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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 49)

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

  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Africa Scholarship Program for African Masters Students 2024

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, as part of its mission to foster relationships with developing countries, has developed a special program for students from the African continent. This program will enable students to study for undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs taught in Engl

    Published: 2023-12-12 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Deadline: June 27, 2024

  • LSHTM Commonwealth Shared Scholarships (PH4D) for Developing Countries 2024

    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. This year, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission UK (CSC) and LSHTM are offerin

    Published: 2023-12-12 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: December 14, 2023

  • ASTAR Singapore International Graduate Fully Funded Award 2024

    The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the Singapore

    Published: 2023-12-11 Type: PhD Study in: Singapore Deadline: June 1, 2024

  • DAAD Artists-In-Berlin Program for International Artists 2024

    The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is one of the most renowned residency programs for international artists and cultural practitioners in the fields of visual arts, film, literature, and music & sound. Each year, it awards residencies in Berlin to around twenty outstanding cultural producers.

    Published: 2023-12-11 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: December 17, 2023

  • NAI Claude Ake Visiting Chair for African Scholars 2024

    The Claude Ake Visiting Chair was set up in 2003 at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research in collaboration with the Nordic Africa Institute and with funding from the Swedish Government and Uppsala University. The Chair honours the memory of Professor Claude Ake, a distinguished scholar,

    Published: 2023-12-11 Type: Fellowship Study in: Sweden Deadline: January 21, 2024

  • New York University (NYU) Africa House Fellowship Programs for African Academics 2024

    New York University (NYU) Africa House Fellowship is now open for applications. The Program has been fortunate to receive external donor funding to offer six (6) research grants for current undergraduate and graduate students seeking funding support for short-term fellowship opportunities. This f

    Published: 2023-12-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: March 1, 2024

  • British Council GREAT Scholarships for Nigerian Students 2024

    Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified Nigerian students for British Council GREAT Scholarships commencing for the 2024-25 academic year. This program is a Postgraduate scholarship are available to students from Nigeria.

    Published: 2023-12-08 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation MBA Scholarships for Africans at London Business School 2024

    Talented individuals from sub-Saharan African can acquire the management and leadership skills essential for individual, corporate and national success. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation scholarship for sub-Saharan Africa aims to help produce exceptional leaders for the continent by supporting outstanding s

    Published: 2023-12-07 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 2, 2024

  • Free Press Unlimited Climate Change Fellowship Programme for Journalist 2024

    Free Press Unlimited (FPU) is implementing a programme called “Core Support for Independent Media in the Southern Neighbourhood” with the support of the European Union from 2021 to 2026. The main objective of this programme is to provide comprehensive bespoke core support to pl

    Published: 2023-12-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 24, 2023

  • University Of Konstanz ZUKOnnect Fellowships for Early-Career Researchers from Developing Countries 2024

    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: 2023-12-06 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: February 15, 2024

  • Global Health Corps Africa Fellowship for Young African Professionals 2024

    Global Health Corps is building the next generation of diverse health leaders. We offer a range of paid fellowship positions with health organizations in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia and the opportunity to develop as a transformative leader in the health equity movement. Everyone has a role to

    Published: 2023-12-05 Type: Fellowship Study in: Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe Deadline: January 10, 2024

  • LSHTM GSK Scholarships for African Students 2024

    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: 2023-12-05 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 3, 2024

  • Wells Mountain Initiative (WMI) Scholarship Program for Developing Countries 2024

    The Wells Mountain Initiative (WMI) is a public charitable foundation based in Bristol, Vermont, USA, which has been approved under the United States Internal Revenue Service. You are invited to apply for the WMI Scholars Program for students of developing countries. This Scholarship&nb

    Published: 2023-12-04 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: March 1, 2024

  • KSJ Fellowship Program 2024

    Every year, the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT offers academic-year fellowships to 10 science journalists from around the globe, giving them an opportunity to explore science, technology, and the craft of journalism; to concentrate on a specialty in science; and to learn at some of the top

    Published: 2023-12-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 15, 2024

  • SSRC African Peacebuilding Network: Individual Research Fellowships 2024

    The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites research fellowship applications from African scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions; or region

    Published: 2023-12-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 11, 2024

  • PCNS Raisina Young Fellows Program for Young Moroccan Leaders (India) 2024

    The Policy Center for the New South invites applicants to seize a remarkable opportunity to be chosen to participate in the thirteenth Raisina Young Fellows Program, scheduled from February 16 to 25, 2024, in New Delhi, India. This prestigious program, organized annually by the O

    Published: 2023-12-01 Type: Fellowship Study in: India, Morocco Deadline: December 4, 2023

  • VIB-IPBO Open Doors Fellowship Program for African Researchers 2024

    The Open Doors Fellowship is a holistic program that targets women researchers in Africa to help them acquire the necessary hard and soft skills to strengthen their placements within their hosting institutions and, ultimately, avoid dropping out before their consolidation stage. The ODFP targets

    Published: 2023-11-29 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 31, 2024

  • SA-CERN Excellence Bursary for Postgraduate South African Students 2024

    The DSI and the NRF resolved to support access to global infrastructure as a key component of infrastructure provision for research and development as well as human capacity development. National programs were established among them the South Africa-CERN (SA-CERN) program in order to enable south

    Published: 2023-11-28 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 22, 2023

  • Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards for Nigerians to Study Abroad 2024

    The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Prof. Tahir Mamman OON, SAN, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2024/2025 Federal Government Scholarship Awards for:     BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in

    Published: 2023-11-28 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: January 5, 2024

  • Western Oregon University Graduate Assistantship Program 2024

    Graduate Student Assistant Positions are a form of student employment, earning a compensation package including both salary and tuition remission for the performance of research or teaching services to the University as part of a student’s academic and professional training and development. St

    Published: 2023-11-28 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: February 1, 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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