The University of Warwick - GREAT Scholarships 2024 - Ghana
Warwick is delighted to offer one award of £15,000 in partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain campaign for a Ghanaian student pursuing a taught master’s course in the field of Life Sciences.
Applications are now closed
Deadline: 7th May 2024 at 11:59pm GMT.
- Be a Ghanaian national residing in Ghana and be assessed as international for fee purposes
- Have applied to one of the following taught Master’s course at the University of Warwick to begin studies in 2024:
- Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Business Management
- Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate
- Medical Biotechnology and Business Management
- Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century
- Have received a conditional or unconditional offer and have accepted this offer
- Must not be in receipt of any other source of funding, either from Warwick or from another external funding body
Successful candidates are expected to:
- Be active in the field with work experience or with a proven interest in the proposed subject area
- Be 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
- Be 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
- Be willing to attend a networking event of all UK-based GREAT scholars, to discuss experiences and capture perceptions of studying in the UK
On return to Ghana:
- Be willing to demonstrate future contribution to capacity-building and socio-economic advancement through the benefits achieved after graduating from UK higher education
- Be willing to maintain contact with the British Council and act as an ambassador for the GREAT Scholarships, by sharing experiences of studying in the UK with future GREAT scholars
- As an alumnus of the GREAT Scholarships, be willing to occasionally speak to potential candidates about your experience of studying in the UK.
Applications for this scholarship will open on 11th December 2023. Please complete the application form using the link above. Note that you must be in receipt of an offer of a place to study at Warwick for September 2024 to be eligible for consideration.
The University awards scholarship on the basis of academic merit and information provided on your application to the University as well as your scholarship application forms. You may be contacted for additional information.
The University of Warwick reserves the right not to allocate the award if the selection panel identifies no suitable candidates.
The University of Warwick GREAT Scholarship 2024 - Ghana is subject to full terms and conditions which will be provided to successful candidates at the point of award.
Applications open on 11th December 2023, and close on 7th May 2024 at 11.59pm UK local time.
The University will consider application fee waiver requests from candidates applying for the University of Warwick GREAT scholarships. Please complete the appropriate web request form when submitting your application.
If you have any questions regarding this scholarship, or other postgraduate scholarships available at Warwick, please contact scholars@warwick.ac.uk