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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 21)

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

  • Maastricht University (UM) Brightlands Talent Scholarship Program 2025

    The UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship programme offers four full coverage scholarships (including a tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend) per academic year for a selected number of top-performing non-EU/EEA students with personal development potential that have been (conditionally) admitted to a m

    Published: 2024-10-15 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: February 1, 2025

  • University of Liverpool MSC Scholarship in Global Change Ecology and Evolution 2025

    The MSc in Global Change Ecology and Evolution provides a comprehensive understanding of the anthropogenic stressors affecting biodiversity and ecosystems. Students critically assess ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change and explore strategies to mitigate human impact. The pr

    Published: 2024-10-15 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: September 29, 2025

  • WomHub African Innovation Fellowship for African Women Innovators 2025

    At the heart of transforming the African continent is developing women entrepreneurs. Are you a passionate, African, female innovator with a ground-breaking idea in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing, or Mining (STEM)? Are you meeting a development need in your country? Ar

    Published: 2024-10-14 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 23, 2024

  • Mastercard Foundation ASU Scholarship Program for African Students 2025

    The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), will provide graduate scholarships to train 120 young African professionals at the master’s level for various programs over 5 years (2025 – 2030). This is a fully immersive and traditional on-campus 2-year mas

    Published: 2024-10-14 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: November 3, 2024

  • Apply for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme 2025 at University of Birmingham

    The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme is a joint initiative between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and UK universities, including the University of Birmingham, to jointly support scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be

    Published: 2024-10-14 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: December 18, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Yale University Fellowship Program 2024

    he Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program is a four-month, full-time residential program based out of Yale’s International Leadership Center and housed within the Jackson School of Global Affairs. The Program runs annually from mid-August to mid-December.Established in 2002,

    Published: 2024-10-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: December 4, 2024

  • U.S. Department of State Franklin Talent Exchange Program 2025

    The complexity of issues facing the U.S. government has never been greater. It is imperative that we look at new and innovative ways to bring in the talent and knowledge of the private sector, in a collaborative effort, to face these challenges. To tap into the knowledge of expert American citizens,

    Published: 2024-10-11 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: October 15, 2024

  • Mawazo Institute Fellowship Program for African Students 2024

    The Mawazo Institute is seeking applications for its 2025 Mawazo Fellowship Programme. This non-residential fellowship is aimed at African women pursuing their PhD studies in any field at accredited universities in Africa. The goal of the programme is to build a network of African women* experts who

    Published: 2024-10-11 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 10, 2024

  • Monash University 2025 Maxwell King Scholarship for International Students

    The Maxwell King Scholarship (MKS) is named after Professor Maxwell King, who has made an outstanding contribution to graduate research at Monash University, including eight years as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training). This prestigious scholarship is available to help support a

    Published: 2024-10-11 Type: PhD Deadline: October 31, 2024

  • 2025 Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for Africans

    The Next Generation Social Sciences programme, launched in June 2011, responds to a shortage of experienced faculty in African higher education. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program provides fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-career f

    Published: 2024-10-10 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: January 31, 2025

  • Apply for the 2025 Cambridge Trust Postgraduate Scholarship for African Students

    The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl

    Published: 2024-10-10 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: December 3, 2024

  • Call for Volunteers: UNICEF GenU 9JA Young People’s Action Team (YPAT) 2024

    Thank you for your interest in joining Generation Unlimited Nigeria (GenU 9JA) YPAT 2024-25 batch. As a member of the YPAT, you will play a vital role in shaping youth policies, driving youth-led initiatives, and ensuring that the voices of young people—especially those fro

    Published: 2024-10-10 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 18, 2024

  • University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship Program 2025

    The Knight-Wallace Fellowships offer accomplished journalists a unique opportunity to dedicate time and resources to their professional growth. Selected journalists spend an academic year at  the University of Michigan, accessing the vast resources of a world-class institution and engaging

    Published: 2024-10-10 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: December 1, 2024

  • Apply Now: 2025 Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship

    The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship gives African students and recent graduates the opportunity to access training, resources, financial support and a network of mentors to develop their entrepreneurial skills and start building their own venture. The 8-month program&n

    Published: 2024-10-09 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 4, 2024

  • University Of Twente 2025 Kipaji Masters Scholarships for Developing Countries

    The Kipaji Scholarship Fund is founded especially for talented students from countries with upcoming economies. Students from these countries could have the potential, but not the means to study at the University of Twente. The scholarship is meant as additional support for UTS scholarship students.

    Published: 2024-10-09 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: May 1, 2025

  • TWAS-UNESCO 2025 Associateship Scheme for African Researchers

    In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre twice fo

    Published: 2024-10-09 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 5, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Mawazo Fellowship Program for African Women PhD Students 2025

    The Mawazo Institute is seeking applications for its 2025 Mawazo Fellowship Programme. This non-residential fellowship is aimed at African women pursuing their PhD studies in any field at accredited universities in Africa. The goal of the programme is to build a network of African women* experts who

    Published: 2024-10-09 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 10, 2024

  • Anzisha Prize Fellowship Program for African Entrepreneurs 2024

    The Anzisha Prize has championed and supported over 250 Very Young Entrepreneurs throughout the African continent. If you are a young African Entrepreneur trying to grow a small business or you’ve created something that provides you and your friends with an income – then we hope you are

    Published: 2024-10-09 Type: Fellowship Value: $140,000 Deadline: November 8, 2024

  • Enpee Group Masters Scholarship for African Students 2025

    The one-year full-time Master in Public Administration (MPA) programme prepares students for senior management roles in the public sector. It provides an intensive, interdisciplinary course of study for professionals who wish to work on increasingly complex issues shaping national, regional and glob

    Published: 2024-10-09 Type: Masters Study in: Singapore Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • Flinders University 2024 PhD Scholarships for the Global Hydrogen Production (HyPT) Centre

    We are seeking two outstanding candidates for PhD scholarships for the Global Hydrogen Production (HyPT) Centre with a comprehensive team of 34 leading scholars from 19 institutions in six countries (US, Australia, Canada, Egypt and Germany) to formulate the pathway to large-scale net-zero

    Published: 2024-10-08 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: October 16, 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.
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