University of Essex GREAT Scholarships

The University of Essex GREAT Scholarships 2025-26 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 Italy, Malaysia and Spain.
• One-year taught Master's degree of Justice and Law at the University of Essex for applicants from Kenya in the following eligible subjects: Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Criminal law, Immigration Law, Comparative Law or Criminology.

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 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 acting 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.

- You must hold a passport from an eligible country (Kenya, Italy, Malaysia, Spain).

- 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.

- 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.