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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 15)

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

  • Apply Now: WomenLift Health Nigeria Signature Leadership Journey Program 2025

    WomenLift Health, in partnership with the Women In Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN), is launching the inaugural Nigeria Leadership Journey. In this fully-funded, 12-month Leadership Journey, WLAN will provide mid-career women the safe space to explore their authentic leadership th

    Published: 2024-12-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: January 31, 2025

  • NKU Chinese Government Scholarship High-level Graduate Program 2025

    Nankai University has been designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education as a university to offer the Chinese Government Scholarship to international students.

    Published: 2024-12-17 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: February 15, 2025

  • United Nations Millennium Fellowship For Students Worldwide 2025

    The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN proudly present the Millennium Fellowship. The Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program on your campus to take your social impact to the next level.  Access to world-class training, connections, and recognition is just an applicatio

    Published: 2024-12-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 31, 2025

  • Call for Applications: IJP Southern African Journalists’ Bursary Programme in Germany 2025

    The Southern African-German Journalists’ Programme is a multiyear effort to foster a deeper understanding between Germany and Africa as a whole. It has been offered in response to concerns about an increasing political and cultural detachment between Africa and Europe. The bursary is intended

    Published: 2024-12-16 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: February 15, 2025

  • Apply Now: Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship Program 2025

    The Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship (BFF), formerly known as the Congressional European Parliamentary Initiative (CEPI), offers a unique transatlantic hybrid experience spanning five months, designed to foster connections, knowledge transfer, and learning. Each year, the fellowship delves into glo

    Published: 2024-12-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 3, 2025

  • 2025 British Academy International Fellowship at University of Cambridge

    The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge welcomes applications for the British Academy International Fellowship scheme. The British Academy International Fellowship is a two-year initiative aimed at a

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: February 7, 2025

  • Jefferson Scholars Foundation National Fellowship Program 2025

    The National Fellowship Program supports outstanding scholars at leading institutions of higher education who are completing dissertations in United States politics, with an emphasis on historical and institutional analyses of politics, public policy, and foreign relations.  National Fellows

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: PhD Deadline: February 1, 2025

  • Apply Now: Merck Group Innovation Cup For Young Students Worldwide 2025

    The brightest students from all over the world meet at the company headquarters to learn from professionals, network, develop business plans and win the 20,000 EUR Innovation Cup. As a participant in the Innovation Cup, you get a chance to network with top students from around the world, wor

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: January 31, 2025

  • UNWTO Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge 2025

    The Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge is an exclusive platform designed to empower innovative African youth in the travel and tourism sector. It provides opportunities for funding, mentorship, partnerships, and global exposure, enabling participants to present their groundbreaking project

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 28, 2025

  • Call for Applications: STAARS Fellowship Program for African Researchers 2025

    The STARS Fellowship Program pairs early-career researchers with faculty mentors to advance rigorous, policy-oriented research on the causal determinants of productivity and income growth, asset accumulation, rural employment and risk management in agriculture and rural spaces. The core objecti

    Published: 2024-12-12 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: January 17, 2025

  • University of Edinburgh Julius Nyerere Masters Scholarships Program 2025

    The Nyerere Scholarship provides funding for a talented Tanzanian graduate to follow in Julius Nyerere’s footsteps and study at the University of Edinburgh. The successful candidate will receive funding for a one-year postgraduate scholarship in the multidisciplinary MSc in Africa and Internat

    Published: 2024-12-12 Type: Masters Deadline: January 28, 2025

  • KAIST Graduate Scholarship for International Students 2025

    The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – the country’s national research university is offering full scholarships international Masters and PhD students willing to study in South Korea. The KAIST Scholarship is offered to 94% of all admitted students into the universit

    Published: 2024-12-11 Type: PhD Study in: Korea Deadline: December 23, 2024

  • UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Programme 2025

    The call for nominations for the first edition of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Programme for Young Women Scientists in Africa is now open. Globally, women make up only 33% of researchers (UNESCO Science Report 2021). The latest figures from the Institute for Statistics show that only 3

    Published: 2024-12-11 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 31, 2025

  • TU Delft Water Corridor Scholarship Program for African Students 2025

    Starting in 2025-2026, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) will offer the?African  Water Corridor Scholarship?for two excellent Sub-Saharan Africa students in the Master programme Environmental Engineering, track Water Resources Engineering. TU  Delft&n

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: January 15, 2025

  • Qualcomm Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program 2025

    As the first initiative of its kind in Africa, this equity-free mentorship program will identify promising early-stage startups keen on applying advanced connectivity and processing technologies to innovative end-to-end systems solutions, including hardware, and provide these companies with business

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 16, 2025

  • DW Akademie International Media Studies Masters Programme 2025

     The full-time, four-semester program offers an unparalleled mix of research, lectures and practical experience and prepares students for communications and media industry careers. The interdisciplinary program curriculum covers a multitude of topics, such as media and developmen

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Masters Deadline: March 15, 2025

  • FirstRand Laurie Dippenaar Scholarship Program for African Students 2025

    The FirstRand Laurie Dippenaar scholarship, up to the value of R1.5 million for a Masters degree and up to R2 million for a PhD, is available to South African citizens for postgraduate study outside South Africa, in any discipline, at an international university of their choice.

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: February 20, 2025

  • Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Water Corridor Scholarship Program for African Students 2025

    Starting in 2025-2026, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) will offer the?African  Water Corridor Scholarship?for two excellent Sub-Saharan Africa students in the Master programme Environmental Engineering, track Water Resources Engineering. TU  Delft&n

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: January 15, 2025

  • YouLead Africa Lead(H)er Fellowship Program 2025

    The tripartite partnership, YouLead Africa, Plan International and the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy, are delighted to launch the 4th cohort call for applications. This call for Expression of Interest services as an opportunity for young women leaders based in Eastern, Southern Africa, and

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 20, 2024

  • University of Cambridge 2025 bp Egypt Cambridge Scholarship

    bp Egypt Cambridge scholarship is a master’s degree scholarship for the academic year 2025/2026 at the University of Cambridge. A number of bp Cambridge Scholarships for Egypt are offered annually to pursue one-year Master’s degree programmes. 

    Published: 2024-12-09 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 7, 2025

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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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