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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 Nigeria 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

Anglia Ruskin University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Anglia Ruskin University, one of the largest modern universities in the east of England, with four faculties and six research institutes.

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.

Edinburgh Napier University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Edinburgh Napier University, a university with three campuses in Edinburgh offering advanced facilities for learning, teaching and research.

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.

Lancaster University

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

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

Southampton Solent University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Southampton Solent University, giving students the expertise and experience required to advance their careers.

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.

University of East Anglia

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at UEA, a world top 300 and globally renowned university situated in the traditional English City of Norwich.

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 Kent

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Kent, a great choice for students keen to sharpen their skills and advance their career.

University of Reading

The University of Reading is ranked 169 in the QS World University Rankings 2024 and has an outstanding international reputation across a range of subjects.

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.

University of Surrey

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

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?

To be eligible for a scholarship, you must:

  • be a citizen and resident of Nigeria.
  • 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 having access to quality education in world leading and research-intensive universities in the UK.’

Chiamaka from Nigeria, studying at the University of Birmingham.

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