FellowshipDesk has catalogued 23 international fellowships, scholarships, and exchange programs that place their cohorts inside United Kingdom.
Choosing a fellowship is partly choosing a country to live in. United Kingdom hosts a particular mix of universities, think tanks, civic institutions, and government offices that shape the texture of every program below. Some fellows on this list will spend the year in capital-city policy seminars; others will be embedded in a regional university or in the field. Read the official program pages to understand exactly where in the country you would be placed.
Rhodes Trust
The world's oldest and arguably most prestigious international scholarship, funding postgraduate study at the University of Oxford for outstanding young leaders…
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
The UK government's flagship international scholarship for one-year master's degrees at any UK university, awarded to emerging leaders from over 160 countries.…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Postgraduate scholarships at the University of Cambridge, funding outstanding international students who show capacity for leadership and a commitment to improv…
British Government / ACU
Funds American graduate students of high ability to study at any UK university, established by the UK in 1953 to thank the United States for the Marshall Plan.…
UK FCDO / Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Scholarships for citizens of low- and middle-income Commonwealth countries to undertake postgraduate study in the United Kingdom.…
Fulbright Commission United Kingdom · U.S. Department of State
The bilateral Fulbright Commission for United Kingdom funds a long-running exchange of graduate students, researchers, and lecturers between United Kingdom and …
Skoll Foundation / Said Business School
A full-tuition Oxford MBA scholarship for proven social entrepreneurs at the Saïd Business School's Skoll Centre.…
University of Oxford
Oxford's flagship graduate scholarship scheme, offering hundreds of awards each year to students of any nationality.…
University of Cambridge
A range of full-cost and partial scholarships for international postgraduate students at the University of Cambridge.…
Royal Society
A Royal Society fellowship enabling outstanding early-career scientists to develop their research career in the UK.…
Oxford / Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust
Oxford scholarships and leadership programme for outstanding graduate students from transitioning and developing economies.…
University of Oxford / Reuters
A residential fellowship at Oxford for mid-career journalists from around the world to research a journalism-related topic.…
European Commission · University of Glasgow
Joint master's in security, intelligence, and strategic studies across Scottish, Czech, Polish, and Spanish universities.…
LSE / Atlantic Institute
A non-degree fellowship at the London School of Economics for mid-career professionals working on social and economic equity in their home countries.…
Royal Society / British Academy
Postdoctoral fellowships for non-UK scientists, social scientists, and humanities researchers to work in the UK for two years.…
Leverhulme Trust
UK postdoctoral fellowships in any discipline for early-career researchers to develop a substantial publication or body of work.…
Cambridge Trust · Judge Business School
Cambridge Trust scholarships supporting international MBA students at the Cambridge Judge Business School.…
Teach First
A leadership development training programme for graduates committing to teach in schools serving low-income communities in England and Wales.…
Beit Trust
Postgraduate scholarships for citizens of Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to study at universities in the UK, South Africa, and Ireland.…
Said Foundation
Postgraduate scholarships in the UK for outstanding students from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Iraq.…
London Business School · Forté Foundation
London Business School scholarship for outstanding women MBA candidates committed to advancing women in business.…
University of Cambridge
A reciprocal exchange fellowship between Yale and the University of Cambridge for graduate students engaged in international studies.…
University of Oxford
Undergraduate scholarships at Oxford for students from low-income countries who would otherwise be unable to study abroad.…
Before you commit to a specific program, take a few hours to investigate the practical envelope around it. Will the stipend cover housing in the host city without supplementary income? Does the visa attached to the fellowship allow you to bring a spouse or partner? Is there a language requirement that is implicit even if it is not stated on the program page — for example, will daily life and meetings happen in the local language? FellowshipDesk lists the official application page for every program; ask these questions before you start writing essays.