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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 50)

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

  • 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

  • Postgraduate Scholarship 2023

    The scholarship is fully funded

    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

  • Erasmus Mundus GLOCAL Scholarships For International Students 2024

    Global Markets, Local Creativities” (GLOCAL) is an International Masters degree taught over 2 years by a consortium of 7 world class and internationally renowned universities. The programme aims to examine how local places (clusters, cities and regions) and local actors (entrepreneurs, firm

    Published: 2023-11-28 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 12, 2024

  • Georgetown University Masters Scholarships for African Students 2024

    The Georgetown University Global Human Development Programme is a two year, full-time master’s degree that encompasses an innovative skills-based curriculum with built-in opportunities for experiential learning. The curriculum covers core courses including the economics of development, interna

    Published: 2023-11-28 Type: Masters Deadline: January 15, 2024

  • University Of Edinburgh Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for Developing Countries 2024

    The University of Edinburgh Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme is a joint initiative between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and UK universities, including the University of Edinburgh, to jointly support scholarships for students from developing Commonwealth countries who

    Published: 2023-11-27 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: December 14, 2023

  • VIB-IPBO Open Doors Fellowship Program for Women Researchers in Africa 2024

    The Open Doors Fellowship Program for women researchers in Africa is a holistic program that shall target 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 the dropout befor

    Published: 2023-11-27 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 10, 2024

  • University Of Oxford Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for Developing Countries 2024

    The University of Oxford is offering the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme for students from select developing countries

    Published: 2023-11-27 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: December 14, 2023

  • AFYMP Africa Change Narrative Storytellers’ Fellowship 2024

    The Africa Foundation for Young Media professionals is calling on early career journalists/broadcasters across Africa to apply for the African Change Narrative Storytellers’ Fellowship. The aim is to raise new crops of journalists, storytellers, content writers who are equipped for changing

    Published: 2023-11-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 5, 2023

  • United Nations/Japan Long-Term Fellowship Programme Post-Graduate Study on Nano-Satellite Technologies (PNST) for Developing Countries 2024

    Every year this “Post-graduate study on Nano-Satellite Technologies (PNST)” Fellowship Programme will accept up to three students in the Masters course (2 years duration) and up to three students in the Doctorate course (3 years duration). Successful participants will be awarded a master

    Published: 2023-11-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 5, 2024

  • US Government TechWomen Program for Women In STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering And Math) Fields 2024

    From the moment the Emerging Leaders arrive, they are immersed in the innovative, constantly evolving culture of Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Emerging Leaders work closely with their Professional Mentors to design meaningful projects while exploring the San Francisco Bay Area with

    Published: 2023-11-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 10, 2024

  • Cultural Survival Indigenous Youth Fellowship 2024

    Cultural Survival has defended Indigenous Peoples’ rights and supported the self-determination, cultures, and political resilience of Indigenous communities since 1972. Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Youth Fellowship Project was started to support young Indigenous leaders aged 17-28 i

    Published: 2023-11-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 30, 2023

  • ICJ Judicial Fellowship Programme 2024

    The Judicial Fellowship Programme, formerly known as the University Traineeship Programme, was established in 1999 to enable recent law graduates to gain professional experience by working for the International Court of Justice. The programme aims to improve participants’ understanding of publ

    Published: 2023-11-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 5, 2024

  • CyberGirls Cybersecurity Professional Training for African Students 2024

    CyberGirls Fellowship is a free 1-year fellowship program that equips girls and women aged 18-28  years old with globally sought-after cybersecurity skills, positioning them to start a career in cybersecurity and helping them to seize decent work opportunities within Africa and across the

    Published: 2023-11-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 11, 2023

  • ICANN Fellowship Program 2024

    The goal of the ICANN Fellowship Program is to strengthen the diversity of the multistakeholder model by fostering opportunities for individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities to become active participants in the ICANN community. Fellows are exposed to the w

    Published: 2023-11-20 Type: Fellowship Study in: Rwanda Deadline: December 16, 2023

  • UEA The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarship 2024

    ?The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships are available to international students who have applied to study a full-time one year Master's course in the School of Global Development at UEA.

    Published: 2023-11-20 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 19, 2024

  • ACU Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Developing Countries 2024

    The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS)  offer a unique opportunity to study a two-year Master's degree in a low or middle-income Commonwealth country. Aimed at students who are committed to creating change in their communities, the scholarships are a life-changing opportuni

    Published: 2023-11-20 Type: Masters Deadline: January 10, 2024

  • VLIR-UOS Master of Science in Food Technology Scholarship at KU Leuven and UGent 2024

    If you're planning to become a highly skilled food technology professional, the Master of Science in Food Technology is the most relevant learning environment for you. This interuniversity programme (KU Leuven, Ghent University) provides specialised multi-disciplinary professional food technolog

    Published: 2023-11-17 Type: Masters Study in: Belgium Deadline: February 1, 2024

  • MOPGA Visiting Fellowship Program for Young Researchers 2024

    France, as a major player in the fight against climate change and guarantor of the spirit of the Paris Agreement, is launching a new MOPGA visiting fellowship program geared towards strengthening scientific contributions to climate change issues raised by the COPs.  This seventh Make Our Pla

    Published: 2023-11-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 9, 2024

  • Maastricht University Masters Scholarship for International Students 2024

    The Maastricht University (UM) NL-High Potential Scholarship programme offers 24 full scholarships of € 30,000 (including tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend) each academic year for highly talented students from outside the European Union (EU) who have been admitted to a master’s progr

    Published: 2023-11-17 Type: Masters 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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