ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be resident and passport holders of Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Pakistan and assessed as international for fees purpose

For October 2025 entry, applicants must have applied, accepted a place and met all the conditions of their offer by 31 May 2025

Applicants must not be in receipt of any other source of funding from an external funding body

The GREAT scholarship can be combined with other scholarships offered by Lancaster University

Successful applicants are expected to:

Be active in the field with work experience or with a proven interest in the proposed 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

Be willing to attend a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, to discuss experiences and capture perceptions of studying in the UK

You will be automatically considered for this funding when you apply

BENEFIT:

The scholarship programme offers financial support of £10,000 to students pursuing one-year postgraduate study in the UK.