After several months of suspension, the UK government has resumed offering Chevening Scholarships to Afghan students.
“We are pleased to announce that applications for the Chevening Scholarship in Afghanistan for the academic year 2025-2026 are now open,” stated the official page of Chevening on social media platform X.
In an announcement published on the official website of the British “Chevening” scholarship, it has been stated that Afghan applicants can apply for master’s degree studies in British universities from November 14, 2024 to January 2, 2025.
This scholarship had been suspended for Afghan students since September this year.
The arrival of the Taliban in Kabul in August 2021 greatly affected Chevening scholars.
Although Afghan students could not pursue their studies in Britain from Kabul after the Taliban took over, they had the possibility to travel to one of the neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Iran to receive the Chevening scholarship and go through its administrative procedures.
However, this process was stopped this year. A number of Afghan graduates of the Chevening scholarship had previously written to the British government asking for the suspension of this scholarship for Afghanistan.
According to the information on the Chevening website, now students can also apply for the Chevening scholarship from Afghanistan.
The Chevening Scholarship, normally funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, offers outstanding students from around the world the opportunity to study at UK universities every year.
This scholarship fully covers the cost of education, living and health insurance.
SOURCE: Afghanistan International
