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GREAT Scholarships

GREAT Scholarships offer students the opportunity to receive £10,000 towards their tuition fees for a wide range of one-year taught postgraduate courses in the 2024-25 academic year at universities across the UK.

For the 2024-25 academic year, postgraduate scholarships are available to students from Egypt at the following institutions.

Please visit the university pages below to find out which courses scholarships are available for and information on how to apply.

UK universities offering GREAT Scholarships

Abertay University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Abertay University, a university with a friendly and tightknit community based in Dundee, a vibrant and edgy coastal city.

Buckinghamshire New University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Buckinghamshire New University, a dynamic and innovative university located in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire.

Cardiff University

Learn about GREAT scholarships on offer at Cardiff University, one of Britain's leading research universities with a diverse student population.

Liverpool John Moores University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Liverpool John Moores University, a modern university offering education informed by internationally acclaimed research.

Nottingham Trent University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), an outstanding university with over 3,550 students from over 160 countries.

Teesside University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Teesside University, a university with over 90 years of teaching and learning.

University of Glasgow

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Glasgow, home to 33,000 students from over 140 countries. 

University of Huddersfield

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of Huddersfield, a university with over 3,500 international students from over 130 countries.

University of Sheffield

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of Sheffield, a university with a global reputation for excellence and a strong focus on employability.

University of Surrey

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

University of Westminster

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Westminster, an international institution embracing global engagement in all its forms.

What are we looking for in a GREAT scholar?

GREAT scholars must:

  • be a citizen of Egypt.
  • have an undergraduate degree, be motivated, and have an interest in the proposed subject area
  • meet the English language requirement of the UK HEI
  • establish an engagement with the UK as a scholar, through personal and academic fulfilment
  • 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 maintain contact with the British Council and their HEI and act as an ambassador for the GREAT Scholarships
  • as an alumnus of the GREAT Scholarships, be willing occasionally to speak to potential candidates about his or her own experience of studying in the UK.

How to apply

  1. Visit the university page above to find out more information and then follow the link through to the university's website
  2. Apply for individual scholarships following the instructions given on each universities’ scholarship webpages.
  3. The deadline to apply for a GREAT Scholarship 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.
GREAT Scholarships 2024-25 terms and conditions

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