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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 118)

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

  • FirstRand International Postgraduate Scholarships for South African Students 2022

    There are five scholarships available to South African citizens, all of which are for international postgraduate study. These are: FirstRand Laurie Dippenaar scholarship; FirstRand Foundation scholarship; FirstRand Oxford African Studies scholarship to the University of Oxford; FirstRand

    Published: 2022-01-25 Type: Postgraduate Study in: , South Africa Deadline: March 3, 2022

  • Mark Wainberg Fellowship Programme in HIV Service Delivery for African Clinicians 2022

    The programme will offer in-depth training for clinicians committed to careers in HIV clinical service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa with the aim of strengthening access to high-quality services for sub-Saharan Africa populations, with a client-centred service delivery approach. Many African cou

    Published: 2022-01-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 20, 2022

  • LSHTM Peter Piot Research Fellow in Planetary Health 2022

    The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is renowned for its research, postgraduate studies and continuing education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excell

    Published: 2022-01-24 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • Austrian Development Cooperation ITH Masters Scholarships for Developing Countries 2022

    The Austrian Development Cooperation through the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management offers about 30 scholarships to applicants from priority countries as well as other developing countries. The Tourism School in Salzburg has an outstanding international reputation and a long traditi

    Published: 2022-01-24 Type: Masters Deadline: March 15, 2022

  • FAO-Hungarian Government Scholarship for Developing Countries 2022-2023

    FAO-Hungarian 2022-2023 Government Scholarship  The FAO-Hungary scholarship programme enables a select group of young professionals to undertake master’s level studies in English at one of Hungary’s agricultural universities. Residents (who must be nationals) of the following cou

    Published: 2022-01-24 Type: Masters Deadline: February 28, 2022

  • CliC Fellowships & Grants for Early-career Researchers in South America, Asia & Africa 2022

    The goal of Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) fellowships and grants is to increase the engagement of early career researchers (ECR) in CliC activities and to promote the participation of scientists from regions currently underrepresented in CliC, i.e., South America, Asia and Africa.

    Published: 2022-01-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • Reuben College Oxford-Reuben AfOx Graduate Scholarships 2022

    Reuben College has partnered with AfOx to provide at least four fully-funded scholarships 2022/23 for students ordinarily resident in Africa. These scholarships aim to provide outstanding African graduates with the opportunity to undertake a fully funded Masters degree at the University of Oxford. G

    Published: 2022-01-21 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • Future Africa Fellowship 2022

    The Future Africa Fellowship is a year-long learning experience that provides aspiring public sector leaders and social innovators with the knowledge, network and skills required to transform the African political economy. The Fellowship incorporates research, debate and rigorous analysis designed t

    Published: 2022-01-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 5, 2022

  • Phenomenal Woman Scholarship for African American Female students 2022

    The Phenomenal Woman Scholarship is more than a scholarship. It is a sisterhood and a safe place for those to discuss challenges they may have during their college journey. Unfourtanelty everyone does not have a strong support system that can uplift them when they are down, or have someone that call

    Published: 2022-01-20 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • CDC IM–Simons African Fellowship Program 2022

    The IMU – Simons African Fellowship Program supports research sabbaticals for mathematicians from African developing countries employed in Africa to travel to an internationally known mathematical center of excellence (worldwide) for collaborative research. All travel and l

    Published: 2022-01-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 1, 2022

  • Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) for African-Born Researchers 2022

    The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship programme for educational projects at African higher education institutions for African researchers in diaspora. Offered by IIE in partnership with the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa), the

    Published: 2022-01-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 28, 2022

  • WACWISA Masters & PhD Scholarships for African Students 2022

    The Scholarship Award Scheme (SAS) is provided by the Government of Ghana (GoG) and the World Bank (WB) to support promising African students to pursue Masters (MSc/MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) study programmes in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and Environmental Management and Sustaina

    Published: 2022-01-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • AIMS Co-operative Education Program (Master’s in Mathematical Sciences) 2022

    The Co-operative Education Program (Master’s in Mathematical Sciences) is an 18-months long and takes a work-integrated learning approach by combining course work with practical industry experience. This allows students to apply their scientific knowledge to real-world problems while gaining w

    Published: 2022-01-19 Type: Masters Deadline: March 31, 2022

  • Society of American Archivists Mosaic Scholarship for International Students 2022

    The Mosaic Scholarship provides financial and mentoring support to students of color pursuing graduate education in archival science, encourages students to pursue a career as an archivist, and promotes the diversification of the American archives profession. The award is given to applicants wh

    Published: 2022-01-18 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: February 28, 2022

  • Stanford PACS Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) Postdoctoral Fellowship($70,000 stipend) 2022

    The Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) invites promising new scholars to Stanford University for 1 year appointments as postdoctoral fellows, with potential for extension. Fellows will be affiliated with PDI and potentially a department or school at Stanford University. Each fellow wil

    Published: 2022-01-18 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship Program for Developing Countries (US$ 23,000/year) 2022

    The purpose of the Education for Sustainable Energy Development [ESED] scholarship is to support outstanding students from developing countries pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development and to encourage meaningful contributions to the collective body of knowledge about this subject

    Published: 2022-01-18 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: April 11, 2022

  • University College Dublin (UCD) Global Excellence Undergraduate & Masters Scholarships for African Students 2022

    The Scholarship Program is funded by UCD International and aims to attract excellent candidates to the UCD’s undergraduate/graduate programs and encourage early application. Scholarship awards are applicable to full time Masters programmes, this is excluding all clinical programme

    Published: 2022-01-18 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ireland Deadline: March 31, 2022

  • McKinsey & Company Young Leadership Fellowship Program for Young Africans 2022

    The Young Leadership Program (YLP) is a two-year full-time consulting program that develops exceptional young local Ethiopia talent into real leaders. What You’ll Do: You’ll work in teams of typically 3 – 5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of the client enga

    Published: 2022-01-18 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: Not Specified

  • Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship at University of Toronto for African & Middle Eastern Journalists 2022

    The Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship is an annual opportunity for a journalist from Sub-Saharan Africa or the Middle East to participate in the William Southam Journalism Fellowship Program at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The Fisher Fellowship runs in tandem with the Wil

    Published: 2022-01-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: Canada Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • AIT Bangchak Master Scholarships 2022

    Bangchak Initiative and Innovative Centre (BIIC@AIT) located at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand is currently looking for excellent a total of three master applicants in Energy Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology (FEBT) Environmental Engineering programs (EEM). A

    Published: 2022-01-17 Type: Masters Deadline: March 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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