UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2024

Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for the 2024/2025 UK Government GREAT Scholarships. This program is open to postgraduate candidates.

This scholarship is an opportunity that offers £10,000 to qualified postgraduate candidates. This program is sponsored by British Council/GREAT and is to be taken at Universities in UK (list below). Funded by UK Government funded by the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council with participating UK higher education institutions, 210 scholarships are offered by 71 universities across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for one-year postgraduate study in UK.

The British Council is a British organization specializing in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh language in Argentina); encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational cooperation with the United Kingdom. The organization has been called a soft power extension of UK foreign policy, as well as a tool for propaganda. The British Council is governed by a Royal Charter. It is also a public corporation and an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its headquarters are in Stratford, London. Its acting chair is Sarah Sands and its chief executive is Scott McDonald.

Scholarship Summary:

Scholarship Sponsor(s): British Council/GREAT

Scholarship to be taken at: Universities in UK (list below)

Scholarship Worth: £10,000

Number of Awards: 210

Study Level: Postgraduate

Nationality: See eligible countries (below).

Requirement and Eligibility Criteria for UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2024:

be a citizen of an eligible country (listed below).
have an undergraduate degree that will enable you to enter a postgraduate (taught) program in a UK university
be motivated and academically able to follow a UK postgraduate course
active in the field with work experience or proven interest in the subject area
meet the English language requirement of the UK university
Meet other specific country eligibility (find out specific eligibility by country on the official scholarship page – link provided below)

Eligible Countries:

The scholarships are available for the following countries – Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam.

Eligible Universities in UK:

The UK Government GREAT Scholarships are hosted at the following institutions, list may be updated at anytime. Please make sure to confirm from scholarship application page.

Anglia Ruskin University
Birmingham City University
Bishop Grosseteste University
Bournemouth University
Cranfield University
Edinburgh Napier University
Goldsmiths, University of London
Imperial College London
Keele University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Oxford Brookes University
Robert Gordon University
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Agricultural University
Sheffield Hallam University
Teesside University
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Ulster University
University College London
University of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Derby
University of Dundee
University of East Anglia
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Greenwich
University of Hull
University of Kent
University of Manchester
University of Northampton
University of Nottingham
University of Reading
University of South Wales
University of Stirling
University of Warwick
University of York

Application Procedures for the 2024/2025 UK Government GREAT Scholarships (how to apply):

To apply for the UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2024, the following steps are outlined;

Filter the universities listed on the ‘find a scholarship’ page and click on the university page to access detailed information about the scholarships on offer.
Apply for individual scholarships following the instructions given on each universities’ scholarship webpages.
The deadline to apply varies according to each institution. For details on individual institutions’ deadlines, please see the institution page.
Successful scholars will be informed by individual universities on the result of their applications.
Scholarship funding will be issued to successful scholars by individual universities after registration.

Application Deadline: Varies according to host university

For more information about this opportunity, Visit the Official Website.

UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2024