FAQs

We strongly recommend that Chevening applications are prepared and submitted in good time before the deadline to avoid any last-minute difficulties. If you do have difficulties logging into your saved application during the final week of the application period and are having trouble resetting your unique access code via the self-service process, we recommend that […]

If you cannot remember your unique access code, you can use the online application system to recover it using a process that works via the mobile phone number you registered with.

Yes. You can save your application and return to it as many times as you like during the application period. Just remember to click ‘save’ on each page before logging out. You can access your application using your email address and your unique access code.

Please refer to our guidance for everything you need to know about accessing the online application system and submitting your application.

Please check your spam/junk folders for your activation email. To ensure that emails we send to you do not end up in these folders, please put our email address, which for application messaging is chevening.awards@notifications.service.gov.uk, on your ‘allow list’. If you have checked your spam/junk folders and still have can’t see an activation email, please […]

No documents are required to be uploaded in order to submit an application for Chevening. In the subsequent stages of the process, applicants who are selected for interview will be required to upload documents. You will have the opportunity to confirm the correct documents have been uploaded prior to submitting.

Yes. You can withdraw your application at any time. Please note that withdrawing your application will remove all your details from the system. You will have to re-enter all your information in order to submit.

Using artificial intelligence software to generate answers to Chevening’s essay questions is strictly prohibited. Applicants must submit their own original work. You must not use someone else’s work or present content generated by AI tools like ChatGPT as your own. Doing so violates Chevening’s guidelines on plagiarism and fraud. If your application is found to […]

In the event that there is not a Visa Application Centre in your home country, or it is closed, Chevening may be able to help cover the cost of travel to another country to secure a visa. A visa travel costs reimbursement will only be assessed and completed once the scholar has arrived in the […]

If your application progresses, you must ensure you have uploaded two reference letters to the online application system prior to your interview and by the date listed on the application timeline. Read about what your referees should include in their reference letters.