Pakistan

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 Pakistan 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.

Aston University

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

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.

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.

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.

Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

Learn about GREAT Scholarships on offer at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, a pioneering Oxford University college founded in 1878.

Lancaster University

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

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 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.

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.

Teesside University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Teesside University, a university with over 90 years of teaching and learning.

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 Nottingham

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Nottingham, one of the world's top 70 universities for employability.

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 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 the West of England

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of the West of England, a university committed to positively impacting society through community engagement and cutting-edge facilities.

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 Pakistan.
  • have an undergraduate degree, be motivated, 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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'I'm proud to be a GREAT scholar. Meeting other scholars for face-to-face networking opportunities has been amazing.'

Rimsha from Pakistan, studying at the University of York.

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