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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025 (Page 28)

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

  • World Bank Africa Fellowship Program for Sub-Saharan African Graduates 2023

    The Africa Region of the World Bank Group (WBG) announces the opening of the application for the 2024 WBG-Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. Students and recent Ph.D. graduates who are Sub-Saharan nationals.   Launched in 2013, the World Bank Group (WBG) Africa Fellowship Program

    Published: 2023-07-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 25, 2023

  • ILRI Research Fellowship for AFrican Researchers 2023

    ILRI is a One CGIAR research centre and is the only centre dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. ILRI is co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia and has regional or country offices in 14 other locations in Africa, South and South-East Asia. Drawn from some 40 nationalit

    Published: 2023-07-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: July 31, 2023

  • University Of Bayreuth UNILAG Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Studies 2023

    The Lagos African Cluster Centre, University of Lagos, Nigeria, welcomes submission of applications for a maximum of 6 months postdoctoral fellowship in African and Diaspora Studies. The fellowship is funded by the African Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth under the auspic

    Published: 2023-07-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: August 31, 2023

  • Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarships 2023

    Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project invite applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2024. We will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years for Masters and three years for PhD. Continued funding depends upon satisfactory progress and academic

    Published: 2023-07-18 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: August 29, 2023

  • Canon Collins RMTF Scholarships for Postgraduate Study 2023

    Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Ros Moger and Terry Furlong group invite applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2024. Ros and Terry were inspirational London educationalists. Since 2001 friends and family have raised funds in their memory to award scholarships in their name.

    Published: 2023-07-18 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia Deadline: August 29, 2023

  • Canon Collins Trust University of London LLM Scholarships 2023

    These scholarships allow individuals to study for the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and/or the Master of Laws (LLM) by distance learning, at the University of London. Applicants can start at any level, and do not need to complete the whole programme. For example, applicant

    Published: 2023-07-18 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: August 23, 2023

  • MasterCard University Of The Western Cape (UWC) Scholars Program for African Students 2023

    The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC. Launched in 2012, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is a global initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly ta

    Published: 2023-07-18 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: July 24, 2023

  • Kader Asmal Fellowship for South African Students 2024

    The Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme is a flagship programme of the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa offered to South African students. The Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme is targeted at early career professionals in South Africa with leadership potential. The scholarship broadly supports

    Published: 2023-07-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: July 31, 2023

  • Mandela Residential Fellowship 2023

    The Mandela Residential Fellowship is a prestigious initiative inspired by the vision and principles of Nelson Mandela, a global advocate for equality, justice, and social change. This fellowship aims to empower emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds and equip them with the tools, knowledge, and

    Published: 2023-07-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: Turkey Deadline: July 31, 2023

  • MIASA Individual Fellowships at University Of Ghana for African Scholars 2024-2025

    The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with ‘Sustainable Governance’ as its central topic. Our main thematic corridors are conflict and sustainable peace, democracy and environmental t

    Published: 2023-07-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: August 31, 2023

  • University of Lagos African Cluster Centre (ACC) Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Studies 2023

    The Lagos African Cluster Centre, University of Lagos, Nigeria, welcomes submission of applications for a maximum of 6 months postdoctoral fellowship in African and Diaspora Studies. The fellowship is funded by the African Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth under the auspic

    Published: 2023-07-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: August 31, 2023

  • African Union Media Fellowship Program for African Students 2023

    To ensure Africa is at the forefront of defining and telling its own narrative to African and global audiences, the Information and Communication Directorate (ICD) of the African Union (AU) launched the AU Media Fellowship as a transformative platform to shape the African story and create a more acc

    Published: 2023-07-14 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 23, 2023

  • AREF Research Development Fellowship 2023-2024

    The Africa Research Excellence Fund, AREF, is pleased to launch the call for the AREF Research Development Fellowship Programme for 2023/24. The aim of the Research Development Fellowship Programme is to provide opportunities for talented health researchers based in Africa, so that they can

    Published: 2023-07-14 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 14, 2023

  • Pan African University Scholarship Program for African Students (Fully-funded) 2023

    The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network whose mission is to provide quality postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa. Young, q

    Published: 2023-07-14 Type: PhD Deadline: September 20, 2023

  • Pan African University Scholarship Program for African Students (Fully-funded) 2023

    The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network whose mission is to provide quality postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa. Young, q

    Published: 2023-07-14 Type: Masters Deadline: September 20, 2023

  • Canon Foundation-Kyoto University Japan-Africa Exchange Program 2024

    Based on the Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the Canon Foundation in Europe (CFE) and Kyoto University (KU),  the Canon Foundation-Kyoto University Japan-Africa Exchange Program started in 2018. The program offers fellowships to highly qualified researcher

    Published: 2023-07-13 Type: Masters Study in: Japan Deadline: November 15, 2023

  • Stellenbosch University Faculty Of Arts And Social Sciences Residential PhD Scholarships 2023

    The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University is pleased to announce a limited number of full-time scholarships for PhD studies commencing in 2024 The Graduate School coordinates the partly-structured, full-time doctoral scholarship programme and administers the doctoral scho

    Published: 2023-07-13 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: August 1, 2023

  • African Plant Nutrition Outreach Fellowship Award 2023

    Awards of USD $5,000 each are available to two innovative African scientists, extension specialists, or educators. The Fellowship will support education, training, and communication programs relevant to improving the use and efficiency of plant nutrients in African agro-ecos

    Published: 2023-07-13 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 11, 2023

  • University of Cape Town (UCT) Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for Africans 2023

    The University of Cape Town (UCT) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation in its global Scholars’ Program: an educational initiative that provides academically talented young people from economically disadvantaged communities in Africa with access to quality university education. &nb

    Published: 2023-07-12 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: July 31, 2023

  • Right Livelihood College (RLC) Workshop Scholarships for PhD Students from Developing Countries 2023

    The workshop will take place in Bonn from September 25 (arrival date) to September 28 (departure date), 2023. PhD students and senior experts will be participating together with Nnimmo Bassey, Laureate of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” and Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation, fr

    Published: 2023-07-12 Type: PhD Deadline: July 30, 2023

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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.