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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 2025-26 academic year at universities across the UK.

For the 2025-26 academic year, postgraduate scholarships are available to students from Ghana 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.

GREAT Scholarships

Brunel University of London

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Brunel University of London, a university combining a technical focus with research excellence.

Durham University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Durham University, a university with unique and historic setting, dating back to 1832.

Edge Hill University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Edge Hill University, a stunning, award-winning 160-acre campus in Lancashire, close to Liverpool and Manchester.

Keele University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Keele University, a multi-cultural and diverse student community that welcomes students from over 120 countries.

Kingston University London

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Kingston University London, a diverse and multi-cultural university with over 4,000 international students from over 140 countries.

Lancaster University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Lancaster University, a beautiful parkland campus in north west England.

Liverpool Hope University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Liverpool Hope University, a university with a history extending more than 175 years.

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.

Royal Holloway, University of London

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Royal Holloway, University of London, founded over 170 years ago with a clear ambition to challenge conventions and think differently.

Sheffield Hallam University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships of offer at Sheffield Hallam University, a welcoming community with around 32,000 students from around the world studying over 700 courses.

University of Exeter

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of Exeter, a university combining world-class research with excellent student satisfaction.

University of Southampton

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer a the University of Southampton, a global centre for excellence in research and education.

University of Strathclyde

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Strathclyde, a leading international technological university located in the heart of Glasgow.

What are we looking for in a GREAT scholar?

GREAT scholars must:

  • be a citizen and resident of Ghana.
  • 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 their 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 2025-26 terms and conditions

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'Being a GREAT scholar means gaining access to education from globally renowned universities.’

Nana from Ghana, studying at Ulster University.

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