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 2024-25 academic year at universities across the UK.

For the 2024-25 academic year, postgraduate scholarships are available to students from Nigeria 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.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for a scholarship, you must:

be a citizen of Nigeria.

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 their own experience of studying in the UK

To apply: Visit the university page above to find out more information and then follow the link through to the university’s website.

Apply for individual scholarships following the instructions given on each universities’ scholarship webpages.

The deadline to apply for a GREAT Scholarship varies according to each institution. For details on individual institutions’ deadlines, please see the institution page.

Successful scholars will be informed by individual universities on the result of their applications.

Scholarship funding will be issued to successful scholars by individual universities after registration.

GREAT Scholarships 2024-25 terms and conditions

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BENEFIT:

£10,000 towards their tuition fees