The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission plays an important role in attracting the best and brightest talent to UK universities. In return, UK universities have always been keen to support and become involved in the CSC's activities, through the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship scheme, hosting Commonwealth Academic Fellows, partnering with overseas institutions to offer Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships and Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships, and most recently jointly funding Commonwealth Scholarships for candidates from developed Commonwealth countries.

2010 sees the start of a new relationship between the CSC and the UK higher education sector. Virtually all UK universities have agreed to provide joint scholarships, worth at least 20% of the tuition fee, to Commonwealth Scholars from developing countries. This extra revenue will enable the CSC to fund extra scholarships, primarily devoted to junior academic staff in developing country universities, whose studies in the UK will help develop capacity in their home institutions.

The list of participating universities is below – the CSC wishes to thank all the universities taking part.

UK universities with a funding agreement with the CSC

Aberystwyth University

Aston University

Bangor University

Birkbeck, University of London (developing Commonwealth students only)

Cardiff University

City University London (developed Commonwealth students only)

Coventry University (developed Commonwealth students only)

Cranfield University

Durham University

Edinburgh College of Art (developing Commonwealth students only)

Glasgow Caledonian University (developing Commonwealth students only)

Goldsmiths, University of London

Harper Adams University College (developing Commonwealth students only)

Heriot-Watt University

Imperial College London (developing Commonwealth students only)

Institute of Commonwealth Studies (developing Commonwealth students only)

Institute of Education, University of London (developed Commonwealth students only)

Keele University

King's College London

Kingston University (developing Commonwealth students only)

Lancaster University (developing Commonwealth students)

Leeds Metropolitan University (developing Commonwealth students only)

Liverpool John Moores University (developing Commonwealth students only)

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (developing Commonwealth students only)

London Metropolitan University (developing Commonwealth students only)

London School of Economics and Political Science

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (developing Commonwealth students only)

London South Bank University (developed Commonwealth students only)

Loughborough University

Manchester Metropolitan University (developed Commonwealth students only)

Newcastle University

Nottingham Trent University (developing Commonwealth students only)

Open University

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen's University, Belfast

Robert Gordon University (developed Commonwealth students only)

Royal Academy of Music

Royal College of Art (developed Commonwealth students only)

Royal Holloway, University of London (developed Commonwealth students only, not for split-site study)

Royal Veterinary College

School of Oriental and African Studies

School of Pharmacy (developing Commonwealth students only)

Sheffield Hallam University (developing Commonwealth students only)

Swansea University

University College London

University of Aberdeen

University of the Arts, London (developed Commonwealth students only)

University of Bath

University of Bedfordshire (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Birmingham

University of Bradford

University of Brighton (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Bristol

University of Cambridge (Cambridge Commonwealth Trust)

University of Central Lancashire (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Dundee

University of East Anglia

University of East London

University of Edinburgh

University of Essex (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Exeter

University of Glamorgan

University of Glasgow

University of Greenwich (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Hertfordshire (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Huddersfield (developed Commonwealth students only)

University of Hull (developed Commonwealth students only)

University of Kent

University of Leeds

University of Leicester (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Lincoln (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Liverpool

University of Manchester (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Northampton (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Nottingham

University of Oxford

University of Reading

University of St Andrews

University of Sheffield

University of Southampton

University of Stirling

University of Strathclyde

University of Sunderland (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Surrey

University of Sussex (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Ulster (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

University of Warwick

University of Westminster

University of Wolverhampton (developing Commonwealth students only)

University of York (developing Commonwealth students only)

Writtle College (developing Commonwealth students only)