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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026

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 2025-2026, 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

  • Enterprise PhD Scholarship: National Industry PhD Scholarship for a PhD Student 2025

    We are seeking one outstanding candidate for a PhD scholarship to work on a project entitled: Human-Centred AI EdTech: Promoting Reading Engagement and Emotional Well-being in Children. This exciting project is funded by a National Industry PhD Program. Flinders University and Bookbot

    Published: 2025-05-21 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: August 30, 2025

  • 2025 African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Scholarship at Lund University

    Lund University now offers a scholarship programme for high-achieving African students from renowned research-oriented universities in a number of different African countries. The ARUA Scholarship Programme aims to provide financial support to prospective students who have demonstrated academic e

    Published: 2025-05-21 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Glasgow 2025 Adam Smith Business School Global Challenges Scholarship

    As part of our commitment to attracting the very best students to join our diverse international community, we are delighted to introduce the ASBS Global Challenges Scholarship for 2025. With this scholarship we wish to recognise outstanding students who will add to the diversity and vibrancy of the

    Published: 2025-05-21 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 26, 2025

  • University of Glasgow Behavioural Science Scholarship

    It is our commitment to attract the very best?academically talented students from around the world to study this postgraduate taught programme, providing them with an intellectually demanding, research and industry-informed education.??? With this scholarship we wish to recognise outstanding stud

    Published: 2025-05-21 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 23, 2025

  • Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) Research Development Fellowship 2025/26

    The Africa Research Excellence Fund is pleased to launch the call for the 2025/26 AREF Research Development Fellowship Programme.To support researchers in Africa who are emerging leaders and working on important challenges for human health, to develop their skills as a researcher. 

    Published: 2025-05-21 Type: Fellowship Value: £47,000 Deadline: June 27, 2025

  • South African Program of Margaret McNamara Educational Grants (MMEG) For African Women 2025

    The South Africa Program of the Margaret McNamara Education Grants (MMEG) offers financial assistance to exceptional women from developing countries who are currently enrolled at accredited universities in South Africa. The program supports women who are committed to using their education to improve

    Published: 2025-05-21 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: September 14, 2025

  • United Nations 2025 African Policy Innovation Fellowship for Africans

    The programme aims to equip a new generation of African policymakers with the tools to craft technically sound, context-sensitive, and fiscally grounded policies. Administered by the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), in collaboration with the UN Development Coordination

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • Chinese Government Scholarships for South Africans to study in China 2026

    The Chinese Government is offering scholarships for South African students to study at Chinese institutions starting in the 2026/27 academic year. The Department of Higher Education (the Department) is responsible for nominating candidates. The scholarship is offering undergraduate (Bachelors) st

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China, South Africa Deadline: September 30, 2025

  • Chevron 2025 NMA Postgraduate Internship Program

    CNL’s internship program is a part of Chevron's commitment to corporate social responsibility and supporting the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme. The program provides learning opportunities for Nigerian students pursuing undergraduate, graduate and post graduate degrees.  Th

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: June 5, 2025

  • Imperial College London 2025 Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship

    The Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship is a prestigious, fully funded opportunity aimed at outstanding students from Sub-Saharan Africa who wish to pursue a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. Named in honor of Shawki Saad, this scholarship supports doctoral research proj

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 23, 2025

  • Malta Government 2025 Endeavour II Scholarships Scheme

    The Endeavour II scholarships scheme supports good quality tertiary education at Postgraduate Level both at MQF Level 7 PT/DL/FT/Blended and MQF Level 8 (FT) and to ensure that the Maltese labour market is supplied with the right individuals, in order to guarantee that it is in a better positio

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: Masters Study in: Malta Deadline: June 13, 2025

  • Poland 2025 Stefan Banach Scholarship Programme

    This year, the existing scholarship programmes that are a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Agency for Academic Exchange NAWA in the form of Polish development aid, i.e. the Banach Scholarship Programme and the Lukasiewicz Scholarship Programme, are merged int

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: Masters Study in: Poland Deadline: June 21, 2025

  • Royal Academy of Engineering 2025 Research Fellowships

    The Academy offers Research Fellowships each year to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering.The scheme's objectives are to: support the best early-career researchers in establishing their independence and international reputati

    Published: 2025-05-20 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: September 17, 2025

  • 2025 Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship

    The colleagues and friends of Dr. Gerald B. Healy have established funding for an annual mentoring fellowship program in his honor. Mentorship is one of the hallmarks of academic and professional success. This program is intended to help young surgeons develop new ideas, innovative approaches, an

    Published: 2025-05-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: June 2, 2025

  • 2025 ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships Program for Ph.D. Students

    The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes in the humanities and social sciences. Proposed research must meet at least one of the following criteria:  Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to

    Published: 2025-05-19 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: July 31, 2025

  • 2025 African Young Women Leaders (AfYWL) Fellowship Programme

    The African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Programme offers an interesting 12-month assignment with UNDP at its HQ in New York or in one of its regional or country offices. There will be no placement in hardship locations.   Location: UNDP at Headquarters in New York or in a region

    Published: 2025-05-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 1, 2025

  • Call for Applications: GHC Africa Leadership Accelerator Fellowship 2025

    Global Health Corps (GHC) is excited to launch our new Africa Leadership Accelerator Fellowship, a 9-month, hybrid program designed to strengthen the leadership and management skills of early to mid-career health professionals ages 21-35, working across Sub-Saharan Africa. The Africa Leadership A

    Published: 2025-05-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia Deadline: June 20, 2025

  • UQ 2025 Onshore Merit Scholarship

    The purpose of the Scholarship is to provide assistance with tuition fees for high-achieving international onshore students who are commencing a relevant degree program at The University of Queensland in Semester 1 or 2, 2025.

    Published: 2025-05-19 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Value: A$5000 - $10,000 Deadline: Not Specified

  • GreenLead 2025 African Climate Leaders Fellowship

    The African Climate Leaders Fellowship (ACLF) by GreenLead is a free sustainability and climate capacity-building program designed for young Africans aged 18-35. It equips participants with the knowledge and skills to drive climate action and sustainability initiatives at the community/local level.

    Published: 2025-05-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • Apply Now: DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Masters Scholarship for Developing Countries 2026

    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: 2025-05-19 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: July 31, 2025

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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.
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