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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2023-2024 (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 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

      • Control Risks Graduate Programme For Young Africans 2021-2022

      • As part of its Human Resources development strategy, Control Risks is embarking on the fourth iteration of its Africa Graduate Programme. This programme is aimed at providing a fantastic opportunity to deserving young people to gain skills and develop their workplace experience. You will get to t
        • Deadline: November 2, 2021
        • Posted: October 14, 2021
      • PhD Scholarship 2021

      • Monthly allowance: Monthly stipend of 500 Euro for maximum 3 years (36 months), starting earliest on January 1st 2022, ending latest on December 31st 2024. Travel costs: For PhD candidates coming from third countries funds are available to support international travel between the home
        • Deadline: November 30, -0001
        • Posted: October 13, 2021
      • Masters Scholarship 2021

      • Monthly allowance: Monthly stipend of 400.- Euro for maximum of 2 years (24 months), starting earliest on January 1st 2022, ending latest on December 31st 2023. Travel costs: Limited funds of in total 2.500.- EUR per cohort and year are available for Master candidates coming from thir
        • Deadline: November 30, -0001
        • Posted: October 13, 2021
      • Atlantic Fellows Programme for African Students 2022-2023

      • The Fellowships are available in TWO fully-funded tracks: Atlantic Residential Fellowship: supports applicants in taking the one year MSc Inequalities and Social Science (MISS), with dedicated mentorship, as well as engaging with the wider work of the Atlantic Fellows programme (such as the An
        • Deadline: January 10, 2022
        • Posted: October 11, 2021
      • ASRI Future Leaders Programme (FLP) (South Africa) 2021

      • The ASRI-Future Leaders Programme (FLP) recruits 30 candidates annually, for exposure to selected themes in politics, policy, democracy and governance in preparation for a career in politics, public (civil) service, civil society, business and the media. The aim of the programme is to develop the ca
        • Deadline: October 11, 2021
        • Posted: October 8, 2021
      • WomHub Africa Innovation Fellowship for Female African Innovators 2021

      • Africa Innovation Fellowship, powered by WomEng and the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is a nine-month leadership and business development opportunity for female African innovators with an early stage engineering innovation or startup. The Africa Innovat
        • Deadline: October 15, 2021
        • Posted: October 8, 2021
      • MTN Global Graduate Development Programme for Young Graduates across Africa 2022

      • MTN’s Global Graduate Development Programme seeks to source, develop, and accelerate top graduates from across MTN’s footprint in Africa and the Middle East. The programme offers a privileged experience that fast-tracks talented individuals into critical roles at MTN. The MTN Gradua
        • Deadline: October 30, 2021
        • Posted: October 5, 2021
      • UN-Habitat Participatory Slum Upgrading (Namibia) 2021

      • The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) together with the European Commission (EC), and the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) entered a tripartite partnership to address the challenge of slums in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Countries th
        • Deadline: October 8, 2021
        • Posted: October 4, 2021
      • African Union Commission Chairperson's Youth Envoy 2021

      • The Youth Envoy will work under the guidance of the AUC Chairperson, through the Cabinet, in close collaboration with the Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD). The Youth Envoy will work closely with the Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD) to  •    Champion AU&
        • Deadline: October 8, 2021
        • Posted: October 4, 2021
      • University of Oxford MBA African Leaders Scholarship 2022

      • New for 2022, the MBA African Leadership Scholarship is personally funded by the former Dean of Saïd Business School, Peter Tufano and his family to support an outstanding candidate who can demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, the potential to strengthen and enrich the Oxford Saï
        • Deadline: Not Specified
        • Posted: October 4, 2021
      • ICCS A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme 2021

      • This new Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021 is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, and her team in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. It offers NGO, government and business employees working on biod
        • Deadline: October 29, 2021
        • Posted: October 4, 2021
      • Imperial College London Scholarship for African Students 2022

      • Imperial College Business School is proud to be a global organisation with students from all over the world. To encourage this further, we are offering scholarships to African students who we believe would contribute to the Imperial community. If you are offered an Imperial College Business Schoo
        • Deadline: February 1, 2022
        • Posted: September 30, 2021
      • St. Lawrence College Africa Entrance Scholarships (Canada) 2022

      • Applicants from all countries are eligible to apply for this diploma degree award in Canada. Students who undertake a diploma programme at St. Lawrence College will be deemed eligible to take this application and receive CA$2,000 towards the programme fee.St. Lawrence College, ranked&
        • Deadline: June 30, 2022
        • Posted: September 29, 2021
      • UNECA MO IBRAHIM Leadership Fellowship Program for African Leaders 2022

      • Established in 2006, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation aims to support good governance and great leadership in Africa. The Foundation works to: Stimulate debate on good governance; Provide criteria by which citizens and governments can measure progress; Recognize achievement in African leadership
        • Deadline: October 15, 2021
        • Posted: September 29, 2021
      • AUC African Graduate Fellowships for African Students 2021

      • The African Graduate fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master's degree at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians) for
        • Deadline: October 15, 2021
        • Posted: September 29, 2021
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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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