GREAT Scholarships 2023

To consider if you are eligible for this scholarship, we have provided an overview of what a GREAT scholar profile would look like:

• be a citizen of a GREAT target country (India or Nigeria).
• have an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry onto a postgraduate programme at a UK university.
• 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 of the UK HEI.
• we 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 a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, 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 GREAT Scholarships, by sharing experiences of studying in the UK with future GREAT scholars.
• as an alumnus of the GREAT Scholarships, willing occasionally to speak to potential candidates about his or her own experience of studying in the UK.