What GREAT Scholarship Kenya actually covers.
The GREAT Scholarship programme offers Kenyan students £10,000 towards their tuition fees for one-year taught postgraduate courses at UK universities for the 2026-27 academic year. The programme is jointly funded by the UK government's GREAT Britain Campaign, the British Council, and participating UK universities and forms part of a broader initiative to strengthen educational ties between the UK and Kenya. Kenya has one of the most active educational exchange programmes with the UK in East Africa, and this scholarship supports the most talented Kenyan students in accessing world-class postgraduate education. Recipients study at prestigious UK universities, gaining advanced qualifications, cutting-edge research skills, and extensive professional networks. The scholarship covers a broad range of academic disciplines, from engineering and science to business, law, public policy, and the arts. Kenyan scholars are expected to return home and contribute their enhanced skills and knowledge to Kenya's development, reinforcing the scholarship's role as an investment in bilateral development and educational cooperation.
Who can apply.
Open to masters applicants seeking to study in United Kingdom. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before May 31, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. GREAT Scholarship Kenya currently scores 2.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.