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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 88)

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

  • IBM Fellowship Awards Program for PhD Students Worldwide 2023

    The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study. This includes pioneering wo

    Published: 2023-01-16 Type: PhD Deadline: February 17, 2023

  • Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship for Developing Countries 2023

     The Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is a scheme aimed at supporting men and women from developing nations who wish to undertake a postgraduate degree in a development-related field. The JJ/WBGSP offers scholarship opportunities for about 26 participating prog

    Published: 2023-01-16 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Japan Deadline: February 28, 2023

  • German Research Chair “Mathematics and its Applications” at AIMS South Africa 2023

    The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is announcing a research chair, under the programme financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) entitled “German Research Chairs”, at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Muizenberg, South Africa. The res

    Published: 2023-01-13 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: May 15, 2023

  • Chalmers Adlerbert Study Scholarships for Developing Countries 2023-2024

    Chalmers Adlerbert Study Full-tuition Scholarships: Five scholarships will be awarded in 2023 to students who are citizens of one of 143 countries. The scholarship comprises a full tuition fee waiver and is funded by the the Adlerbert Foundations.

    Published: 2023-01-13 Type: Masters Study in: Sweden Deadline: January 17, 2023

  • Aston University Ferguson Scholarship for Postgraduate Students from Africa and India (UK) 2023

    Aston University is excited to announce that seven scholarships of £10,500 will be exclusively available to students from Africa and India for the 2023/24 academic year. These scholarships are supported by the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust who are dedicated to imp

    Published: 2023-01-13 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: May 19, 2023

  • GSEP Education for Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship 2023

    The 2023-2024 application for the Education for Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship (ESED) programme will be open for students from developing countries studying for a postgradauate course in Sustainable Energy. The scholarships are intended to foster the next ge

    Published: 2023-01-13 Type: Masters Deadline: April 7, 2023

  • ACS-COSECSA Women Scholars Programme for African Women Surgeons 2023

    There is a severe shortage of surgeons in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current data indicate that there are only 0.5 surgeons for every 100,000 people. Although women make up more than 50 percent of the population, they represent only 7 percent of the surgical work force. To help address this problem,

    Published: 2023-01-12 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 15, 2023

  • Swedish Institute Management Programme Africa for Young African Leaders 2023

    At the Swedish Institute, we have created unique development programme which brings together people from different African countries in an enhanced collaborative environment, where they can co-create solutions between business and other sector organisations in your country which have a gen

    Published: 2023-01-12 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 13, 2023

  • TikTok Internship Program for PhD Students 2023

    The Machine Learning Fairness team in London is working on challenging problems in the field of Responsible AI, specifically focusing on Fairness, Transparency, and Explainability. Working at TikTok gives you the unique opportunity to do cutting-edge research and also offers you opportunities to dep

    Published: 2023-01-11 Type: PhD Deadline: Not Specified

  • HEED-Africa Academic Mobility Scholarship for Master’s & PhD Students 2023

     Harmonization of Entrepreneurship Education Delivery in Africa (HEED-Africa) project is made up of a consortium of partner universities from Africa and Europe. The consortium comprises of Addis Ababa University, Coordinating Institution (Ethiopia), the University of Ghana (Ghana), Milpark Educ

    Published: 2023-01-11 Type: PhD Deadline: January 30, 2023

  • HEED-Africa Academic Mobility Scholarship for Master’s & PhD Students 2023

     Harmonization of Entrepreneurship Education Delivery in Africa (HEED-Africa) project is made up of a consortium of partner universities from Africa and Europe. The consortium comprises of Addis Ababa University, Coordinating Institution (Ethiopia), the University of Ghana (Ghana), Milpark Educ

    Published: 2023-01-11 Type: Masters Deadline: January 30, 2023

  • UCPH Danish Government Scholarship for Master Students 2023

    The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) offers a limited number of tuition waivers and grants through the Danish Government Scholarship programme. The scholarships are competitive and offered to highly talented students with outstanding academic records from non-EU/EEU countries. All non-EU/EEA applican

    Published: 2023-01-09 Type: Masters Study in: Denmark Deadline: January 15, 2023

  • AHRI/UCL PhD Studentship Awards for African Students 2023

    The AHRI/UCL PhD Studentship award covers tuition fees and living costs for two candidates to undertake a PhD at UCL. The award is funded by UCL’s Division of Infection and Immunity and is open to applicants who permanently reside in South Africa. The proposed PhD research must be

    Published: 2023-01-09 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa, United Kingdom Deadline: June 2, 2023

  • ICGEB SMART Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries 2023

    The ICGEB SMART Fellowship programme promotes the mobility of researchers between ICGEB Member States as a way of enhancing skill development, acquisition of specific hands-on training in new technologies and increasing cooperation in science and technology and should show clear evidence o

    Published: 2023-01-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: India, Italy, South Africa Deadline: March 31, 2023

  • Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) Media Fellowship for Journalists Worldwide 2023

    The German Government invites the world to its annual inspiring dialogue on the Global Energiewende, the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue  (#betd23), which has become the leading international forum on the green energy transformation. Every year, high-level participants fro

    Published: 2022-12-30 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: January 15, 2023

  • U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Leadership Development Fellowship 2023

    Since 2007, the Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF Fellowship) has provided leaders from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with the opportunity to complete training in leadership, civic engagement, and social entrepreneurship.  Emerging civic engagement and social entrepreneurs

    Published: 2022-12-30 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: January 16, 2023

  • Asian Development Bank Scholarships For International Students 2023-2024

    The 2023-2024 ADB-Japan Scholarship application is now open. Applications are invited from eligible graduate students across eligible countries wishing to study in Japan fully funded. The ADB-Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) offers about 135 postgraduate scholarships a year for studies i

    Published: 2022-12-30 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Dundee Vice Chancellor’s Africa Scholarship 2023-2024

    The University of Dundee Vice Chancellor’s Africa Scholarship is available for applications from eligible and outstanding candidates who wish to enrol in a degree program at the University for 2023/2024 academic session Note:  Scholarships, bursaries, sponsorships and any other

    Published: 2022-12-29 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: August 31, 2023

  • United Nations ECA Fellowship Programme for Young African Professionals 2023

    ECA is the regional arm of the United Nations in Africa. Its mandate is to promote the economic and social development of Africa. ECA's dual role as a regional arm of the UN, and a part of the regional institutional landscape in Africa, positions it well to make unique contributions to member St

    Published: 2022-12-28 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 29, 2023

  • Harry Frank Guggenheim (HFG) Emerging Scholar Awards for Graduate-Student Researchers 2023

    The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards (formerly the Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowships) recognize promising graduate-student researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation examining a salient aspect of violence. The Foundation welcomes proposals from

    Published: 2022-12-23 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 1, 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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