Kenya

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 Kenya 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.

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.

Cranfield University

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

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.

Glasgow Caledonian University

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at Glasgow Caledonian University, the largest modern university in Scotland, with a community of over 22,000 students from the UK and abroad.

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.

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.

SOAS University of London

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at SOAS University of London, a globally renowned institution specialising in the study of Africa, Asia, the Near and Middle East.

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 Dundee

The University of Dundee has a core mission to transform lives locally and globally by promoting the sustainability, shaping the future through innovative design, and improving social, cultural and physical well-being.

University of Essex

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at The University of Essex, a truly international university, with students from more than 140 countries.

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 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 Sussex

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at the University of Sussex, a university with modern teaching and a vibrant student community.

University of Worcester

Learn about the GREAT Scholarships on offer at University of Worcester, offering a wide range of programmes with a strong focus on education, health, and sport.

What are we looking for in a GREAT scholar?

GREAT scholars must:

  • be a citizen and resident of Kenya
  • 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 saying "Kwaheri" (goodbye) to Kenya and learning "Hiya" in the UK means "Hi".'

Mary from Kenya, studying at Glasgow Caledonian University.

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