The British Council has announced postgraduate scholarships for Indian students across various fields of study for the academic year 2022-23.
The 20 scholarships are being offered in collaboration with the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and in partnership with UK universities. They will be eligible across 16 UK universities, in a variety of subjects including Business, Finance, Humanities, Psychology Entrepreneurship, Design, Marketing, HR and Music.
Seven scholarships for Justice and Law are on offer for students from India who want to apply for courses in Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Commercial Law, at one of seven of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the world.
Each scholarship is worth a minimum of GBP 10,000, meant towards the tuition fees for a one-year postgraduate course. The scholarships offer students from India the opportunity to undertake some of the most popular postgraduate programmes in the world from autumn 2022.
For more details about eligibility criteria for the scholarship or other information, including a full list of participating UK universities, available courses and university-specific deadlines, please visit: https://www.britishcouncil.in/study-uk/scholarships/great-scholarships
The British Council has also announced six fully funded scholarships for English teachers from India to study at two of the best UK universities for postgraduate study of English language teaching. This opportunity is open to English teachers working in or with the primary or secondary government schools in India. The scholarship will enable learners to understand the use of technology to enhance learning in the classrooms.
Three of the six teachers’ scholarships are being offered for a face-to-face/full-time MA programme at the University of Leeds. The other three are for the online/part time MSc programme offered by the University of Stirling, which will include a two-week fully-funded residential visit to the university as part of the programme.
Scholarship applicants will have to secure an offer from the university, which can take up to two weeks. For more details about the eligibility criteria, cost inclusions, university-specific deadlines, please visit: https://www.britishcouncil.in/programmes/english/scholarships-english-teachers-india