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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2023-2024 (Page 3)

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 2023-2024, 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

      • MILEAD Fellows Program for Young African Women 2023

      • ARE YOU AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG AFRICAN FEMALE LEADER WHO IS READY TO BE A GAME-CHANGER? THE 2023 MILEAD FELLOWS PROGRAM IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU! The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term and paradigm-shifting leadership development program to identify, develop and promote a new generatio
        • Deadline: March 22, 2023
        • Posted: March 13, 2023
      • AIG Public Leaders Programme 2023

      • The AIG Public Leaders Programme (AIG PLP) offers emerging African public sector leaders a unique opportunity to develop their leadership capacity and acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to drive change. Run in conjunction with the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government,
        • Deadline: April 17, 2023
        • Posted: March 13, 2023
      • ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program for Postdoctoral Students 2023

      • The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce the fifth competition of the Leading Edge Fellowship program, which demonstrates the potential of humanistic knowledge and methods to solve problems, build capacity, and advance justice and equity in society. Leading Edge Fellowships&n
        • Deadline: March 15, 2023
        • Posted: March 10, 2023
      • University of Bonn SDG Fellowship Program for African Students 2023

      • Through this fellowship program, tenured faculty (in the rank of professor) at the University of Bonn can invite international postdoctoral fellows for a joint research project on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set forth by the United Nations in its Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Developme
        • Deadline: May 3, 2023
        • Posted: March 10, 2023
      • Swansea University Eira Davies Scholarships for Developing Countries 2023

      • The Eira Francis Davies Scholarship is a full tuition fee scholarship ordinarily awarded to one outstanding female student per academic year. The student must be a national of and resident in an eligible developing country, who pursues a postgraduate taught Master’s programme within the Facult
        • Deadline: May 28, 2023
        • Posted: March 10, 2023
      • IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship for Journalists Worldwide 2024

      • The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship provides academic and professional opportunities to advance the reporting skills of women and nonbinary  journalists who focus on human rights and social justice. The Fellowship was created in memory of The Boston Globe correspondent and IWMF Courage in Journali
        • Deadline: April 23, 2023
        • Posted: March 9, 2023
      • EPFL/UM6P Scholarship Program for African Students 2023

      • The UM6P/EPFL EXAF 100 PhDs for Africa programme is one of the three pillars of the Excellence in Africa initiative. It is designed to fund science and engineering graduates intending to complete a PhD at an African higher education institution. PhD candidates benefiting from a UM6P/EPFL EXAF 100
        • Deadline: April 18, 2023
        • Posted: March 9, 2023
      • University of Exeter Oppenheimer Impact Scholarship for African Students 2023

      • We are recruiting an ‘Oppenheimer Impact Scholar’, a 2-2.5 year training post that combines a full scholarship to undertake a 12-month MSc in Global Sustainability Solutions at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus in the UK, followed by a research associate post ba
        • Deadline: April 3, 2023
        • Posted: March 9, 2023
      • ICGEB-SAWBP Postdoctoral Fellowship for South African Women Researchers 2023

      • The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB-SAWBP) PhD Fellowship Scheme, in partnership with the South African Department of Science and Innovation and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will support South African women researchers intending to study to
        • Deadline: May 19, 2023
        • Posted: March 8, 2023
      • World Bank Robert S. McNamara (RSM) Fellowship for Developing Countries 2023

      • he World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSMFP) matches aspiring development economics researchers from developing countries with World Bank research economists creating unique opportunities for the fellows to participate in rigorous policy-relevant research in the World
        • Deadline: April 3, 2023
        • Posted: March 8, 2023
      • CODESRIA College of Mentors for African Scholars 2023

      • With funding support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is implementing an intervention to support doctoral students registered in African universities in the social sciences, humanities or in higher educa
        • Deadline: March 15, 2023
        • Posted: March 8, 2023
      • Poland Government Banach Scholarship for Developing Countries 2023

      • The objective of the Programme is to promote socio-economic progress of developing countries by raising the level of knowledge and education of their citizens in the form of scholarships for second-degree studies in Polish or in English at Polish universities supervised by the Minister of Education
        • Deadline: March 31, 2023
        • Posted: March 7, 2023
      • University of Lincoln Postgraduate Scholarship for African Students 2023

      • The University of Lincoln’s Africa Scholarship is designed to help students from across Africa to access postgraduate level study at the University of Lincoln. The Africa Scholarship is offered as a tuition fee discount against the cost of a postgraduate taught programme commencing in 2023/24.
        • Deadline: December 1, 2023
        • Posted: March 7, 2023
      • Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Program for High-Impact EdTech Companies 2023

      • The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Program is an EdTech specialised venture support program uniquely designed for high-growth and high-impact companies addressing pressing challenges in education in South Africa through technology and innovation. The EdTech Fellowship Program specificall
        • Deadline: March 19, 2023
        • Posted: March 7, 2023
      • University of East Anglia Miles Morland Foundation African Scholarship (UK) 2023

      • The Miles Morland Foundation African Writers’ Scholarship is available to an applicant who has applied for a place on the MA Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing who is a national of any country within Africa or who was born in any country w
        • Deadline: May 5, 2023
        • Posted: March 6, 2023
      • MasterCard Foundation Scholarship Program for African Students 2023

      • The Mastercard Foundation has partnered with the University of Cape Town (UCT) to oversee the implementation of financial, academic, social and post-graduation support to awarded candidates under the scholarship titled The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cape Town. The vi
        • Deadline: March 31, 2023
        • Posted: March 3, 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.
 
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