Participating Countries
The number of available scholarships varies from country to country. More than thirty scholarships are currently awarded to candidates from India and China. Twenty or more are awarded to candidates from Egypt, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico and Brazil, with less than five core scholarships now available to candidates from Australia and Canada.(US students are not eligible, but can apply for the Marshall Scholarships which are also funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.)
The significance of the Chevening scholarship scheme rests on its large scope - approximately 700 scholarships are awarded each year to students from more than 110 countries, allowing students from developing countries to access British tertiary education institutions, some of which are of a very high standard as determined by. In this way the Chevening scheme is more similar to the US Fulbright Scholarships which bring students from 140 countries to the US and differs from the Rhodes Scholarship scheme which currently allows applications from approximately 18 countries. Winners of Chevening scholarships often receive coverage in national and local newspapers.
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