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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 105)

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

  • University of Edinburgh Global Online Learning Masters Scholarships for Developing Countries 2022

    The University of Edinburgh will offer scholarships for distance learning Master’s programmes offered by the University. Scholarships will be available for students pursuing any distance learning Master’s programme offered by the University.

    Published: 2022-05-31 Type: Masters Deadline: June 6, 2022

  • University of Manchester Global Futures Scholarships for African Students 2022

    The University of Manchester is proud to offer awards totalling £300,000 to international students, commencing their studies in September 2022. The scholarship is open to both undergraduate and master’s students. .  Master’s awards We're offering 30 merit-based

    Published: 2022-05-31 Type: Masters Deadline: June 19, 2022

  • African Urban Futures Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for African Researchers 2022

    ACC and the Urban Futures Studio at Utrecht University are undertaking a two-year investigation into processes of futuring that can advance traction for sustainable urban transitions among city leaders and decision-makers. The project rests on the assumption that sustainable urban developm

    Published: 2022-05-31 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 10, 2022

  • AROCSA Emerging African Scholars PhD Workshop 2022

    The Association for Research On Civil Society In Africa (AROCSA) and the Association For Research On Nonprofit Organizations And Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), in partnership with the Ford Foundation, have established the Emerging African Scholars (EAS) Program in Africa. The program includes

    Published: 2022-05-30 Type: PhD Deadline: June 15, 2022

  • IHE Delft Sahel Fellowships for West African Students (Netherlands) 2022

    This programme aims to strengthen the capacity of professionals and decision makers in the water sector to improve water management in the Sahel region countries to better cope with the challenges of stressed water resources including under the impacts of climate change.

    Published: 2022-05-27 Type: Fellowship Study in: Netherlands Deadline: June 1, 2022

  • AREF-MRC Towards Leadership Programme for Talented African Scientists 2022

    We are delighted to announce the launch of the Towards Leadership Programme in partnership with the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC). The aim of the Towards Leadership Programme is to empower talented, emerging scientists in Africa to compete successfully for UKRI MRC and other major funding o

    Published: 2022-05-27 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • RMIT University PhD Scholarship in Dopant Engineering of Diamond for Quantum Sensing Technologies 2022

    We’re looking for an outstanding PhD student to work on a cutting-edge project between materials science, photonics and quantum technology to develop new diamond materials for quantum sensing applications. The PhD student will work on the synthesis and characterization of new diamond materi

    Published: 2022-05-27 Type: PhD Deadline: June 1, 2022

  • IHE Delft Sudan Scholarships for Professionals (Netherlands) 2022

    Scholarships will be connected to the previously identified research topics and tailor-made trainings. These topics are about 1) rainfall runoff-modelling of parts of the Blue Nile catchment area; 2) water harvesting (modelling, monitoring, implementing) in the Darfur states; 3) biophysical and soci

    Published: 2022-05-27 Type: Fellowship Study in: Netherlands Deadline: June 1, 2022

  • IHE Delft SIDS Fellowships for West African Students 2022

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has made available a number of fellowships for the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft starting in October 2022. MSc Fellowships will be provided to participants from ODA SIDS countries and cover the cost of tui

    Published: 2022-05-27 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: June 1, 2022

  • RMIT University PhD Scholarship in Indoor Air Quality in Schools 2022

    Children are vulnerable to poor air quality as pollutant exposure during developmental stages may produce lifelong issues, some of which may become apparent only later in life. The Covid -19 pandemic has brought about an increased focus on air quality in schools. In addition, extreme weather events

    Published: 2022-05-27 Type: PhD Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Western Australia Global Excellence Scholarship 2022

    The University of Western Australia is pleased to announce its 2022/23 scholarships to high-achieving students across the globe in their Global Excellence Scholarship 2022/2023. The scholarship will be awarded to both undergraduate and postgraduate students from selected countries who appl

    Published: 2022-05-26 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified

  • DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding 2022

    The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the academic year 2023. All continuing students who are eligible for a second or third year of funding must submit a Progress Report and not a new application.

    Published: 2022-05-26 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: August 15, 2022

  • FIFA Master Scholarships and Financial Aid for Study in Switzerland 2022-2023

    Organised by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) in partnership with three universities, De Montfort University in Leicester (England), SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan (Italy) and the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanit

    Published: 2022-05-25 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Switzerland Deadline: Not Specified

  • Queen Mary University of London DeepMind Scholarship for Masters Students (UK) 2022

    The DeepMind Scholarship at Queen Mary University of London is a programme to support and encourage underrepresented groups to pursue postgraduate education in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Computer Science. The scholarships are for female and/or blac

    Published: 2022-05-24 Type: Masters Study in: , United Kingdom Deadline: July 13, 2022

  • Victoria University of Wellington CMIC Masters Scholarship for International Students 2022

    CMIC  aims to strengthen New Zealand’s capability in interactive media through academic research. CMIC collaborate with industry experts including major international media organisations to develop new or advance existing virtual reality/augmented reality, film, and gaming technologi

    Published: 2022-05-24 Type: Masters Deadline: Not Specified

  • The University of Queensland Refugee and Humanitarian Scholarship 2022

    UQ is offering up to 10 scholarships for students from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds. The Refugee and Humanitarian Scholarship demonstrates UQ’s commitment to champion diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity.

    Published: 2022-05-24 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • Canon Collins Master of Laws (LLM) Scholarships 2022

    Canon Collins Trust invites applications for scholarships to study for the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and/or the Master of Laws (LLM) by distance learning at the University of London in 2022. Applicants can start at any level, and do not need to complete the whole progr

    Published: 2022-05-24 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • Future Rural Africa Female Researchers Grants 2022

    The aim of the grants is to promote female researchers at all stages of their careers. Support is given to creative scientific ideas that fit the content of the CRC in the broadest sense and are not covered yet. Hereby, applications from all connected sciences are welcome. The grants are design

    Published: 2022-05-23 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • Students For Liberty Local Coordinator Program 2022

    This grassroots program seeks out strong student leaders to spread the ideas of a free society by starting new pro-liberty student groups, organizing events to promote the ideas of liberty, providing resources to student groups, and identifying and mentoring other pro-liberty students.

    Published: 2022-05-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2022

    For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences in departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad. TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in the departments and laboratori

    Published: 2022-05-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 31, 2022

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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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