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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 110)

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

  • Yousriya Loza-Sawiris Masters Scholarships for Egyptian Students to Study at University of Minnesota 2022

    The Yousriya Loza-Sawiris Masters Scholarship is a fully-funded program for students seeking to earn a Master’s Degree in Development Practice (MDP) from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA.

    Published: 2022-06-16 Type: Masters Study in: Egypt, United States Deadline: October 13, 2022

  • Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellowship for Journalists from Developing Countries 2022

    The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships are aimed at providing fellows with experience in reporting, writing and editing that will enhance future professional performance; transferring knowledge gained during the program to colleagues at home; and fostering ties between journalists

    Published: 2022-06-16 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: August 31, 2022

  • Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab Master Scholarships for Sub-Saharan African Students 2022

     The Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab programme supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) seeks to improve graduate education in urban fields across Sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of seven SDG Graduate Sch

    Published: 2022-06-16 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: September 30, 2022

  • World Youth Alliance Africa Youth Summit 2022

    The WYA Africa Youth Summit is an annual event that World Youth Alliance Africa hosts in collaboration with youth-centered organizations and student associations.  The summit creates a platform for young people to share and learn about their contribution to various discussions pertine

    Published: 2022-06-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 15, 2022

  • DAAD/NRF Masters & PhD Scholarship Programme for South African Students 2022

    As part of the In-Country Scholarship Programme, in which more than two dozen African universities and university networks participate and which annually supports hundreds of African postgraduates, DAAD in partnership with the National Research Foundation (NRF) offers scholarships for postgraduate s

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: July 8, 2022

  • DefendDefenders Safe Sisters’ Fellowship Program Workshop for African Women 2022

    Safe Sisters is a fellowship program for women human rights defenders, journalists or media workers that builds capacity to understand and respond to the digital safety challenges that they face in their work and daily life.  This unique opportunity brings together human rights?defender

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Deadline: June 17, 2022

  • ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships for Ph.D Students 2022

    The PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes. Two studentships are available each year, one for UK-registered students and one for Commonwealth students in other countries. The studentships have a value of GBP 5,500 each. Proposed research must fulf

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • Lancaster University Business Masters Scholarship 2022

    Lancaster University is delighted to announce that we will offer a generous scholarship of £4,000 to students who are liable for International tuition fees. We greatly value the experience and diversity of our thriving international community of students. This scholarship is designed to sup

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • Tallinn University Dora Plus scholarship for Foreign Master's Students 2022

    Dora Plus activity 2.1: Inclusion of foreign master's students studying in degree studies The goal of this activity is to support foreign master’s students studying in Estonia, thereby contributing to the international exchange of knowledge, making the local stu

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Masters Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • MIPLC/DAAD Scholarship for Students from Developing Countries 2022

    MIPLC is a part of the DAAD's scholarship program for "Development-Related Postgraduate Courses". If you would like to apply for the scholarship offered in this context, please note that several special conditions apply.

    Published: 2022-06-10 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: October 15, 2022

  • AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) 2022

    Launched in 2002, the Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics’ primary aim is to strengthen teaching and research capacity in sub-Saharan African countries, to increase the pool of potential researchers and policy analysts, and to gradually build-up and retain African scholars in Africa

    Published: 2022-06-10 Type: PhD Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • AAI The One-World Scholarship Programme for Students from Developing Countries 2022

    The One World Scholarship Programme is meant to support students from Africa, Asia and Latin America who are interested in development issues and who have come to Austria on their own initiative in order to complete their education. With their decision to study abroad, the students have demonstrated

    Published: 2022-06-10 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • African Urban Futures Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2022

    The ACC invites applications from two suitably qualified applicants to apply for these one-year renewable Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (renewable for up to a total of two years, depending on satisfactory progress). Two positions are available. The successful candidates will be part of the Urban

    Published: 2022-06-09 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: June 10, 2022

  • Kvaroy Arctic Women in Aquaculture Postgraduate Scholarship Program for African Women 2022

    Achieving gender equality and empowerment for women in aquaculture is something our team is passionate about. That’s why we developed the first-of-its-kind, international scholarship and fully immersive learn/work experience focused on eliminating boundaries, and helping women build their care

    Published: 2022-06-09 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Norway Deadline: July 1, 2022

  • DAAD Master Scholarships for Master Students from Sub-Saharan Africa Fleeing the War in Ukraine 2022

    The DAAD has launched a special programme for Sub-Saharan African students whose studies are interrupted due to the war against Ukraine to continue/complete their studies in their home country or region. The Scholarship programme for Master students from Sub-Saharan Africa fleeing the war ag

    Published: 2022-06-08 Type: Masters Deadline: July 4, 2022

  • African Union Civic Tech Fund for Innovative African Youth 2022

    The African Union Civic Tech Fund is a pan-African competition that aims to accelerate innovative civic tech initiatives that have the potential to lead to citizen-led transformative action across the African continent. This rests on the recognition that there is an acute need for meaningful partici

    Published: 2022-06-08 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 15, 2022

  • UTokyo Fellowships for Foreign Applicants 2022

    Todai Fellowship is financial support to international students who are enrolling in doctoral courses at The University of Tokyo. This fellowship must be applied at the same time as submitting an application of entrance examination for the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (GSFS). The GSFS scr

    Published: 2022-06-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • ACLS Politics of Religion in Africa Journalism (PRAJ) Fellowship Program 2022

    This application is for the Politics of Religion in Africa Journalism Fellowship. The fellowship is supported by LUCE/ACLS. Application is open to journalists based in Africa and who are citizens of African countries. Applicants must be early to mid-career journalists with an established record of p

    Published: 2022-06-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 10, 2022

  • QLA PhD Scholarships in Data Science for African Students 2022

    The AIMS-Carnegie Research program in Data Science and its Applications aims to position Africa at the forefront of information science. It also seeks to ensure that scientists worldwide are able to fully contribute to the above goal.

    Published: 2022-06-07 Type: PhD Deadline: June 13, 2022

  • Megatrends Afrika Fellowships in Germany 2022

    “Megatrends Afrika: Implications and Options for German and International Policy”, a new research and advisory project in cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwic

    Published: 2022-06-06 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 22, 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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