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UNIVERSITY OF KENT FIRST 500 SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: 29th September 2025, 23:59 BST

LOCATION: England

The University of Kent undergraduates who helped found the University, have established the First 500 Scholarship to assist those whose full potential has yet to develop or whose talents are not recognised by current assessment methods. Should you choose to apply they, your predecessors of 1965, wish you every success in your application and future studies.

ELIGIBILITY:

One scholarship is available each year.

Both full-time and part-time students are eligible to apply.

Home and Overseas students are eligible to apply.

To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, applicants must:

Have attained A*AA from three A Levels or a specified equivalent*.

Be entering Stage 1 of their undergraduate degree in September 2025.

Have made their application to the University of Kent via UCAS.

Have made a firm acceptance to study at Kent by 31 August 2025.

BENEFIT:

One scholarship worth £2,000 per annum (or pro-rata for part-time students) for the duration of the recipient’s degree programme

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master's, Opportunities, Scholarships

UNIVERSITY OF KENT BRITISH COUNCIL GREAT SCHOLARSHIP CHINA, FRANCE, KENYA, MALAYSIA, NIGERIA, THAILAND AND TURKEY

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Application Deadline: 25 April 2025, 17:00 BST

LOCATION: England

In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of Kent is offering 7 scholarships 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.

ELIGIBILITY:

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.

Please note that the GREAT scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other scholarship.

Applicants who have applied for distance learning programmes are not eligible.

Applicants who have applied for a two year course, including courses which include a Year in Industry, are not eligible.

Applicants who have applied for a PCert or PDip programme are not eligible.

BENEFIT:

£10,000

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