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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025

If you are a student who just completed your Bachelor’s degree and is looking to pursue a master’s degree, or have completed a master’s degree and is planning for your PhD, then it will interest you to know that there are certain post graduate degree scholarships specially designed to aid you with the financial assistance required to do that.

And because we know how important these study opportunities are to you, ScholarshipSet has found for you, (so you don’t have to) the best scholarships for postgraduate studies 2024-2025, which you can apply for to fund your studies.  Some of the postgraduate scholarships are fully funded while some are partially funded. The university to study ranges from your country to abroad

  • Call for Applications: StoryMi Academy Documentary Film Fellowship 2024

    StoryMi Academy, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Nigeria, is thrilled to announce the launch of the second edition of the StoryMi Documentary Film Fellowship! This prestigious program offers an intensive 6-month training experience for passionate Nigerian documentary filmmakers.

    Published: 2024-04-26 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: May 3, 2024

  • UN 2024 Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent

    The Fellowship programme for people of African descent is an intensive human rights training for people of African descent, from the diaspora, who are engaged in promoting the rights of people of African descent. It takes place once a year at the Office of the High Commissioner for Huma

    Published: 2024-04-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 31, 2024

  • 2024 Western Union Foundation Fellowship Program

    The Western Union Foundation Fellowship is a leadership and venture development program for entrepreneurs and community leaders from and/or working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around the globe. This virtual and global program is designed to equip next-gen

    Published: 2024-04-26 Type: Fellowship Value: $36,000 Deadline: June 1, 2024

  • University of Edinburgh 2024 The David and Molly Pyott Foundation Scholarships in Ophthalmology for Masters Students

    The David and Molly Pyott Foundation Scholarships in Ophthalmology Nine online distance learning scholarships are available in the field of Ophthalmology for students from Africa, Central and South Asia, Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Central and Latin America who have been accepte

    Published: 2024-04-25 Type: Masters Deadline: June 1, 2024

  • The Amahoro Coalition Fellowship Program for Africans 2024

    The Amahoro Fellowship program targets exceptional individuals with lived experience as Forcibly Displaced Persons(FDPs). Its aim is to equip these individuals with the essential skills and resources to create transformative change.  The 12-month program will give FDP  leaders a platform t

    Published: 2024-04-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 4, 2024

  • American University Next Emerging Global Leader Scholar Award 2025

    The AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship promotes educational access and opportunity while enhancing international diversity. Bringing together the best of AU - academic excellence, leadership development, and global engagement - the AU Emerging Global Leader achieves, inspires, and serves wit

    Published: 2024-04-25 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Value: USD 4,000 Deadline: January 15, 2025

  • MasterCard Foundation Innovation and Technology Scholarship at Arizona State University 2024

    In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Arizona State University will provide a 9-month comprehensive academic and practical training in artificial intelligence (AI) and business for selected Mastercard Foundation Scholars. The Program seeks to cultivate leadership, entrepreneurship and AI te

    Published: 2024-04-24 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: May 6, 2024

  • Mastercard Foundation Graduate Scholars Program for Africans 2024

    The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Gondar will award a total of 160 graduate scholarships for eight years, which started in the 2018/19 Academic year. The scholarship will directly benefit academically talented but disadvantaged youth from five East African countrie

    Published: 2024-04-24 Type: Masters Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: June 30, 2024

  • PAGES 2024 Africa Mobility Fellowship for Early-Career Scientists

    The program aims to give limited support for travel and subsistence to early-career researchers from African countries (PhD students and postdocs at African institutions), who are interested in gaining experience in another African country. The final goal is to contribute to the development of colla

    Published: 2024-04-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 15, 2024

  • World Bank Group 2024 Africa Fellowship Program

    The program targets young talented African nationals who are completing or have recently completed their Ph.D. in an area relevant to the World Bank’s work. The fellowship program has been very successful since its inception, building a strong pipeline of young African talent in

    Published: 2024-04-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • ISHR 2024 Africa Programme Fellowship

    International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is an independent, non-profit organisation with offices in Geneva and New York. This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to view the international and regional human rights systems at work. It provides hands-on experience working for an internati

    Published: 2024-04-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 22, 2024

  • TWAS-ICCBS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2024

    The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) — comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research in Karachi, Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other

    Published: 2024-04-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 17, 2024

  • TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2024

    TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in the departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) for a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months in one of the following fields: Plasma Physics, High Energy Physics (Experimental and

    Published: 2024-04-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy Deadline: July 1, 2024

