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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025 (Page 38)

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

  • United States-South Africa Racial Justice Fellowship Programme for Masters & Doctoral Students 2023

    The United States-South Africa Racial Justice Fellowship programme, funded by the U.S. government and hosted by the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Teachers College (TC), Columbia University, New York City, invites interested masters and doctoral students to apply for a n

    Published: 2023-03-14 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 20, 2023

  • 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

    Published: 2023-03-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: March 22, 2023

  • DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Scholarships for Developing Countries (Germany) 2023

    With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD promotes the training of specialists from development and newly industrialised countries. Well-trained local experts, who are networked with international partners, play an important part in the sustainable development of their co

    Published: 2023-03-13 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified

  • 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,

    Published: 2023-03-13 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 17, 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

    Published: 2023-03-10 Type: PhD Deadline: March 15, 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

    Published: 2023-03-10 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: May 3, 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

    Published: 2023-03-10 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 28, 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

    Published: 2023-03-09 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 23, 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

    Published: 2023-03-09 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: April 18, 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

    Published: 2023-03-09 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 3, 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

    Published: 2023-03-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: May 19, 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

    Published: 2023-03-08 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 3, 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

    Published: 2023-03-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: March 15, 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

    Published: 2023-03-07 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Poland Deadline: March 31, 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.

    Published: 2023-03-07 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: December 1, 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

    Published: 2023-03-07 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: March 19, 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

    Published: 2023-03-06 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 5, 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

    Published: 2023-03-03 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: March 31, 2023

  • University of East Anglia Global Voices Scholarship Program for African Students 2023

    The Global Voices Scholarship programme is available to an applicant who has applied for a place on the MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction, Biography and Creative Non-Fiction, Scriptwriting or Poetry in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing who is a national of any country within

    Published: 2023-03-03 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 5, 2023

  • African Plant Nutrition Institute(APNI) Scholarship Program for African Students 2023

    The Africa Plant Nutrition Scholarship Program seeks to support African graduates in science fields related to plant nutrition and the management of nutrients applied to crops. Intending applicants must be attending a degree-granting institution located in Africa.

    Published: 2023-03-03 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: April 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.