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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2024-2025 (Page 66)

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

  • Lancaster University Business Masters Scholarship 2022

    Lancaster University is delighted to announce that we will offer a generous scholarship of £4,000 to students who are liable for International tuition fees. We greatly value the experience and diversity of our thriving international community of students. This scholarship is designed to sup

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • Tallinn University Dora Plus scholarship for Foreign Master's Students 2022

    Dora Plus activity 2.1: Inclusion of foreign master's students studying in degree studies The goal of this activity is to support foreign master’s students studying in Estonia, thereby contributing to the international exchange of knowledge, making the local stu

    Published: 2022-06-14 Type: Masters Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • MIPLC/DAAD Scholarship for Students from Developing Countries 2022

    MIPLC is a part of the DAAD's scholarship program for "Development-Related Postgraduate Courses". If you would like to apply for the scholarship offered in this context, please note that several special conditions apply.

    Published: 2022-06-10 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: October 15, 2022

  • AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) 2022

    Launched in 2002, the Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics’ primary aim is to strengthen teaching and research capacity in sub-Saharan African countries, to increase the pool of potential researchers and policy analysts, and to gradually build-up and retain African scholars in Africa

    Published: 2022-06-10 Type: PhD Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • AAI The One-World Scholarship Programme for Students from Developing Countries 2022

    The One World Scholarship Programme is meant to support students from Africa, Asia and Latin America who are interested in development issues and who have come to Austria on their own initiative in order to complete their education. With their decision to study abroad, the students have demonstrated

    Published: 2022-06-10 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: July 31, 2022

  • African Urban Futures Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2022

    The ACC invites applications from two suitably qualified applicants to apply for these one-year renewable Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (renewable for up to a total of two years, depending on satisfactory progress). Two positions are available. The successful candidates will be part of the Urban

    Published: 2022-06-09 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: June 10, 2022

  • Kvaroy Arctic Women in Aquaculture Postgraduate Scholarship Program for African Women 2022

    Achieving gender equality and empowerment for women in aquaculture is something our team is passionate about. That’s why we developed the first-of-its-kind, international scholarship and fully immersive learn/work experience focused on eliminating boundaries, and helping women build their care

    Published: 2022-06-09 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Norway Deadline: July 1, 2022

  • DAAD Master Scholarships for Master Students from Sub-Saharan Africa Fleeing the War in Ukraine 2022

    The DAAD has launched a special programme for Sub-Saharan African students whose studies are interrupted due to the war against Ukraine to continue/complete their studies in their home country or region. The Scholarship programme for Master students from Sub-Saharan Africa fleeing the war ag

    Published: 2022-06-08 Type: Masters Deadline: July 4, 2022

  • African Union Civic Tech Fund for Innovative African Youth 2022

    The African Union Civic Tech Fund is a pan-African competition that aims to accelerate innovative civic tech initiatives that have the potential to lead to citizen-led transformative action across the African continent. This rests on the recognition that there is an acute need for meaningful partici

    Published: 2022-06-08 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 15, 2022

  • UTokyo Fellowships for Foreign Applicants 2022

    Todai Fellowship is financial support to international students who are enrolling in doctoral courses at The University of Tokyo. This fellowship must be applied at the same time as submitting an application of entrance examination for the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (GSFS). The GSFS scr

    Published: 2022-06-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • ACLS Politics of Religion in Africa Journalism (PRAJ) Fellowship Program 2022

    This application is for the Politics of Religion in Africa Journalism Fellowship. The fellowship is supported by LUCE/ACLS. Application is open to journalists based in Africa and who are citizens of African countries. Applicants must be early to mid-career journalists with an established record of p

    Published: 2022-06-07 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 10, 2022

  • QLA PhD Scholarships in Data Science for African Students 2022

    The AIMS-Carnegie Research program in Data Science and its Applications aims to position Africa at the forefront of information science. It also seeks to ensure that scientists worldwide are able to fully contribute to the above goal.

    Published: 2022-06-07 Type: PhD Deadline: June 13, 2022

  • Megatrends Afrika Fellowships in Germany 2022

    “Megatrends Afrika: Implications and Options for German and International Policy”, a new research and advisory project in cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwic

    Published: 2022-06-06 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 22, 2022

  • A*STAR Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) 2022

    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: 2022-06-06 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 1, 2022

  • StudyTrust Santam Bursary Programme 2022

    In an effort to create a conduit for critical and future fit skills in the financial services sector with the focus in the Short Term Insurance Industry, Santam Limited, South Africa’s largest general insurer, established the Santam Bursary Programme as part of its Skills Development Acad

    Published: 2022-06-06 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: September 30, 2022

  • ASCU Cambridge University African Students Mentorship Programme (CAMP) for African Students 2022

    The Cambridge University African Students Mentorship Programme (CAMP), formally known as the ASCU Mentorship Programme is an initiative owned and organised by the African Society of Cambridge University that aims to provide general guidance and support on the postgraduate applica

    Published: 2022-06-03 Type: Masters Deadline: July 1, 2022

  • SOAS University of London Leventis Fellowship 2022

    The Centre of African Studies of the University of London invites applications from Nigerian academics to take part in a scheme of collaborative research funded by the Leventis Foundation. The Leventis Research Co-operation Programme is devised to assist younger scholars develop their research in

    Published: 2022-06-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 31, 2023

  • ASRIC-UEMF PhD Scholarship Scheme 2022

    The role of science, technology and innovation, as essential tools for Africa’s socio-economic transformation cannot been overemphasized, and this is the bedrock of the ASRIC-UEMF partnership which birthed the ASRIC-UEMF PhD scholarship scheme. The African Scientific, Research and Innovatio

    Published: 2022-06-03 Type: PhD Deadline: June 30, 2022

  • TWAS-NRF Doctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing countries (South Africa) 2022

    TWAS-NRF Doctoral Fellowships are tenable at research institutions in South Africa for a maximum period of three years. They are awarded to scientists from developing countries (other than South Africa) to enable them to pursue PhD research in the natural sciences.

    Published: 2022-06-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: July 8, 2022

  • TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2022

    The TWAS-COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) Fellowship Programme for postgraduate research offers fellowships to young scientists from developing countries other than Pakistan, who wish to obtain all or part (sandwich or full-time) of their PhD in natural or social sciences. Duration: From a minimum

    Published: 2022-06-02 Type: Fellowship Study in: Pakistan Deadline: August 31, 2022

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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.