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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2026-2027 (Page 15)

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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 2026-2027, 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 Development Bank - Japan Africa Dream Scholarship Program 2025

    JADS is a capacity building project organized by the African Development Bank and the government of Japan. They provide two-year scholarship awards to African students studying at master level at their designated institutions.

    Published: 2025-06-26 Type: Masters Study in: Japan Deadline: November 30, 2025

  • Murdoch University International Welcome Scholarship 2025

    Murdoch University is offering a fee reduction scholarship for eligible International students commencing the Master of Education

    Published: 2025-06-26 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Deadline: August 30, 2025

  • Ashinaga Africa Initiative Scholarship 2026

    The Ashinaga Africa Initiative began in 2014. Its mission is to contribute to sub-Saharan Africa’s expanding role in global development through increasing access to higher education abroad. We support orphaned students who are committed to returning home and initiating change, by providing acc

    Published: 2025-06-26 Type: Masters Deadline: October 17, 2025

  • University of British Columbia 2025 Killam Doctoral Scholarships

    The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy J. Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada

    Published: 2025-06-25 Type: PhD Study in: Canada Deadline: September 30, 2025

  • Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship Program 2026-2027

    The Radcliffe Fellowship Program supports 50 scholars, artists, and public intellectuals who have demonstrated records of achievement in their respective fields and show great promise for future contributions. Throughout the year, fellows convene regularly to share their work

    Published: 2025-06-25 Type: PhD Study in: United States Deadline: September 30, 2025

  • Pulitzer Center 2025 AI Accountability Fellowships for Freelance Journalists

    Through the AI Accountability Fellowships, the Pulitzer Center aims to support in-depth, high-impact reporting projects that document and explain the opportunities, harms, and regulatory and labor issues surrounding AI systems. The Fellowship program provides selected journalists with financial supp

    Published: 2025-06-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 11, 2025

  • U.S. Fulbright Student Program 2025

    The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. Fulbright creates connections in a complex and changing world. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers unparalle

    Published: 2025-06-25 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: October 7, 2025

  • Utah State University Graduate Scholarship 2025

    The Wildlife Eco-Epidemiology Lab in the Veterinary and Clinical Life Sciences Department at Utah State University is seeking a highly motivated master’s student to join a multidisciplinary research team working to describe causes of avian mortality and risk factors for botulism outbreaks in t

    Published: 2025-06-25 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: July 31, 2025

  • University of Adelaide Global Citizens International Scholarship 2025

    Scholarship recipients will receive a 15% or 30% reduction toward international tuition fees when commencing at the University of Adelaide in 2025.  This scholarship is based on academic merit and eligibility is determined by the merit achieved in the qualification which constitutes as the b

    Published: 2025-06-25 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified

  • La Trobe University Early Bird Acceptance Grant for International Students 2025

    International students applying for an undergraduate or postgraduate course to study at La Trobe University can be rewarded a bonus grant for completing their admission process early. Recipients will automatically be eligible to receive an Early Bird Acceptance Grant of 5% of the first-year tuition

    Published: 2025-06-24 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: July 15, 2025

  • Flinders University 2025 PhD Scholarship Opportunity: Utilising Mine Tailings in Concrete 3D Printing

    We are seeking an outstanding candidate for a PhD Enterprise Scholarship at Flinders University, co-funded by Backtech Pty Ltd, to undertake an exciting research project titled "Utilising Mine Tailings in Concrete 3D Printing". This innovative project aims to explore sustainable solutions

    Published: 2025-06-24 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: August 4, 2025

  • East Tennessee State University International Scholarships

    International Merit Scholarships are available to new degree-seeking international students. 

    Published: 2025-06-24 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified

  • Max Planck Institute Doucet Scholarship Call 2026

    In order to facilitate access to the collection for young researchers from outside Frankfurt, especially from Latin America, who are interested in using this important collection, the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory provides an annual scholarship for a three-month resear

    Published: 2025-06-24 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: September 15, 2025

  • German Bundestag IPS Africa for Young Graduates from Africans 2025

    The German Parliament invites politically and socially committed young graduates from Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal) to Berlin in January for a scholarship programme. The concept S

    Published: 2025-06-23 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: July 13, 2025

  • 2026 Singapore International Graduate Scholarship

    The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration among the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (

    Published: 2025-06-23 Type: PhD Study in: Singapore Deadline: December 1, 2025

  • 2025 AGMA Foundation Scholarship Program

    The AGMA Foundation Scholarship Program is open to students interested in a career in the gear industry, and/or power transmission as it relates to the gear industry. Applicants must be enrolled or recently accepted as full- or part-time students in a nationally accredited program. Annual scholarshi

    Published: 2025-06-23 Type: Masters Study in: Deadline: July 1, 2025

  • Apply for Macquarie University Research Scholarship 2026

    The Road to Research Scholarship is for international applicants who are eligible to commence the Macquarie Master of Research (MRes) in Sydney, Australia in Session 1 2026. This scholarship supports students undertaking short research projects of the Master of Research (MRes).  The Mac

    Published: 2025-06-23 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Deadline: October 31, 2025

  • 2025 NNPC/RENAISSANCE JV Niger Delta Post-Graduate Scholarship Scheme at University of Aberdeen

    The NNPC/Renaissance Joint Venture Niger Delta Post-Graduate Scholarship Scheme is a prestigious initiative aimed at supporting academically outstanding students from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in pursuing postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. This scholarship is targeted at d

    Published: 2025-06-20 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: June 26, 2025

  • 2025 Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship

    The Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship offers an opportunity for 16 young climate and clean energy practitioners from across the Global South to broaden their technical skills, deepen their professional networks, and exchange views with top global clean energy and climate change leaders. Cl

    Published: 2025-06-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 1, 2025

  • TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship 2025

    The TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship provides financial support to post-graduate African students who have been accepted onto MBA programmes at the top 10 leading business schools in the world only, as ranked by the Financial Times.  The Financial Times MBA Global Ranking for 2025 lists

    Published: 2025-06-20 Type: Masters Deadline: June 30, 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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