid passport or official photo identification to your interview at the British embassy or high commission if selected.

Applicants are expected to cover the full costs of attending the interview including travel and overnight accommodation if necessary.

You will need click on the ‘Forgotten your password’ link. This will send an email to the email address that you used to submit your application. Check your junk/spam mail to ensure that the email has not been sent there, and please only contact the Secretariat once you’ve checked that the email didn’t go to […]

Please contact the Chevening Secretariat who will request feedback on your behalf.

Interview slots are available on a first-come-first-served basis. We therefore suggest you book your interview as soon as possible. 

If the ‘Change password’ page has come up, you will need to add a new password. When logging in, you should be taken to the review status page. If this is not the case, you should click on ‘Application Centre’ in the top right-hand side of the webpage and select ‘Review status’.

Yes, however you must wait five years after finishing your scholarship before you can apply for a fellowship. For example, a Chevening Alumnus who studied for a master’s degree in the UK  between 2008 and 2009 will only be eligible to apply for a fellowship programme from 2014/2015.