Greece

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 Greece 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

Imperial College London

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Imperial College London, a specialist community focusing solely on science, engineering, medicine and business.

The University of Manchester

Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Manchester, a university with a rich heritage stretching back to 1824.

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 the Highlands and Islands

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of the Highlands and Islands, a multi-campus university based in the picturesque highlands and Islands of Scotland.

University of Warwick

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of Warwick, a world-leading campus university renowned for its forward-thinking and academic excellence.

University of York

Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at The University of York, a premier institution for inspirational and life-changing research.

What are we looking for in a GREAT scholar?

GREAT scholars must:

  • be a citizen and resident of Greece
  • 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.

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