UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2025/2026 (Fully Funded)

UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2025/2026: Applications for the UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2025-23 are currently open. Candidates from eligible African and Asian countries are invited to apply.

Funded by UK Government funded by the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council with participating UK higher education institutions, about 8 to 9 postgraduate scholarships are available for each eligible country and funded to a minimum of £10,000 for one-year postgraduate study in UK.

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UK Government GREAT Scholarships 2025/2026.

Study UK GREAT Scholarships 2025-23 | Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for these scholarships may vary depending on your country.  To be eligible for a scholarship, you must:

• be a citizen of an eligible country (listed below).
• have an undergraduate degree that will enable you to enter a postgraduate (taught) programme 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, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Thailand.

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

How to Apply for UK Government GREAT Scholarships.

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

1. 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.
2. Apply for individual scholarships following the instructions given on each universities’ scholarship webpages.
3. The deadline to apply varies according to each institution. For details on individual institutions’ deadlines, please see the institution page.
4. Successful scholars will be informed by individual universities on the result of their applications.
5. Scholarship funding will be issued to successful scholars by individual universities after registration.

Application Deadline: Varies according to host university