University of Central Asia Cambridge Scholarship

The University of Central Asia Cambridge Scholarship is available for Masters and PhD applicants from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan. Priority will be given to applicants from the University of Central Asia's Founding States: the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan. The scholarship is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge and in the following fields: Computer Science; Media & Communications; Earth and Environmental Sciences, Development Economics; Engineering, Cultural Heritage and Society and Public Policy. Offered in partnership with the University of Central Asia, the scholarship covers international tuition fees, maintenance, student visa costs, student immigration health surcharge, and airfare. UCA reimburses the initial economy airfare to the UK and will reimburse up to one return economy flight per academic year between the student's country of residence and the UK. Each scholarship recipient will be required to work for a certain number of years after completion of their studies at the University of Cambridge, either at UCA or within the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), subject to suitable employment being available. The duration of this commitment period will be two years for scholarship recipients who gained a Masters or MPhil degree, and four years for those who gained a PhD degree.