  • Afara Initiative The Bridge Fellowship Program for Africans 2024

    The Bridge Program is a highly selective fellowship that identifies and develops change-makers to build Nigeria’s leadership capacity across sectors. The fellowship begins with a four-week intensive boot-camp followed by a lifetime of training, mentorship, access to resources and opportun

    Published: 2024-04-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 2, 2024

  • NDDC Postgraduate Scholarship for Nigerian Students 2024

    NDDC Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) offers Masters and PhD Scholarships for Nigerian students from the Niger Delta to study abroad. As part of our Human Resource Development initiatives, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is commenc

    Published: 2024-04-18 Type: Masters Deadline: May 13, 2024

  • British Council GREAT Scholarship 2024

    We regularly offer scholarships to students from a selection of countries in partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign. In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of York is offering 5 scholarships to some international student

    Published: 2024-04-17 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 20, 2024

  • KCL Fellowship for African Women in Leadership and Peacebuilding 2024

    This award is available to young African women, particularly from conflict-affected contexts, interested in pursuing research, policy and practice careers in the field/s of peace, security and development. The fellowship programme is designed to expose African women to security and peacebuilding app

    Published: 2024-04-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 30, 2024

  • Call for Applications: AERC PhD Fellowships for African Students 2024

    The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in sub-S

    Published: 2024-04-17 Type: PhD Deadline: August 31, 2024

  • CICOPS Scholarships for Researchers from Developing Countries 2024

    Applications are now open for the Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICOPS) 2025 Scholarships. In order to promote international cooperation, particularly with Developing Countries (as classified by the World Bank in low, lower middle and upper middle income economies)

    Published: 2024-04-16 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Italy Deadline: May 31, 2024

  • DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Masters Scholarship for Developing Countries 2024

    The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (known as Public Policy and Good Governance) supports future leaders from developing countries (see list of countries), who want to promote democracy and social justice in their home countries. The programme, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, off

    Published: 2024-04-16 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: July 31, 2024

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Postgraduate Grants And Scholarships For African Students

Annually, postgraduate grants and scholarships  are  awarded to qualified postgraduate students, to enable them fund their studies while studying abroad or in their home country.

You can benefit from these grants for postgraduate funded by organizations and universities, by applying for various study opportunities which present themselves as – either postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students or postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students.

Or by applying to postgraduate study abroad scholarships, which provide  you with the chance to study at a university overseas.

Below are some of such scholarships which provide postgraduate sponsorship for students like you:

  • MasterCard Foundation postgraduate scholarship
  • Commonwealth Scholarships postgraduate scholarship
  • DAAD postgraduate scholarship
  • MEXT postgraduate scholarship
  • Nestle postgraduate scholarship
  • Government of Poland postgraduate scholarship
  • Shanghai Government Scholarships postgraduate scholarship
  • Total postgraduate scholarship
  • Fulbright postgraduate scholarship
  • Many more

 

Eligibility For Postgraduate Scholarships

To become a postgraduate scholar, there are eligibility criteria you should meet, especially if you are applying for postgraduate study abroad scholarships.

However, while respective awarding organizations have requirements that are specific them, they’re also general requirements which you must before you are qualified for a scholarship for postgraduate abroad studies.

Some of those requirements are:

  • Proof of English language proficiency (IELTS or it’s equivalent)
  • Bachelors degree/ certificate of graduation (for Masters students)
  • Masters degree/ certificate of graduation (for PhD students)
  • Research proposal (for PhD students)
  • Acceptance/admission letter to study at your selected university
  • International passport (for those students participating in a postgraduate study abroad scholarship)
  • Motivation letter to the scholarship sponsors stating why you think you are qualified to receive a postgraduate sponsorship to further your studies.

 

 

How To Apply For Postgraduate Scholarships

Dear applicant, before you can be selected for any of the available scholarships for post graduates, you first have to apply for the scholarship you are interested in and submit all the required documents.

Although this may seem like an easy thing to do (which it is), a simple mistake can cause your application to be rejected by the organisation or university, so you want to do it right.

If you have applied for scholarships in the past and have been rejected, or are applying for the first time, this is how to apply for an online post graduate scholarship.

Application Process:

To apply for a postgraduate scholarship, these are the steps you should take:

Before you apply:

  • Do you research on the scholarship and find out all you need to know about it, in terms of how to apply (whether online or via email or post) and particular documents to submit.
  • Research the school you are applying to and find out documents required and also if you are to apply for the scholarship before you gain admission to study or after.
  • Check if you are eligible for the scholarship
  • Organise all the required documents needed for the application.