GREAT Scholarships for justice and law
Justice and law postgraduate scholarships of £10,000 are available for students from a variety of countries to study subjects in this area, from human rights to criminal justice and commercial law
GREAT Scholarships
GREAT Scholarships offer students from 14 countries the opportunity to have £10,000 towards their tuition fees for a wide range of one-year taught postgraduate courses.
In the 2023-24 academic year, 200 scholarships are offered by 49 universities across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
GREAT Scholarships are available to students from the following countries. To see which scholarships are on offer in your country, click on the links below:
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.
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Hear from GREAT scholars
Getting the GREAT Scholarship changed my life, and even had an impact on my community. When people heard that I was going to study in the UK, they thought - 'Oh, if she got it, we might get it too'. It made it seem possible.
Irene, GREAT scholar, Robert Gordon University
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‘Getting the GREAT Scholarship showed my community that anything is possible'
Irene, MSc Data Science, Robert Gordon University
'Due to receiving the GREAT Scholarship I was able to come to the UK and pay my tuition fees'
Desmonda, MA Musical Theatre, Royal Academy of Music