Scholarships at Kaplan International Pathways

The GREAT Scholarships programme is a joint initiative by the British Council and the UK Government, designed to attract some of the brightest postgraduates from around the world to study at UK universities. It is launched by the British Council together with 49 UK universities, supports postgraduate students from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam to access world-class UK higher education opportunities. For more information on the GREAT Scholarships 2024-25, please visit Study UK.

In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of Essex is proud to be able to offer four University of Essex GREAT Scholarships for applicants from China (Mainland), Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand.

The University of Essex GREAT Scholarships 2024-25 are valued at £10,000, which must be used towards the cost of tuition fees for:

• Any one-year taught Master's (MA, MSc) degree offered at the University of Essex for applicants from China (Mainland), Malaysia, Thailand 

• And one-year taught Master's degree of Justice and Law at the University of Essex for applicants from Pakistan.

• In addition to the normal criteria for admission to the chosen University of Essex Master’s degree, a GREAT Scholar must be:

• Active in the field with work experience or with a proven interest in the proposed subject area.

• Able to demonstrate their motivation and academically be able to follow and benefit from an Essex postgraduate taught course.

• 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.

• Willing to act as a spokesperson in the relevant subject space.

• Willing to establish an engagement with the UK as a scholar, through personal and academic fulfilment.

• Willing to attend related events in the UK upon invitation from the British Council.

• Willing to demonstrate future contribution to capacity-building and socioeconomic advancement in the climate change space through the benefits achieved after graduating from UK higher education.

• As an alumnus of the UK, be willing occasionally to speak to potential candidates about his or her own experience of studying in the UK.

Eligibility

• You must hold a passport from an eligible country (Mainland China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand).

• Be classed as an overseas fee payer and entirely self-funded*.

• Students receiving a repayable loan to fund their studies will be considered as self-funded.

• Hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) to start a one-year full time masters degree on the provided subject list starting in October 2024.

• Have a background of extracurricular activities relating to your subject area.

• Only one scholarship award can be made per student and the award cannot normally be held in conjunction with other University of Essex awards.

Students who are not eligible

• The following students are NOT eligible for this scholarship regardless of meeting the above criteria:

• Students undertaking courses at East 15 Acting School. 

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored

• These scholarship awards do not apply to deferred entry. Where a scholarship has been awarded to a student who subsequently defers entry to the following academic year, the award will be withdrawn and the applicant will be considered again in line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry. 

• Students who are not assessed as paying overseas fees.

If you're an international undergraduate or master’s student from one of the specified countries seeking to join our University, you could be eligible for a scholarship which is 50% of your first year tuition fee, paid as a discount on registration. This scholarship is competitive and based on academic achievement and extra-curricular engagement.

Eligibility

• These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely selffunded*

• Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in one of the countries specified in the table above.

• Students must be starting their first year of study on a full time Undergraduate (UG) or Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Master’s programme at the University of Essex in 2024-25.

• Applicants from India and Pakistan will only be considered if they are transferring to Essex from one of our progression link partnerships.

• Applicants must meet our standard conditional offer

• UCAS applicants must actively make Essex their firm choice by 12 July 2024. Applicants that become firm with Essex through rejection by their original firm choice selection elsewhere are not eligible. Direct Applicants must accept their offer by 12 July 2024.

• The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships. Students who are eligible for this award and are joining Essex through a link agreement, which includes a discounted fee, will receive the award which is greater in value.

• Successful applicants are expected to be available for promotional activities.

Students who are not eligible 

The following students are NOT eligible for the Scholarship, regardless of meeting the above criteria:

• Students undertaking courses at East 15 Acting School.

• Students undertaking the MBA

• University of Essex International College (UEIC) Pathway students

• Students undertaking a degree that is normally delivered wholly online by Kaplan Open Learning operating as University of Essex Online 

• Students who are not ordinarily resident in one of the countries listed above.

• Students who are assessed as Home fee payer.

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored. 

• Current Essex students progressing from Undergraduate to Postgraduate taught at Essex. 

To be considered for these awards you must complete and submit the application form available on our website by the 15th May 2024.