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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 68)

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

  • King’s College London Africa Studentships: African Fashion 2023-2024

    King’s College London Africa Studentships: African Fashion. will focus on generating new data on fashion economies relevant to industry and pursue concept-building on lead firms in the global South. King’s College London envisage the researcher using mixed-methods case study research,

    Published: 2023-05-02 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: June 30, 2023

  • AIMS-Carnegie AI in Science and Its Applications Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023

    In partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Imperial College London, The Quantum Leap Africa (QLA) is inviting new and recent PhD holders with an interest in AI in science and its applications to apply for a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship opportunity. These are two 1 year li

    Published: 2023-05-01 Type: PhD Deadline: May 31, 2023

  • AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students 2023

    The AICPA is the national professional organization for certified public accountants. In addition to the many services offered to members, the AICPA offers scholarship opportunities to accounting majors.

    Published: 2023-04-28 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: May 31, 2023

  • AERC Masters Fellowships Scholarships 2023 -2024

    AERC wishes to announce the 2023/2024 Masters scholarships for applicants from Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in Economics universities:  Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

    Published: 2023-04-28 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 10, 2023

  • MINDS Scholarship Programme for Leadership Development 2023

    The MINDS Scholarship Programme for Leadership Development in Africa was successfully launched in 2017, bringing to realisation our vision of developing young leaders who have a continent-wide development mindset and leaders who can facilitate greater cooperation between African countries.

    Published: 2023-04-28 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) PhD Scholarships for Africa 2023

    AERC wishes to announce the 2023/2024 Ph.D. scholarships for applicants from Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities:  University of Cape Town, South Afri

    Published: 2023-04-28 Type: PhD Study in: Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania Deadline: August 31, 2023

  • EGU Science Journalism Fellowship (up to €5,000) 2023

    The fellowships enable journalists to report, in any European language, on ongoing research in the Earth, planetary or space sciences, with successful applicants receiving up to €5,000 to cover expenses related to their projects. EGU Science Journalism Fellowships differ from other science j

    Published: 2023-04-28 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 16, 2023

  • MMEG Masters Scholarship for African Students - South Africa 2023

    The Margaret McNamara Educational Grants (MMEG) provides grants to women from developing countries to help further their education and improve their lives. The MMEG is one of the few organizations who provide financial assistance to women. In past years, grants of up to US$15,000 have been awarde

    Published: 2023-04-28 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: September 14, 2023

  • University of East Anglia Annabel Abbs Scholarship for International Students 2023

    The Annabel Abbs Scholarship is available to an applicant who has applied for a place on the MA Creative Writing (Prose) or MA Biography & Creative Non Fiction in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing. A scholarship application is required. Preference will be given to applicants

    Published: 2023-04-27 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 5, 2023

  • IHE Delft MENA And Horn Of Africa, Sahel, & SIDS Scholarships (Netherlands) 2023

    The IHE Delft Water and Development Partnership Programme (DUPC2), funded by DGIS, the development cooperation agency of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is providing scholarships in the framework of capacity building for water professionals from a certain number of regions/countries.

    Published: 2023-04-27 Type: Masters Deadline: May 15, 2023

  • University of Sheffield Allan & Nesta Ferguson Scholarships for African Students 2023

    The University of Sheffield has a strong commitment to international development. One of the themes of our strategy is ‘celebrating, promoting and increasing the volume of the work that we do to improve the lives of others through our international relationships, locally and abroad’.

    Published: 2023-04-27 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 5, 2023

  • Stellenbosch University DAAD In-Region Scholarship Programme for African Students 2023

    The DAAD In-Region Scholarship Programme aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development. To this end, scholarships are granted for development-related Master studies for individuals who

    Published: 2023-04-26 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: April 27, 2023

  • DAAD MPhil Southern Urbanism Scholarships for Sub-Saharan African Students 2023

    The African Centre for Cities, through Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) is calling for scholarship applications for 2024. DAAD are offering five In-Region Scholarships* for students from Sub-Saharan Africa who enrol for the MPhil Southern Urbanism (Masters in Urban Studies)

    Published: 2023-04-26 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: April 27, 2023

  • AIMS Bending Spoon Scholarship for AIMS Students 2023

    Did you know that… A lack of work-readiness, combined with a mismatch between dynamic labor market needs and skills possessed by graduates, are significant causes of youth unemployment worldwide. These skills gaps are more pronounced in the Global South and Africa, where many young peop

    Published: 2023-04-26 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MSc Academic Excellence Scholarship 2023

    The UCD Smurfit School MSc Academic Excellence Scholarship will be awarded to successful MSc candidates, with the scholarships covering from 25% to 50% of tuition fees. These scholarships are awarded to academically exceptional students who will be ambassadors for their course and the School during

    Published: 2023-04-25 Type: Masters Study in: Ireland Deadline: May 31, 2023

  • Chatham House Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship 2023

    This fellowship is a joint initiative with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research project of their choosing. Fellows take part in the core work

    Published: 2023-04-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 5, 2023

  • AFREXIM Bank Research Sabbatical Program for African Researchers 2023

    The Afreximbank Research Sabbatical Programme offers individuals from academic or research institutions the opportunity to undertake relevant research contributing to the Bank’s intellectual leadership in fulfillment of its mandate. The Bank is interested in research activities along the fo

    Published: 2023-04-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 15, 2023

  • Sydani Fellowship Program (SFP) for Young Graduates (Nigeria) 2023

    The Sydani Fellowship Program (SFP) is a 5-month training program set up and designed by Sydani Group for exceptional young graduates seeking to gain practical experience and polish up their technical skills.

    Published: 2023-04-24 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: Not Specified

  • Internet Society Foundation Research Grant Program (up to US$200,000) 2023

    The Internet Society Foundation’s Research Program supports global research collaborations that advance understanding of the Internet and its value for all. This program is intended for research that is applied and open, meaning the research seeks to answer a real-world quest

    Published: 2023-04-21 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: May 31, 2023

  • CORAF Food System Resilience Scholarship for African Students 2023

    CORAF is offering 8 Ph.D scholarships in the framework of the implementation of the Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP) in West Africa. The Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) is a flagship regional investment program of more than US$1 billion that aims to build food system resilience in Wes

    Published: 2023-04-21 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: May 17, 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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