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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 12)

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

  • 2025 Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards for Nigerians

    Application is invited from interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2025/2026 Federal Government Scholarship Awards for:  BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA)  i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Hungary, Egypt and Algeria;  ii) Postgradu

    Published: 2024-12-23 Type: Postgraduate Study in: China, Hungary, Nigeria, Romania, Russian Federation Deadline: January 12, 2025

  • Harry Frank Guggenheim (HFG) Emerging Scholar Awards for Graduate Student Researchers 2025

    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: 2024-12-20 Type: PhD Deadline: February 1, 2025

  • 2025 Megatrends Afrika Fellowships for African Researchers

    The Megatrends Afrika project is awarding three post-doctoral fellowships to African researchers. Megatrends Afrika is a cooperation between the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn and the Kiel

    Published: 2024-12-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 15, 2025

  • The MEST Africa-Mastercard Foundation 2025 EdTech Fellowship Program for Ghanaians

    MEST Africa in partnership with Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is a pioneering initiative aimed at revolutionizing the educational landscape in Ghana through technology-driven solutions. This accelerator program seeks to empower visionary EdTech companies by providing them with the resource

    Published: 2024-12-20 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: February 21, 2025

  • Call for Applications: The Commonwealth Startup Fellowship 2025

    The Commonwealth Startup Fellowship will run for six months and is designed to ignite and elevate high-potential startups from low and middle income Commonwealth countries. The programme is made up of a combination of immersive in-person experiences and online learning, to provide participants with

    Published: 2024-12-20 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: January 15, 2025

  • TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2025

    For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India.

    Published: 2024-12-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 14, 2025

  • UNESCO World Heritage Residence Scholarship Program 2025

    The scholarship is aimed for people who have a cultural idea, such as art, music, research etc, related to the UNESCO World Heritage list and are interested to connect the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland with one or more sites around the World in a cultural or artistic w

    Published: 2024-12-19 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: February 15, 2025

  • Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) Writing Fellowship Programme 2025

     The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications for its ninth Writing Fellowship programme, which will run from 1 April – 30 June 2025. The 2025 Writing Fellowship centers on the theme of Global Blackness. At JIAS, we use the term “global Blackness&rdqu

    Published: 2024-12-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 4, 2025

  • Hanken School of Economics Masters Scholarship for Developing Countries 2025

    The Hanken School of Economics is offering two scholarships to students from developing countries to join the Hanken two-year Master’s Degree program in the academic year 2025-2026 in Finland.  The Hanken School of Economics Premium Scholarship offers two exceptional scholars

    Published: 2024-12-19 Type: Masters Study in: Finland Deadline: January 22, 2025

  • The Heather Scholarship for Law School Students 2025

    The Heather Scholarship for Law School Students is an Initiative of Isaiah Bozimo, SAN, in the name of his late sister, to support aspiring lawyers in Nigeria who are facing financial barriers to attending Nigerian law school.  This scholarship will allow the successful candidate to pursue t

    Published: 2024-12-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • United Nations OHCHR-EAA Youth Rights Academy Program 2025

    OHCHR and Education Above All invite young human rights advocates to apply to participate in the Youth Rights Academy organized in Geneva in July 2025. In the framework of the project ‘Working with and for youth in vulnerable situations including conflict, violence, and insecurity&rsqu

    Published: 2024-12-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 12, 2025

  • 2025 Masters Scholarship for African Students at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, as part of its mission to foster relationships with developing countries, offers a special programme to meritable students from the African continent. This programme enables eligible candidates to study an English-taught 2-year graduate degree / Laur

    Published: 2024-12-18 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Deadline: May 7, 2025

  • Apply Now: WomenLift Health Nigeria Signature Leadership Journey Program 2025

    WomenLift Health, in partnership with the Women In Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN), is launching the inaugural Nigeria Leadership Journey. In this fully-funded, 12-month Leadership Journey, WLAN will provide mid-career women the safe space to explore their authentic leadership th

    Published: 2024-12-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: January 31, 2025

  • NKU Chinese Government Scholarship High-level Graduate Program 2025

    Nankai University has been designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education as a university to offer the Chinese Government Scholarship to international students.

    Published: 2024-12-17 Type: Masters Study in: China Deadline: February 15, 2025

  • United Nations Millennium Fellowship For Students Worldwide 2025

    The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN proudly present the Millennium Fellowship. The Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program on your campus to take your social impact to the next level.  Access to world-class training, connections, and recognition is just an applicatio

    Published: 2024-12-17 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 31, 2025

  • Call for Applications: IJP Southern African Journalists’ Bursary Programme in Germany 2025

    The Southern African-German Journalists’ Programme is a multiyear effort to foster a deeper understanding between Germany and Africa as a whole. It has been offered in response to concerns about an increasing political and cultural detachment between Africa and Europe. The bursary is intended

    Published: 2024-12-16 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: February 15, 2025

  • Apply Now: Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship Program 2025

    The Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship (BFF), formerly known as the Congressional European Parliamentary Initiative (CEPI), offers a unique transatlantic hybrid experience spanning five months, designed to foster connections, knowledge transfer, and learning. Each year, the fellowship delves into glo

    Published: 2024-12-16 Type: Fellowship Deadline: February 3, 2025

  • 2025 British Academy International Fellowship at University of Cambridge

    The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge welcomes applications for the British Academy International Fellowship scheme. The British Academy International Fellowship is a two-year initiative aimed at a

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: February 7, 2025

  • Jefferson Scholars Foundation National Fellowship Program 2025

    The National Fellowship Program supports outstanding scholars at leading institutions of higher education who are completing dissertations in United States politics, with an emphasis on historical and institutional analyses of politics, public policy, and foreign relations.  National Fellows

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: PhD Deadline: February 1, 2025

  • Apply Now: Merck Group Innovation Cup For Young Students Worldwide 2025

    The brightest students from all over the world meet at the company headquarters to learn from professionals, network, develop business plans and win the 20,000 EUR Innovation Cup. As a participant in the Innovation Cup, you get a chance to network with top students from around the world, wor

    Published: 2024-12-13 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: January 31, 2025

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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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