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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 127)

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

  • African Union Commission Chairperson's Youth Envoy 2021

    The Youth Envoy will work under the guidance of the AUC Chairperson, through the Cabinet, in close collaboration with the Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD). The Youth Envoy will work closely with the Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD) to  •    Champion AU&

    Published: 2021-10-04 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: October 8, 2021

  • University of Oxford MBA African Leaders Scholarship 2022

    New for 2022, the MBA African Leadership Scholarship is personally funded by the former Dean of Saïd Business School, Peter Tufano and his family to support an outstanding candidate who can demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, the potential to strengthen and enrich the Oxford Saï

    Published: 2021-10-04 Type: Masters Deadline: Not Specified

  • ICCS A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme 2021

    This new Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021 is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, and her team in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. It offers NGO, government and business employees working on biod

    Published: 2021-10-04 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 29, 2021

  • Imperial College London Scholarship for African Students 2022

    Imperial College Business School is proud to be a global organisation with students from all over the world. To encourage this further, we are offering scholarships to African students who we believe would contribute to the Imperial community. If you are offered an Imperial College Business Schoo

    Published: 2021-09-30 Type: Masters Deadline: February 1, 2022

  • ICCS A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme for African Researchers (UK) 2021

    This new Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021 is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, and her team in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. It offers NGO, government and business employees working on biod

    Published: 2021-09-29 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: October 29, 2021

  • St. Lawrence College Africa Entrance Scholarships (Canada) 2022

    Applicants from all countries are eligible to apply for this diploma degree award in Canada. Students who undertake a diploma programme at St. Lawrence College will be deemed eligible to take this application and receive CA$2,000 towards the programme fee.St. Lawrence College, ranked&

    Published: 2021-09-29 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • UNECA MO IBRAHIM Leadership Fellowship Program for African Leaders 2022

    Established in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation aims to support good governance and great leadership in Africa. The Foundation works to: Stimulate debate on good governance; Provide criteria by which citizens and governments can measure progress; Recognize achievement in African leadership

    Published: 2021-09-29 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: October 15, 2021

  • AUC African Graduate Fellowships for African Students 2021

    The African Graduate fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master's degree at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians) for

    Published: 2021-09-29 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 15, 2021

  • Netflix Postgraduate Scholarship Programme for South Africans 2022

    Netflix is the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, with over 209 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any inte

    Published: 2021-09-28 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: October 31, 2021

  • McKinsey African Leaders on the Move for Young Africans 2021

    McKinsey has six offices in Africa – Johannesburg, Lagos, Luanda, Casablanca, Nairobi, Addis Ababa. We serve many leading African organizations across sectors including energy and materials, financial services, consumer goods and retail, telecommunications, infrastructure and logistics, as wel

    Published: 2021-09-27 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 12, 2021

  • Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab Scholarships for Sub-Saharan African Students 2021

    The Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab Programme is built on a partnership agreement between the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB).  This collaboration seeks to contribute to the implementation

    Published: 2021-09-27 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: September 30, 2021

  • APHRC MSc Fellowship in Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2021

    Successful candidates will be part of a networked cohort of highly skilled applied epidemiologists (Epi fellows) who are able to work with National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) and National Ministry of Health (MoH) Departments to improve their levels of preparedness, field surveillance, and resp

    Published: 2021-09-27 Type: Fellowship Study in: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: October 29, 2021

  • Noble Missions Active Citizen Fellowship for Young Leaders (Nigeria) 2021-2022

    Applications are open for the Active Citizen Fellowship 2021. The Active Citizen Fellowship is a rigorous hands-on learning program designed for young leaders in Nigeria who have demonstrated passion and commitment in the past to promote democracy and/or improve the quality of life in their com

    Published: 2021-09-24 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: October 17, 2021

  • Vital Voices GROW Fellowship Accelerator Program 2022

    The Vital Voices GROW Fellowship is a highly competitive one-year accelerator program for women owners of small and medium businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. The program includes customized business skills training, technical assi

    Published: 2021-09-24 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 27, 2021

  • COVIDHQAfrica Amplify HQ Creative Fellowship Programme for Content Creators 2021

    The HQ team is making a call for applications for Amplify HQ, a paid two-month creative Fellowship program for African storytellers and creators, with a lens focused on Africa’s narratives and stories coming from the pandemic. Amplify is a partnership of TheZVG and Mastercard Foundation, and A

    Published: 2021-09-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 10, 2021

  • MSU Nnamdi Azikiwe Award for African Students 2021

    A fellowship of up to $2,000 to support international African students travel to Africa for research. The award honors former Nigerian President Nnamdi Azikiwe, a scholar and politician, who led Nigeria as its first civilian president and who invited MSU faculty to join him and other Niger

    Published: 2021-09-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 30, 2021

  • Natural Justice African Environmental Defenders Fellowship 2021

    African Environmental Defenders play an important role in protecting their lands and ecosystems from unsustainable industrial development, logging and extractive projects. But the nature of their work can expose them to significant risks. Throughout the world, there are ever-incr

    Published: 2021-09-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 24, 2021

  • FMSH Atlas Postdoctoral Fellowship for East African Researchers 2021

    This research stay is designed to enable researchers to conduct research studies in France: field enquiries, library and archives work.  This call is part of the Atlas short-term postdoctoral mobility programme offered by the FMSH and its partners.

    Published: 2021-09-22 Type: Fellowship Study in: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania Deadline: December 10, 2021

  • PAGES Inter-Africa Mobility Research Fellowship Program 2021

    The program aims to give limited support for travel and subsistence to early-career researchers from African countries (PhD students and postdocs at African institutions), who are interested in gaining experience in another African country. The final goal is to contribute to the development of colla

    Published: 2021-09-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 30, 2021

  • African Union Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program for African Graduates 2021

    Applications are invited from suitably qualified African graduates for the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2021 which aims at identifying and deploying highly competent tech innovators to African Union Headquarters. The fellowship will provide a platform for the innovator

    Published: 2021-09-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 4, 2021

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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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