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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2023-2024 (Page 6)

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

      • Africa-China Writing for Impact Workshop Johannesburg, South Africa 2023

      • As an academic, do you worry about the real-life impact of your writing? With a long lag time between research and publication, findings can become dated by the time journal articles and books reach their intended audiences. For the general public, academic writing can also be seen as long-winded, o
        • Deadline: February 19, 2023
        • Posted: February 17, 2023
      • BMGA Foundation Fellows Program for African Women 2023

      • The BMGA Fellows Program is a social impact initiative designed to narrow the gender skills gap among university graduates in Africa and Asia. It is an experiential learning program that provides young women with access to the knowledge and resources required to gain fundamental employability skills
        • Deadline: March 10, 2023
        • Posted: February 17, 2023
      • GSK 2023 Africa Open Lab for African Researchers 2023

      • Infectious diseases (IDs) such as malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and enteric diseases are among the leading causes of death globally, killing almost 9 million people each year. These diseases, which are often preventable and treatable, disproportionately affect sub-Sahara African (SSA) populations, caus
        • Deadline: February 17, 2023
        • Posted: February 17, 2023
      • Chinese Government Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Program 2023

      • In order to train global governance talents with a broad international perspective, superior comprehensive quality, outstanding leadership and multicultural background. China Scholarship Council implements the Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Program.
        • Deadline: April 30, 2023
        • Posted: February 17, 2023
      • USAID Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship 2023

      • The Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship is a career development program that targets mid-career African women in the policy field to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies across Africa. An initiative of African Women in Agric
        • Deadline: April 12, 2023
        • Posted: February 16, 2023
      • E4D Doctoral Scholarship Programme for Developing Countries 2023

      • The goal of the Engineering for Development (E4D) Programme is to promote research and education for the benefit of underprivileged people in low-?income countries. The E4D Programme is generously funded through the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development and the S
        • Deadline: April 30, 2023
        • Posted: February 16, 2023
      • Harvard University Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program 2023

      • President Derek Bok established the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program (HSAFP) in 1979 to address the needs of South Africans who were denied access to advanced education by the apartheid system. This program was established, and is still intended, for mid-career professionals educationally
        • Deadline: April 15, 2023
        • Posted: February 16, 2023
      • Code for Africa (CfA) CivicTech Fellowship Program 2023

      • Following our pilot in 2022, Code for Africa (CfA) is offering a second set of 4-6 month CivicTech Fellowships for mid-career digital strategists, digital creators, technologists, data scientists and UX strategists/designers to support open government advocates and partners in 55 African U
        • Deadline: February 19, 2023
        • Posted: February 16, 2023
      • IHE Delft/FirstRand Scholarship Programme for South African Students

      • The FirstRand Foundation, the corporate foundation of South African financial institution FirstRand Limited is partnering with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education to set up a scholarship programme to enable outstanding South African students to study for MSc degrees at IHE Delft in the Netherlan
        • Deadline: March 2, 2023
        • Posted: February 16, 2023
      • University of Alicante Researchers Program for African Students 2023

      • Programme promoted by the Office of the Vice President for International Relations and Development Cooperation of the University of Alicante, in collaboration with the Ministry of Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Democratic Quality, of the Valencian Government. The grants are aimed at wo
        • Deadline: February 28, 2023
        • Posted: February 15, 2023
      • University of Glasgow African Partners Award for African Students 2023

      • The University of Glasgow is offering up to 15 scholarships for International students, alumni or staff at one of the University partners in Africa, starting a 1 year postgraduate taught Masters programme, in any discipline for academic session 2023/24.  The scholarship is a full tuition fee wa
        • Deadline: April 20, 2023
        • Posted: February 14, 2023
      • GreenMatter Fellowship for Full-time Postgraduate Study in South Africa 2023

      • The GreenMatter Fellowship brings together a cohort of dynamic, talented and committed biodiversity practitioners, with the objective of developing and unlocking their potential. It affords participants the opportunity to fully engage in tackling biodiversity issues through their study and career pa
        • Deadline: February 26, 2023
        • Posted: February 14, 2023
      • AMIS PHD Program in Malaria Modelling 2023

      • MaModAfrica Consortium, will offer eight fully funded PhD positions in this prestigious new doctoral program. Most of the recruited students will be based in our three focus countries (Rwanda, Benin, and Mozambique) in partnership with universities and research institutions acros
        • Deadline: March 17, 2023
        • Posted: February 13, 2023
      • University of Aberdeen Global Scholarship For Ghana and Nigeria (UK) 2023-2024

      • The University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer the Aberdeen Global Scholarship to international students starting in September 2023 or January 2024. This is a £5,000 tuition fee discount open to eligible self-funded taught Postgraduate Masters students who are classed as international fee st
        • Deadline: Not Specified
        • Posted: February 13, 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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