Bangladesh

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 Bangladesh 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.

Aston University

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

Cranfield University

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

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.

Liverpool John Moores University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Liverpool John Moores University, a modern university offering education informed by internationally acclaimed research.

Loughborough University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Loughborough University, a university with a 523-acre single-site campus that is home to around 18,000 students from over 130 countries.

Robert Gordon University

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

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.

Ulster University

Learn more about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Ulster University. Located in Northern Ireland, the university is a young, dynamic and innovative.

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 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 Surrey

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

What are we looking for in a GREAT scholar?

GREAT scholars must:

  • be a citizen and resident of Bangladesh
  • 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 making friends with individuals who come from different nations.’

Syeda from Bangladesh, studying at the University of East Anglia

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