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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025 (Page 13)

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 2024-2025, 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

  • Structural Transformation Of African Agriculture & Rural Spaces (STAARS) Fellowship for African Researchers 2024

    The Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program, a multi-institution collaboration managed by Cornell University in collaboration with the World Bank’s Development Research Group, and the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), announc

    Published: 2024-01-11 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 19, 2024

  • Call for Application: Impact Toolbox Youth in Development Fellowship 2024

    The fifth edition of the Youth in Development (YID) Fellowship Program is open to all youths from around the world who are involved in community development and contributing to achieving socio-economic development across different communities.  The YID Fellowship application process is desig

    Published: 2024-01-10 Type: Fellowship Value: $2,500 Deadline: January 31, 2024

  • Master's Scholarship for Developing Countries at Uppsala University 2024

    Scholarships are available each year for fee-paying international students applying for an international Master's programme at Uppsala University. Please note that the scholarships are highly competitive; only about 2% of those who apply are granted a scholarship.

    Published: 2024-01-10 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: January 22, 2024

  • Master's Scholarship for Developing Countries at Uppsala University 2024

    Scholarships are available each year for fee-paying international students applying for an international Master's programme at Uppsala University. Please note that the scholarships are highly competitive; only about 2% of those who apply are granted a scholarship.

    Published: 2024-01-10 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: January 22, 2024

  • Master's Scholarship for Developing Countries at Uppsala University 2024

    Scholarships are available each year for fee-paying international students applying for an international Master's programme at Uppsala University. Please note that the scholarships are highly competitive; only about 2% of those who apply are granted a scholarship.

    Published: 2024-01-10 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: January 22, 2024

  • ICGEB Arturo Falaschi Postdoctoral Fellowships for Developing Countries 2024

    ICGEB offers competitive Postdoctoral Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists wishing to pursue postdoctoral research in a world-class scientific environment. The Fellowships comprise a very competitive package including stipend, health insurance and additional benefits. The most

    Published: 2024-01-10 Type: PhD Study in: India, Italy, South Africa Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • Arturo Falaschi PhD Fellowships at ICGEB 2024

    ICGEB offers postgraduate studies with the aim of obtaining the “Doctor Philosophiae” (PhD) degree in the life sciences. Thanks to specific agreements, the title can be awarded through a number of academic institutions of international standing, which include The Open University (UK

    Published: 2024-01-09 Type: Fellowship Study in: India, Italy, South Africa Value: Euro 1,500, US$ 1,020, ZAR 14,000 Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • Shell Nigeria Security Coordinator 2024

    Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply for the Shell Nigeria Graduate Program. What’s the role? Responsible for the security of Shell’s human and physicals assets in Shell Nigeria Gas – SNG (including offices, facilities and projects) as well as planning, sc

    Published: 2024-01-08 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Oxford/Reuters Institute Journalism Fellowship Program 2024

    The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive

    Published: 2024-01-05 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Value: £2,000 Deadline: February 19, 2024

  • Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships for Masters Students ACU 2024

    The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS)  offer a unique opportunity to study a two-year Master's degree in a low or middle-income Commonwealth country. Aimed at students who are committed to creating change in their communities, the scholarships are a life-changing opportuni

    Published: 2024-01-04 Type: Masters Deadline: January 10, 2024

  • Acumen Academy East Africa Fellowship 2024

    Acumen Academy is the world's school for social change. We inspire the world to build solutions to poverty and equip determined individuals using the knowledge and tools of business grounded in community and the practices of moral leadership. The East Africa Acumen Fellowship is a rigorous le

    Published: 2024-01-04 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 4, 2024

  • IAS Conference on HIV Science Scholarship 2023

    Applications are now open for the IAS Conference on HIV Science Scholarship. If you are at least 18 years old on 20 July 2024 and working, volunteering or studying in the area of HIV, you are welcome to apply for a scholarship for AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, which takes place

    Published: 2024-01-04 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: January 23, 2024

  • Wageningen University And Research Africa Scholarship Programme 2024

    The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa.

    Published: 2024-01-04 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: February 1, 2024

  • Savvy Global Fellowship Program for Entrepreneurs 2024

    Savvy was founded to help at least 100,000 young and unemployed professionals from around the world to transition into entrepreneurship by equipping them with the relevant knowledge, skills, tools, resources, support network, and community to build sustainable and innovative impact-driven businesses

    Published: 2024-01-02 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • AIMS South Africa AI for Science Scholarship Program 2024

    AI for Science is a stream in AIMS South Africa’s Master’s degree in Mathematical Science, made possible through a partnership with Google DeepMind. The program sits at the exciting intersection of AI and the Sciences. This exciting program started with its first intake of students

    Published: 2024-01-02 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: March 29, 2024

  • University of Otago Scholarship Program for International Students 2024

    The University of Otago Doctoral Scholarships is now open for applications from suitably qualified students. It is a fully funded scholarship for all students sponsored by the University of Otago.The University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship provides funding to support doctoral students studying at t

    Published: 2023-12-29 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified

  • E-JUST TICAD8 African Scholarship for STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) 2024

    E-JUST offers “E-JUST TICAD8 African Scholarships for STI” – i.e. TICAD8 Scholarships 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

    Published: 2023-12-29 Type: Masters Study in: Egypt Deadline: February 10, 2024

  • UCL The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship 2024

    The Bartlett Promise represents a long-term commitment to attract and support students from a broader range of backgrounds to study at The Bartlett, in order to tackle the lack of diversity in the built environment sector. The scholarships cover fees, living and study costs for scholars, as wel

    Published: 2023-12-29 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • MasterCard American University Of Beirut (AUB) Graduate Scholarship for African Students 2024

    American University of Beirut (AUB) and The MasterCard Foundation have partnered to provide scholarships to students at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). This $9 million scholarship program will enable young adults who are sensitive to their communities’ concerns and proactive in their

    Published: 2023-12-29 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Lebanon Deadline: March 14, 2024

  • Bristol University Think Big Scholarships for International Students 2024

    Bristol University is investing £500,000 to help the brightest and best international students come to the University of Bristol. Think Big Undergraduate scholarships and Think Big Postgraduate scholarships are available for courses starting in 2024. Any full-time Undergraduate programme (e

    Published: 2023-12-28 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 29, 2024

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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.