Tuesday, 19 February 2008

Commonwealth Member Countries Offered Free Scholarships at Glasgow University



To mark Glasgow's successful bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow University is offering free scholarships to the Commonwealth's poorest students.

There are 53 Commonwealth member states, so 53 students will be selected. 14 students from the least developed countries will each receive £8,000 and and the remaining 39 students will receive £4,000.

Here are all the Commonwealth countries (the UK makes 54):

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji Islands
The Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St Kitts & Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia

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