Featured byUniversity of Derby
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£10,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT British Campaign, this scholarship programme offers financial support to eligible students pursuing one year postgraduate study at the University of Derby.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth £10,000.
Eligibility
- Be a citizen of a GREAT target country.
- Have an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry onto a postgraduate programme at a UK university.
- Motivated and academically able to follow and benefit from a UK postgraduate taught course.
- Active in the field with work experience or with a proven interest in the proposed subject area.
- Meet the English language requirement of the University of Derby.
- Willing to embody the University of Derby experience, by attending lectures and tutorials and engaging with extra-curricular activities, and act as an ambassador for University of Derby, by promoting the value of studying at a UK HEI.
- 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.
- Willing to attend a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, to discuss experiences and capture perceptions of studying in the UK.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
7 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Applications for the British Council GREAT scholarship should be made after you have received an offer, using the form below. As part of your application you will need to include 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 essay will be part of the shortlisting criteria, alongside previous academic achievement, and the potential you show.