Applications are invited for the GREAT Scholarships 2025 by UCL and the British Council. Apply before the deadline of 8th May 2025 to secure your admission.
About UCL
UCL is a university that ambitious innovators, visionary trendsetters and disruptive thinkers call home. They are amongst the best in the world, ranking eighth in the QS World University Rankings. Academic excellence is where they excel, having produced 30 Nobel Laureates. UCL is a top-ranked university with world-changing research and a progressive approach to academia, UCL is a little bit different. It is home to innovators, industry disruptors, thinkers and change-makers. Students jump into studies and hands-on research across hundreds of programmes. There are a lot of ways to learn, at UCL, postgraduate students learn by doing – shaping the world around them with a hands-on approach. In a world that’s changing, you can change the world.
Award value
- Value: £10,000 (one year only)
- Available to: Prospective students
- Selection criteria: Academic excellence and financial need
- Eligible fee status: Overseas (Residents of Egypt, France, India and Kenya)
- Eligible programmes: Postgraduate taught
Eligibility
- Candidates must be passport holders and residents of Egypt, France, India and Kenya (Science and Technology).
- Candidates from Egypt, France and India must have made an application to study any full-time Master’s degree in any faculty at UCL in 2025/26 in order to apply for the scholarship.
- Candidates from Kenya can apply for the GREAT Science and Technology Scholarship. You must have made an application to study a Masters degree in one of the following faculties only: Brain Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Life Sciences, Maths and Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences.
- Please note you must hold an offer of a place on your chosen Masters at UCL by the scholarship closing date of Thursday 8th May 2025.
- Distance learning and mod flex courses are not eligible.
Deadline
The deadline for applications to this scholarship will be at 5pm BST, Tuesday 7 May 2024.
Values
- There are 4 scholarships available in 2025/26. 1 for Egypt, 1 for France, 1 for India and 1 for Kenya (Science and Technology)
- The value of the scholarship is £10,000
- The scholarship will be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees
- Award recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL – GREAT scholarship. The GREAT Scholarship must be used to pay your tuition fees.
How to apply?
- The scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic excellence and financial need
- Please visit the International Masters Awards page to apply.
- The deadline for applications to this scholarship will be at 5pm BST, Thursday 8 May 2025.
- The University reviews and updates our scholarship offer annually, therefore the offer is subject to change each academic year.
- All decisions on eligibility for scholarships and award of scholarships are at the University’s discretion and are final.
- We do not provide individual feedback on unsuccessful applications.
- You must meet the entry requirements in your offer letter before you can enrol.
- If you are awarded a scholarship, you are still required to pay any relevant deposits and fee due before enrolment.
