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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 2026-27 academic year at universities across the UK.
For the 2026-27 academic year, postgraduate scholarships are available to students from Mexico 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.
Cardiff University
Learn about GREAT scholarships on offer at Cardiff University, one of Britain's leading research universities with a diverse student population.
Durham University
Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Durham University, a university with unique and historic setting, dating back to 1832.
Newcastle University
Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Newcastle University, a world-class university advancing knowledge, providing creative solutions, and solving global problems.
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.
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.
University of Aberdeen
Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of Aberdeen, a university founded in 1495 which combines ancient tradition with modern thinking.
University of Bristol
Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Bristol, a university with a large and vibrant international community.
University of Hull
Learn about the GREAT Scholarships of offer at the University of Hull, a proud history of academic excellence and creating and inspiring life-changing research.
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 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 passport holder and permanent resident of Mexico
- 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
- Visit the university page above to find out more information and then follow the link through to the university's website.
- Apply for individual scholarships following the instructions given on each universities’ scholarship webpages.
- The deadline to apply for a GREAT Scholarship varies according to each institution. For details on individual institutions’ deadlines, please see the institution page.
- Successful scholars will be informed by individual universities on the result of their applications.
- Scholarship funding will be issued to successful scholars by individual universities after registration.
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