Applications are now open for the 2025/26 GREAT Scholarships for study in the UK!

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Closing Date: varying up to June 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025/26 GREAT Scholarships for study in the UK!

Overview

GREAT Scholarships offer students from 18 countries the opportunity to have £10,000 towards their tuition fees for a wide range of one-year taught postgraduate courses. In the 2025-26 academic year, over 200 scholarships are offered by over 70 universities across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

They are available to students from the following countries:

On each country’s dedicated page, you’ll find a comprehensive list of universities that provide scholarships to students from that specific nation, details of which courses are covered by these scholarships and how to apply. Each scholarship is jointly funded by the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council with participating UK higher education institutions. As part of the programme, all GREAT scholars will be invited to a welcome event in the first semester and a networking event in the second semester.

Profile of a GREAT Scholar

GREAT scholars must:

be a citizen and resident of a GREAT target country
have an undergraduate degree that will enable entry onto a postgraduate programme at one of the UK universities taking part in the Scholarships campaign
be motivated and academically able to follow and benefit from a UK postgraduate taught course
be active in the field with work experience or with a proven interest in the proposed subject area
meet the English language requirement and other academic requirements of the UK HEI
be willing to embody the UK Higher Education experience, by attending lectures and tutorials and
engaging with extra-curricular activities, and act as an ambassador for UK Higher Education, by
promoting the value of studying at a UK HEI
be willing to establish an engagement with the UK as a scholar, through personal and academic
fulfilment
represent the high standards of the GREAT brand by becoming an advocate for scholarships
be willing to attend events or participate in other activities organised by Study UK and the British
Council for all UK-based GREAT scholars, including social media activities to discuss experiences and
capture perceptions of studying in the UK
be willing to demonstrate future contribution to capacity-building and socio-economic advancement
through the benefits achieved after graduating from UK higher education
be willing to maintain contact with the British Council and act as an ambassador for the scholarships, by sharing experiences of studying in the UK with future GREAT scholars
as an alumnus of the GREAT Scholarships, be willing, occasionally, to speak to potential candidates
about his or her own experience of studying in the UK.