150 mn GREAT Britain scholarships announced

Hyderabad: The British Council has announced the launch of the GREAT Britain Scholarships – India 2016 worth approximately 150 million rupees as part of the ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ campaign (“GREAT”). The British Council is working with partners across Government in the GREAT Campaign, promoting the UK as a preferred destination to study. The GREAT scholarships would entail:

• 291 scholarships will be on offer worth approximately 150 million rupees
• 45 UK institutions across England, Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland are participating in this programme
• A total of 59 under-graduate and 232 post-graduate scholarships will be provided in engineering, law, business, art & design, biosciences and IT across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The GREAT Britain Scholarships Guide-
India 2016 has been designed to assist students with their scholarship search and addresses some of the important aspects that students need to consider while applying. The guide includes:

• List of participating institutions
• Details about the scholarships across different courses and universities
• Upcoming GREAT UK Education Seminars and Education UK Exhibitions
• List of useful and important websites on studying and living in the UK

In addition, Chevening is the British Government’s flagship global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and partner organisations. The India programme is now world’s largest with budget of £2.6 million budget for 2015-16.

Student satisfaction in the UK is high, with 92% of postgraduate students in the UK rating the quality of teaching positively. The UK is a world-leading research nation with researchers in the UK gaining more citations and usage per article, and writing more articles individually, than anywhere else in the world. UK universities and research institutions have produced 107 Nobel Prize winners.