GDI Development Leadership Scholarships

The Global Development Institute (GDI) is pleased to announce the availability of nine scholarships for overseas applicants, providing full tuition fee waivers for on-campus Masters programmes commencing in September 2017.

Eligibility for the scholarships is as follows:
  1. Applicants must already hold an unconditional offer for an eligible Masters programme (please see box below for relevant Masters programmes for each scholarship).
  2. Applicants must be a national of and resident in a DAC-listed least developed, other low-income or lower-middle income country. The full list of eligible countries can be found below.
  3. Applicants for international scholarships must not have previously studied in an OECD country.
  4. Applicants must hold a First Class Honours bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and an overall score of 6.5 in IELTS (or similar exam), with 6.5 in writing and no other subsections below 6.0.
How to apply
  • Applicants should email a 500-word statement detailing how they will apply their learning to develop a credible career track into development leadership.
  • Please send statement to the relevant email address below by clicking on the scholarship name. Please ensure you include your ID number and name of scholarship you are applying for in the subject line.
The closing date for applications for September 2017 will be 26 May 2017, but earlier application is advisable.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application within four weeks of the deadline.
Scholarship details

Scholarship Name
Number of
Scholarships
Available on the Following Programmes
2
MSc Development Economics and Policy
MSc International Development: Public Policy and Management

2  

MSc International Development, including the following pathways:
  • Development Management
  • Environment, Climate Change and Development
  • Globalisation, Trade and Industry
  • Politics, Governance and Development Policy
  • Poverty, Inequality and Development
  • Poverty, Conflict and Reconstruction
1 
MSc Human Resources Development (International Development)
1
MSc ICTs for Development
MSc Management and Information Systems: Change and Development
3

MSc Management and Implementation of Development Projects
MSc Organisational Change and Development 

Eligible countries for GDI scholarships

International applicants from the following countries are welcome to apply for our GDI scholarships.

Afghanistan
Guinea-Bissau
Philippines
Angola
Guyana
Rwanda
Armenia
Haiti
Samoa
Bangladesh
Honduras
Sao Tome and Principe
Benin
India
Senegal
Bhutan
Indonesia
Sierra Leone
Bolivia
Kenya
Solomon Islands
Burkina Faso
Kiribati
Somalia
Burundi
Kosovo
South Sudan
Cabo Verde
Kyrgyzstan
Sri Lanka
Cambodia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Sudan
Cameroon
Lesotho
Swaziland
Central African Republic
Liberia
Syrian Arab Republic
Chad
Madagascar
Tajikistan
Comoros
Malawi
Tanzania
Congo
Mali
Timor-Leste
Côte d'Ivoire
Mauritania
Togo
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Micronesia
Tokelau
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Moldova
Tuvalu
Djibouti
Mongolia
Uganda
Egypt
Morocco
Ukraine
El Salvador
Mozambique
Uzbekistan
Equatorial Guinea
Myanmar
Vanuatu
Eritrea
Nepal
Viet Nam
Ethiopia
Nicaragua
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Gambia
Niger
Yemen
Georgia
Nigeria
Zambia
Ghana
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Guatemala
Papua New Guinea
Guinea
Paraguay

Source: http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/study/taught-masters/fees-and-funding/funding-opportunities-gdi