Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Program for African Students (Netherlands) 2024

The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa. With this programme, Wageningen wants to support capacity building in Africa by attracting excellent students for a 2-years master’s program

• Table of Content
• About Wageningen University & Research
• Africa Scholarship Program
• Aim and Benefits of Africa Scholarship Program
• Requirements for Africa Scholarship Program Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Africa Scholarship Program
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation. That is the mission of Wageningen University & Research. Over 6,500 employees and 12,500 students from more than hundred countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and living environment for governments and the business community-at-large. The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the university. It also lies in the combined eff... continue reading

Africa Scholarship Program

Aim and Benefits of Africa Scholarship Program

• Travel to and from Wageningen
• Living allowance for 2 years
• Tuition fee
• Visa costs and costs for health insurance
• Budget to visit one seminar/conference in Europe
• Participation in the ‘Reach your full potential’ programme

Requirements for Africa Scholarship Program Qualification

• You are a citizen of an African country.
• You have applied for one the master’s programmes of Wageningen University & Research before the given deadline. Please see: How can I apply for the master’s programme?
• You are uncondittionally amitted to this MSc programme.
• You are an excellent and a proven top 5% student with a First class honours degree and a GPA of 80% or higher in a Bachelor degree.

If you do not meet one of the above requirements, you are not eligible for the Africa Scholarship Programme and you will not be invited for the selection procedure.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Africa Scholarship Program

The selection procedure for this scholarship is based on invitation. It’s not possible to apply directly.

Important dates at a glance:

• February 1 2024: Deadline to apply for an MSc programme
• March 21, 2024: Invitation of selected candidates to take part in the further selection process (approx. 40 candidates will be selected)
• April 4, 2024: Deadline of the assignment
• April 17, 2024: Decision about invitation online interviews communicated (approx. 20 candidates will be interviewed)
• April 23 – May 3, 2024: MS Teams interviews

May 13, 2024: Results of the selection process communicated

Documents Required for Application

• Bachelor's degree
• Transcript of academic records
• Proof of English proficiency
• Curriculum Vitae
• (Optional) Personal Statement regarding prior education

Check also:
Tony Elumelu Foundation African Entrepreneurship Programme 2026

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• Check your eligibility for the Africa Scholarship Programme
• Apply for an MSc programme before 1 February 2024
• Selection for invitation to the Africa Scholarship Programme
• Result of the selection process
• Updates/changes

For more details, visit Wageningen University website