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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 India 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

Aston University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Aston University, one of the leading career-focused universities in the UK.

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.

Cranfield University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Cranfield University, a specialist postgraduate university with easy access to London, Cambridge and Oxford.

City, University of London

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at City, University of London, a university with strong links with the financial and professional heart of Britain.

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.

Leeds Arts University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Leeds Arts University, the only specialist arts university in the north of England, based in the heart of Leeds city centre.

Liverpool Hope University

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

Norwich University of the Arts

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Norwich University of the Arts, a creative university offering courses in art, architecture, design, fashion, communication, and performing arts.

Queen's University Belfast

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Queen's University Belfast, a leading university with a distinguished heritage and history.

Robert Gordon University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Robert Gordon University, a university consistently recognised for teaching excellence and student employability.

Royal College of Art

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the Royal College of Art, the world's leading university of art and design, founded in 1837.

Royal Northern College of Music

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, one of the world's most forward-thinking conservatoires.

Sheffield Hallam University

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

City St George's, University of London (Formerly St George's, University of London)

Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at City St George's, University of London (Formerly St George's, University of London), a specialist health university offering array of specialist programmes.

The University of Edinburgh

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships available at The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, the university is one of six ancient universities in the UK.

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.

Trinity Laban

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Trinity Laban in London, a leading centre of music and dance.

University College London

Learn about GREAT scholarships on offer to study at University College London (UCL), one of the world's highest-ranking universities.

University of Bath

Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Bath, a university with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research, student satisfaction, and graduate employment.

University of Derby

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Derby. A city with has a long-standing reputation for innovation and industry.

University of Plymouth

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Plymouth, a dynamic, ambitious and award-winning institution with a research-led culture.

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 St Andrews

Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of St Andrews, a university consistently ranked as one of the top in the UK.

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.

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.

What are we looking for in a GREAT scholar?

GREAT scholars must:

  • be a citizen and resident of India
  • 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 2025-26 terms and conditions

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'Being a GREAT scholar means forging global friendships and the recognition for my potential to contribute globally.'

Pournami from India, studying at the University of Derby.

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