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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 126)

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

  • 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

  • SOAS University of London PhD Scholarships for African Students 2022

    The Centre of African Studies at SOAS, University of London, is pleased to announce the extension of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative, funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, for another three years,. The focus of the project remains the same in terms of creating a dedicated environm

    Published: 2022-01-17 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 31, 2022

  • Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP) Africa for Young African Leaders 2022

    Sweden is considered to be one of the leading countries in sustainable business practice. Swedish companies play a prominent role in finding new, innovative ways to integrate social, environmental and ethical concerns into their core business models. But the challenges are global and we have a commo

    Published: 2022-01-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 13, 2022

  • Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships for Low and Middle Income Countries 2022

    Funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK. Purp

    Published: 2022-01-14 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Teach The Nation Fellowship for Educators 2022

    The Teach the Nation Fellowship is looking for full-time Teachers in the Western Cape. Our focus is on under-resourced communities and schools to bring about educational equity in the Western Cape. The Fellowship is a two-year leadership development opportunity for young impactful teachers to contin

    Published: 2022-01-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: Not Specified

  • Sakharov Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders in Non-EU Countries 2022

    The European Parliament’s Sakharov Fellowship offers up to 14 human rights defenders selected from non-EU countries the opportunity to follow a two week intensive training in Brussels and at the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice. The empowering pro

    Published: 2022-01-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: January 30, 2022

  • E-JUST TICAD7 African Scholarship for STI 2022

    E-JUST offers “E-JUST TICAD7 African Scholarship for STI” to develop high quality human resources in the field of STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) toward future African STI network and beyond. These scholarships are provided under the cooperation of the Egyptian governm

    Published: 2022-01-13 Type: Masters Study in: Egypt Deadline: February 12, 2022

  • Lutfia Rabbani Foundation Mahmoud S. Rabbani Scholarship 2022

    The Mahmoud S. Rabbani Scholarship is named in honour of the founder of the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation. It is intended for Arab students who have been officially accepted into a Master’s or Ph.D programme in the Netherlands or for Dutch students who have been accepted into a Master’s or P

    Published: 2022-01-13 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Deadline: March 31, 2022

  • University of Edinburgh GREAT Scholarships for Justice and Law 2022

    Under the University of Edinburgh, one scholarship to the value of £10,000 will be available for nationals from Kenya applying to any eligible MSC or LLM Programme of study within the School of Law in the 2022-2023 academic year.

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: Masters Study in: , Kenya Deadline: April 12, 2022

  • Swedish Institute She Entrepreneurs Program for Women in MENA Region 2022

    She Entrepreneurs is a recognised leadership programme for young emerging women social entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) and Sweden. Intended for women who have already started to build a social business, She Entrepreneurs offers participants a chance to 

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: Masters Study in: Deadline: February 3, 2022

  • Post-doctoral researchers 2022

    Each successful candidate will receive a scholarship of US$ 63,000: Tuition fee for 4 MSc students = US$ 8,000 Research activities = US$ 20,000 Research infrastructure = US$ 30000 Traveling cost = US$ 5,000 Funding would be for 2 years.

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: PhD Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Early Career Academics 2022

    Each successful ECA will receive a scholarship of US$ 68,000. This will cover: Tuition fees for one PhD student for two years (US$ 4000) Tuition fees for two MSc students (US$4000) Research costs (US$ 25,000) Research infrastructure (US$ 30,000) Traveling costs (US$ 5,000) Funding

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: PhD Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Registered PhD students 2022

    Each successful student will receive partial AI4D Africa Scholarships of up to $ 27,000 distributed as shown below Tuition fees for two years ($ 4000) Research activities ($ 17,000) Traveling support for the supervisors ($ 6,000)

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: PhD Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Post-doctoral researchers 2022

    Each successful candidate will receive a scholarship of US$ 63,000: Tuition fee for 4 MSc students = US$ 8,000 Research activities = US$ 20,000 Research infrastructure = US$ 30000 Traveling cost = US$ 5,000

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Early Career Academics 2022

    Each successful ECA will receive a scholarship of US$ 68,000. This will cover: Tuition fees for one PhD student for two years (US$ 4000) Tuition fees for two MSc students (US$4000) Research costs (US$ 25,000) Research infrastructure (US$ 30,000) Traveling costs (US$ 5,000)

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Registered PhD students 2022

    Each successful student will receive partial AI4D Africa Scholarships of up to $ 27,000 distributed as shown below Tuition fees for two years ($ 4000) Research activities ($ 17,000) Traveling support for the supervisors ($ 6,000)

    Published: 2022-01-12 Type: PhD Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Stanford University/LSHTM Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022

    The Fellowship focuses on planetary health, defined as “the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends,” as an area in urgent need of investigation. The impact of multiple pressures on the earth’s systems on human health are not yet ful

    Published: 2022-01-11 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 31, 2022

  • SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Post-Doctoral Writing Fellowship 2022

    The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote next generation social science research in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development

    Published: 2022-01-11 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: February 1, 2022

  • University of Edinburgh GREAT Scholarships for Justice and Law (up to £10,000) 2022

    Under the University of Edinburgh, one scholarship to the value of £10,000 will be available for nationals from Kenya applying to any eligible MSC or LLM Program of study within the School of Law in the 2022-2023 academic year.

    Published: 2022-01-11 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: April 21, 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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