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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025 (Page 10)

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

  • Developing Solutions Masters Scholarships at University of Nottingham 2024

    Developing Solutions is our flagship master’s scholarship, founded in 2001, for students from African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries. This scholarship programme is designed for international students who want to make a difference to the development of key economic, env

    Published: 2024-01-23 Type: Masters Study in: China, Malaysia, United Kingdom Deadline: April 17, 2024

  • University of Glasgow PGT Excellence Award Scholarships 2024

    The School aims to attract academically talented students to study a postgraduate taught programme and provide them with an intellectually demanding, research and industry-informed education. Excellence scholarships are available to candidates with a 1st class UK-equivalent honours degree of 70% and

    Published: 2024-01-23 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £10,000 Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • AIMS Google DeepMind AI Scholarships for African Students 2024

    We invite students from across Africa to apply to be part of the September 2024 cohort and become one of our 40 Google DeepMind Scholars for the 2024-25 academic year! A Google DeepMind donation funds 40 scholars per year for the four years starting September 2023. The funding covers full scholar

    Published: 2024-01-23 Type: Masters Deadline: January 29, 2024

  • ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO PhD Scholarship 2024

    According to an agreement between the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be spo

    Published: 2024-01-22 Type: PhD Study in: China Deadline: February 15, 2024

  • Government of Ireland Education Scholarships for International Students 2024

    The Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES) programme supports high-calibre international students who wish to study at master’s or PhD level in Ireland. The programme is funded by the Government of Ireland in partnership with Irish higher education institutions and

    Published: 2024-01-22 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ireland Value: Euro 10,000 Deadline: March 13, 2024

  • ICGEB Arturo Falaschi Short-term Postdoctoral Fellowships for Developing Countries 2024

    ICGEB offers Short-term fellowships for Postdoctoral studies in ICGEB Component laboratories to fund ongoing collaborative research between scientists from ICGEB Member States and research groups at ICGEB laboratories in Trieste, Italy, New Delhi, India and Cape Town, South Africa, with th

    Published: 2024-01-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: India, Italy, South Africa Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • University Of Pittsburg H.J. Heinz Fellowship 2024

    The University of Pittsburgh’s Global Studies Center awards H.J. Heinz fellowships to students from developing countries who wish to pursue a Master's degree and demonstrate potential as future leaders in the public, government, non-profit, or private sectors. Heinz Fellowships are

    Published: 2024-01-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified

  • The SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies Virtual Fellowship 2024

    This programme is linked to SOAS ‘Pan-African frontiers and identities: the remaking of Africa in the world’ project. The project explores pan-Africanism as a system of ideas for collective action, examining how it becomes animated and its significance in the African policy arena, popula

    Published: 2024-01-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 15, 2024

  • Centre for Human Rights African Disability Rights Yearbook (ADRY) 2024

    The African Disability Rights Yearbook (ADRY) is calling for papers for consideration for publication in Section A of the ADRY in 2024. The ADRY publishes once a year with a focus on disability rights issues and developments of contemporary concern to persons with disabilities on the African contine

    Published: 2024-01-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • MIASA Writing Workshop on Governance, Democracy and Green Energy 2024

    The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) seeks to provide Africa-based early career researchers working on the themes of governance, democracy and green energy on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. T

    Published: 2024-01-18 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: February 10, 2024

  • KEMRI-Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship 2024

    At KEMRI-Wellcome, we are keen to build health research capacity in Kenya, East Africa and Africa. We are aware that good PhD training is the foundation for a successful professional career. As such, our PhD scheme is aimed at providing students with an opportunity to carry out their training in a h

    Published: 2024-01-18 Type: PhD Study in: Kenya Deadline: January 26, 2024

  • Call for Application: Goethe-Institut Studio Quantum Residency Programme 2024

    Studio Quantum is an international events and artist-in-residence programme from the Goethe-Institut, exploring emerging quantum technologies through the lens of art.?Studio Quantum is exploring important cultural, ethical and ecological questions around the impact of quantum technologies. The

    Published: 2024-01-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 11, 2024

  • Internet Society Early Career Fellowship 2024

    The Early Career Fellowship offers unparalleled access to world-class experts, including American University’s Professor Dr. Laura DeNardis and eminent scholars from the Oxford Internet Institute. It also offers project management, advocacy, and diplomacy know-how, providing the foundation for

    Published: 2024-01-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 7, 2024

  • A S Hornby Educational Trust Our English Language Teaching Scholarships 2024

    The Hornby Educational Trust prioritises capacity building for English language teaching in low- and middle-income countries. It awards Master’s degree scholarships to teachers and related professionals with experience and evidenced potential to impact and enhance the field of English language

    Published: 2024-01-17 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 1, 2024

  • Florida International University (FIU) Clark-Alonso Africa Scholarship 2024

    The Clark-Alonso Africa Scholarship is designed to encourage research on sub-Saharan Africa in the Department of Politics and International Relations at FIU. 

    Published: 2024-01-17 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: March 15, 2024

  • SMACON Post Graduate Fellowship for African Fellows 2024

    The West Africa Mammal Partnership (WAMP) and Fellowship (WAMF) programs were set up to bridge these gaps through multiple pathways that together bend the curve for biodiversity loss in the regions, thereby safeguarding a future for small mammals in West Africa. The program is firmly committed to th

    Published: 2024-01-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 25, 2024

  • University of Exeter Hornby Trust Scholarship for Developing Countries 2024

    The Hornby Education Trust  prioritises capacity building for English language teaching in low- and middle-income countries. It awards Master’s degree scholarships to teachers and related professionals with relevant experience and evidenced potential to impact and enhance the field o

    Published: 2024-01-17 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £15,500 Deadline: March 1, 2024

  • Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship for Developing Countries 2024

    The JJ/WBGSP is open to citizens of certain developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a master's degree program in a development-related topic.    Subject to availab

    Published: 2024-01-17 Type: Postgraduate Value: $500 Deadline: May 24, 2024

  • Mozilla Foundation Tech + Society Fellowship 2024

    This fellowship is focused at the intersection of technology and civil society and exists in part because of the power—and resource—imbalance that public interest technologists and civil society organizations in the Global Majority are experiencing. Critical civil society organization

    Published: 2024-01-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 22, 2024

  • Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship 2024

    The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl

    Published: 2024-01-16 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

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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.