Deadline : Various
Applications are open for the British Council GREAT Scholarships Program for eligible applicants to help them undertake and complete a postgraduate degree at one of the participating universities in the UK. GREAT Scholarships are dedicated to citizen of Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, who are dreaming of studying for a postgraduate degree in the UK, but need help funding their studies
Every academic year, GREAT Scholarships offers up to eight scholarships from UK universities, across a variety of subjects for students from selected eligible countries. Successful applicants will receive a scholarship is worth a minimum of £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year postgraduate course at a selected university of their choice in the United Kingdom
These scholarship are jointly funded by the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council with participating UK higher education institutions and aim to help ambitious and passionate students reach for greater heights. For the academic year 2022, the participating universities include:
- Aston University
- Cardiff University
- Cranfield University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Falmouth University
- University of Edinburgh
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
- Bournemouth University
- University of St Andrew’s
- Nottingham Trent University
- Teesside University
- University College London
- University of Northampton
- University of Bath
- University of Derby
- University of York
- Anglia Ruskin University
- Oxford Brookes University
- University of Dundee
- University of Essex
- University of Glasgow
- University of Hull
- University of Reading
- University of Westminster
- University of Surrey
- University of East Anglia
- University of Exeter
- University of Kent
- University of Warwick
- University of Sussex
- And more …..
Benefits
If selected, you will be eligible for the following benefits
- Selected applicants will receive a scholarship worth a minimum of £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year postgraduate course.
- This amount varies with the applicant’s country of origin as well as the university to which they are applying for
- Applicants must visit their country specific webpages to see full scholarship details
Eligibility
In order to be selected for one of the following scholarships, you must fulfil the following applications conditions
- Applicants must be Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Thailand
- You must have obtained an undergraduate degree at the time of application, that will enable you to enter a taught postgraduate programme in a UK university
- Applicants are expected to be motivated and academically able to follow a UK postgraduate course at their selected university
- active in the field with work experience or proven interest in the subject area
- The language of instruction in the U.K is English, therefore you must meet the English language requirement of the UK university of your choice
- Applicants must be willing to attend a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, to discuss experiences and capture perceptions of studying in the UK.
Application
Applicants may only apply to universities dedicated to their countries of origin. Applications are submitted online following instructions provided by the selected university. Follow the following steps in order to submit your application
- You must browse to your country specific webpage and go through al the eligible criteria specifically detailed for your country of origin
- You must then filter the universities listed by specific for your country and click on the university page to access detailed information about the scholarships on offer.
- Each university has detailed all the information and application procedure for different applicants form different countries
- You must then apply for individual scholarships following the instructions given on each universities’ scholarship webpages.
- The deadline to apply for a GREAT Scholarship is specific for each country and each institution. For details on individual institutions’ deadlines, please see the institution page.
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