British Council GREAT Scholarship 2025 at University of Kent

In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of Kent is offering 7 scholarships of £10,000 to students from China, France, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand and Turkey, applying for one-year taught postgraduate courses based at our UK campuses. The award will go towards one year of tuition fees. The GREAT Scholarships 2025 programme supports postgraduate students from across the world to access world-class UK higher education opportunities.

• Table of Content
• About British Council
• British Council GREAT Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of British Council GREAT Scholarship
• Requirements for British Council GREAT Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About British Council

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust. We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Last year we reached over 80 million people directly and 791 million p... continue reading

British Council GREAT Scholarship

Application Deadline	25 Apr 2025
Value	£10,000
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	University of Kent
Type	Undergraduate
Sponsor	British Council
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of British Council GREAT Scholarship

Scholarships worth of £10,000

Requirements for British Council GREAT Scholarship Qualification

To be eligible for a scholarship, you must:

• Be a resident and citizen of one of the programme's countries: China, France, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand or Turkey and be assessed as an overseas fee payer;
• Have received a conditional offer for a full time 12 month course at one of our UK campuses and have accepted this before the deadline date of 25 April 2025;
• Be starting your course in September 2025;
• Be active in the field with work experience or proven interest in the subject area;
• Be willing to embody the UK Higher Education experience, by attending lectures and tutorials and engaging with extra-curricular activities, and act as an ambassador for UK Higher Education by promoting the value of studying at a UK HEI;
• Be willing to establish an engagement with the UK as a scholar, through personal and academic fulfilment;
• Represent the high standards of the GREAT brand by becoming an advocate for scholarships; and
• Be willing to attend a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, to discuss experiences and capture perceptions of studying in the UK.

Application Deadline

April 25, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to British Council on evision.kent.ac.uk to apply

Applications for the British Council GREAT scholarship should be made via your applicant portal. You will only be able to apply for the GREAT Scholarship once you have received an offer for your programme from the University of Kent.

In order to be considered for this award, you will need to submit the following:

• an essay of no more than 500 words about a topic you have studied previously and why you found it interesting. This topic should be related to or have inspired you to apply for your chosen degree programme.

This document should be uploaded in word or pdf format only, other formats will be rejected.

For more details, visit University of Kent scholarship webpage