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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2026-2027 (Page 157)

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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

  • EJS Center Amujae Initiative for African Women 2022

    The Amujae Initiative is the EJS Center’s flagship program. The program inspires and prepares women to unapologetically take up roles and excel in the highest echelons of public leadership, and to bring other women along. Each year, the EJS Center selects a cohort of African women

    Published: 2021-12-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 23, 2022

  • LSHTM Commonwealth Shared Scholarships (PH4D) for Developing Countries 2022-2023

    Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for candidates from least developed and lower-middle income Commonwealth countries, for full-time Master’s study on selected courses, jointly supported by UK universities. Funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and LSHTM

    Published: 2021-12-03 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 20, 2021

  • LSHTM GSK Scholarships for Future Health Leaders in Africa 2022-2023

    Three scholarships are offered to support the training and development of the next generation of leaders in global health, and strengthen the capacity of health systems and health-related research in Africa. These highly competitive scholarships are available to applicants intending to study on a

    Published: 2021-12-03 Type: Masters Deadline: February 27, 2022

  • ICANN Fellowship Program for Developing Countries 2022

    The goal of the ICANN Fellowship Program is to strengthen the diversity of the multistakeholder model by fostering opportunities for individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities to become active participants in the ICANN community. Fellows are exposed to the w

    Published: 2021-12-03 Type: Fellowship Study in: Netherlands Deadline: December 15, 2021

  • CIMPA/ICTP Fellowship Program for Researchers in Mathematics 2022

    The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics are inviting applications for the CIMPA-ICTP Fellowship Program 2022. The fellowship program makes it possible for researchers in mathematics based in a developing country to come to

    Published: 2021-12-02 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 31, 2021

  • PhD Scholarships 2021

    The DAAD scholarship will cover tuition, stipends and accommodation for four-year Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students.

    Published: 2021-12-02 Type: PhD Study in: Ghana Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • Masters Scholarships 2021

    The DAAD scholarship will cover tuition, stipends and accommodation for one-year Master of Arts (MA) students.

    Published: 2021-12-02 Type: Masters Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • DAAD WACCI Masters Plant Breeding Scholarships for African Students at University of Ghana 2022

    WACCI Masters Plant Breeding Scholarships 2022: It has been agreed upon that DAAD cooperates with the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) by offering up to 3 In-Country and 6 In-Region scholarships for Master studies at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) f

    Published: 2021-12-02 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: February 17, 2022

  • University of Bristol GREAT Scholarship for Masters Students 2022

    Funding towards tuition fees for one Ghanaian postgraduate applicant. In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign.

    Published: 2021-12-01 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 28, 2022

  • SSRC APN Individual Research Fellowships 2022

    A core component of the APN, the Individual Research Fellowship (IRF) program is a vehicle for enhancing the quality and visibility of independent African peacebuilding research both regionally and globally, while making peacebuilding knowledge accessible to key policymakers, practitioners and resea

    Published: 2021-12-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 1, 2022

  • SSRC APN Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowships for African Researchers 2022

    The Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowship is an initiative and key complement to the field-based and networking components of the APN’s programming. This fellowship responds to the need for deep collaboration and engagement of researchers and practitioners on peacebuilding challenges

    Published: 2021-12-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 1, 2022

  • JIAS Writers’ Workshop for African Writers 2022

    The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications from emerging African creative writers for its Inaugural Writers’ Workshop. From June 2 to June 29, 2022, JIAS will host a group of promising African creative writers. The workshop will be a writing-intensive, four-we

    Published: 2021-12-01 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: February 1, 2022

  • UWA Master of Business Administration (MBA) Scholarships 2022

     Applications are now invited from international students for an opportunity to be selected for a full tuition award at the University of Western Australia – UWA MBA (Intensive) International Prestige Scholarship to be awarded for the next academic session. The University of

    Published: 2021-11-30 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Konstanz ZUKOnnect Fellowships for Early-career Researchers from Developing Countries 2022

    The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America related to one of the thirteen departments of the University of Konstanz. As ZUKOnnect Fellow, you can use this time to extend your research networks and to get to know the

    Published: 2021-11-30 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: February 15, 2022

  • AIMS African Masters in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) Program for African Students 2022

     African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) launched applications for the second intake of its unique African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI), a novel one-year intensive foundational master’s program that will provide brilliant young Africans with state-of-the-art tr

    Published: 2021-11-30 Type: Masters Study in: Rwanda Deadline: November 30, 2021

  • STIAS ISO LOMSO Fellowships for Africans 2022

    Applications are now being accepted at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study for the Iso Lomso Fellowship programme aimed at supporting African scholars who have obtained their doctoral degree within the preceding years and hold an academic position at a university or research institution in

    Published: 2021-11-29 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: February 15, 2022

  • AUC Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Program 2022

    In May 2011, Yousef Jameel, working with the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), initiated the Yousef Jameel public leadership program, with the overall objective of building the capacity of young competent Egyptian nationals in the areas of public policy and public adm

    Published: 2021-11-29 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Egypt Deadline: April 15, 2022

  • Aljazeera Media Institute Fellowship Programme for Young Journalists 2022

    Are you a young and daring journalists with the passion to improve your professional skills? Do you wish to contribute to the development of high-quality journalism in the Global South? Then apply for the AlJazeera Media Institute Fellowship programme 2022. The Fellowship program aims to con

    Published: 2021-11-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 7, 2021

  • AFIDEP PRB Policy Communication Fellowship for Developing Countries 2021-2022

    The PRB Policy Communication Fellows Program seeks to train the next generation of leaders shaping policy in their countries. The fellowship is hosted in partnership with African research and advocacy experts to encourage South-South collaboration and knowledge exchange. The year-long fellowship

    Published: 2021-11-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 10, 2021

  • iThemba LABS SAINTS@tlabs Prestige Masters and Doctoral Scholarships for South African Students 2022

    iThemba LABS (www.tlabs.ac.za) is a national facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with its main campus close to Somerset West, Western Cape and its satellite campus close to the University of the Witwatersrand. The Southern African Institute for Nuclear Technology and Sciences (SAINTS)

    Published: 2021-11-26 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: December 31, 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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