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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2026-2027 (Page 6)

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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 2026-2027, 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

  • 2026 The sub-Saharan Africa Health Research and Innovation Fellowship Program (SAHRI Fellowship)

    The sub-Saharan Africa Health Research and Innovation Fellowship (SAHRI Fellowship) programme is an exceptional three-year training trajectory designed to empower 12 talented mid-career biomedical and clinical researchers from sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) to become leaders in biomedical innovation and c

    Published: 2025-10-09 Type: Fellowship Study in: Belgium Deadline: February 1, 2026

  • 2026 Mastercard Foundation Graduate Scholar Program in Sciences Po

    The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is open to students who are admitted onto a master’s programme at Sciences Po and who meet the eligibility criteria for the scholarship. Students receive the scholarships and financial aid throughout the two years of their master’s programme.&nb

    Published: 2025-10-09 Type: Masters Study in: France Deadline: January 4, 2026

  • 2026 University of Edinburgh Cyber Security Scholarship (Fully Funded)

    The increasing reliance of systems and services on information technology in the public, private and third sector has significantly raised the impact of cyber attacks in the last two decades. This PhD programme in Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust is a response to the growing need for highly spec

    Published: 2025-10-09 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: November 24, 2025

  • Anzisha Prize Building Fellowship for African Entrepreneurs 2026

    Anzisha is a venture building fellowship program that has successfully supported and championed very young entrepreneurs for over 15 years.  The fellowship is a two-year program that celebrates and rewards business growth. During the course of the fellowship, the program will track the per

    Published: 2025-10-08 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 7, 2025

  • Rolls-Royce Mechatronics Scholarship in University of Nottingham 2026

    This fully funded scholarship focuses on Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing.  Applicants are invited to undertake a three-year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate wil

    Published: 2025-10-08 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: October 31, 2025

  • Policy Innovation Lab 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Science and Policy Innovation

    The Policy Innovation Lab at Stellenbosch University’s School for Data Science and Computational Thinking is offering a two-year postdoctoral position in data science and policy innovation. The Lab focuses on responsible AI for policymaking, both using AI in policy processes and shap

    Published: 2025-10-07 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: October 26, 2025

  • Bank of Namibia 2026 Undergraduate and Postgraduate Bursary Program

    In line with its commitment to capacity development and fulfilling its corporate social responsibility, the Bank of Namibia is proud to offer bursaries to Namibians who intend to pursue undergraduate studies in the following fields at any recognised university in Namibia and the SADC region.

    Published: 2025-10-07 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Namibia Deadline: October 30, 2025

  • HumAngle 2025 Fellowship on Reporting Conflict and Missing Persons

    HumAngle, in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is calling for applications from middle-career and senior journalists in Nigeria for a 3-day fellowship on reporting conflict and missing persons. The fellowship will be held in Abuja between November 4–6, 202

    Published: 2025-10-07 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: October 14, 2025

  • University of Liverpool Hodgson Law Scholarship 2026 (Fully Funded)

    The Hodgson Law Scholarship, which has been made possible through the generous benefaction of Elizabeth Hodgson, widow of the Liverpool Solicitor Joseph Hodgson, who expressed a wish to advance the education and training of lawyers who might work for the benefit of Merseyside.

    Published: 2025-10-07 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 1, 2026

  • University of Toronto Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for Africans 2026

    The University of Toronto are pleased to announce the start of the 2026-2027 Mastercard Foundation graduate scholarship recruitment at the University of Toronto. This scholarship opportunity is open to recent alumni and graduating students at our Africa Health Collaborative partner universities

    Published: 2025-10-07 Type: Masters Study in: Canada Deadline: November 3, 2025

  • Idia AI Fellowship Program for African Women 2025

    Artificial Intelligence is dramatically transforming lives across Africa. From boosting agriculture and empowering businesses to revolutionizing education and healthcare. But there's a crucial gap. Women are significantly underrepresented in AI research and policy-making. The Idia Fellowship

    Published: 2025-10-06 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • United Nations Young Professionals Programme (YPP) 2025

    The UN Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a recruitment initiative for talented, highly qualified professionals to start a career as an international civil servant with the UN Secretariat. It consists of an entrance examination process and professional development once those who are successful s

    Published: 2025-10-06 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • American University of Beirut Mastercard Foundation Scholarship 2026

    The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the American University of Beirut has opened a special application window for PhD scholarship opportunities for African nationals for the spring 2026 admission. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program prepares talented and diverse young people with

    Published: 2025-10-03 Type: PhD Study in: Lebanon Deadline: November 6, 2025

  • University of Nottingham Masters Scholarship 2026

    The University of Nottingham is offering scholarships covering 50% or 100% of full-time masters tuition fees. These one-year scholarships are available to support innovative and passionate students who can successfully demonstrate their ingenuity for developing solutions that will impact their home

    Published: 2025-10-03 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 15, 2026

  • France Government Excellence Eiffel Scholarship Program 2026

    The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs. It gives opportunity to the future foreign decision-makers of

    Published: 2025-10-02 Type: Postgraduate Study in: France Deadline: January 8, 2026

  • Aston University Chancellor’s Scholarship 2026

     Aston University Chancellor’s Scholarship awards £10,000 to students who want to make a difference and use their degree to help communities around the world, and are applying for a postgraduate degree for the January 2026 academic session. 

    Published: 2025-09-30 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £10,000 Deadline: November 9, 2025

  • Africa Check Fellowship Programme 2025

    Africa Check and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung invite African fact-checkers and journalists with a keen interest in fact-checking to apply for a 12-day fact-checking fellowship program in November 2025. The programme will be held in English at Africa Check’s offices in Kenya, Nairobi

    Published: 2025-09-29 Type: Fellowship Study in: Kenya Deadline: October 10, 2025

  • Lancaster University Management School MBA Scholarships 2026

    Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is pleased to offer significant scholarship funding to our most talented applicants. University of Lancaster greatly value the experience and diversity of our thriving community, and we offer a range of scholarships that have been designed to support and

    Published: 2025-09-29 Type: Masters Deadline: Not Specified

  • SBW Berlin scholarship 2026

    The SBW Berlin Scholarship for International Students supports talented young people from abroad who have already shown social commitment and who use the skills they have acquired during their studies during and after their studies in social projects at a non-profit/social organization in their home

    Published: 2025-09-26 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified

  • Open Door Russian Scholarship Project 2026

    Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project is your chance for tuition-free education and research career in Russia sponsored by Russian Government. The Open Doors offers limitless opportunities for education, self-development, and new academic career prospects in Russia for young talented individua

    Published: 2025-09-26 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Russian Federation Deadline: November 16, 2025

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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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