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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 17)

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

  • VLIR-UOS ICP Connect Scholarship for Master Programmes 2025

    Applications are now open for the VLIR-UOS 2025 ICP Connect Scholarship for Master Programmes. ICP Connect study programmes are accredited international study programmes. They award scholarships to applicants from 30 eligible countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to at

    Published: 2024-10-30 Type: Masters Study in: Belgium Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Nottingham Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship 2025

    Developing Solutions is our flagship master’s scholarship, founded in 2001, for students from African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries. This scholarship programme is designed for international students who want to make a difference to the development of key economic, env

    Published: 2024-10-30 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: April 16, 2025

  • US-MEPI Student Leaders Program 2025-2026

    The Student Leaders Program (SLP) is a competitive, yearlong leadership and civic engagement initiative for undergraduate and graduate students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, ages 20-24. The 2025-2026 program will focus on Climate Change and Environmental Protection. Students a

    Published: 2024-10-29 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: December 8, 2024

  • DAAD Masters Scholarship at University of Göttingen 2025

    Funded through the DAAD programme, the University of Göttingen offers 7-8 scholarships each year for students from developing countries. With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD (funded by the BMZ – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Developmen

    Published: 2024-10-29 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: November 15, 2024

  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation PhD Scholarships at University of London 2025

    The Centre of African Studies offers one PhD scholarship to African nationals as part of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Applications are invited for PhD studentships focused on the area of state capacities, governance and bureaucracy

    Published: 2024-10-29 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: March 31, 2025

  • Postgraduate Scholarship 2025 for Nigerian Students by Ruth Titilayo Foundation

    RTF postgraduate scholarship is specifically designed to pay for tuition fees, and help with living costs. The grant may cover all your expenses or just make a small but useful contribution.    

    Published: 2024-10-28 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Nigeria Value: #120,000 Deadline: October 31, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Harvard University Weatherhead Scholars Program 2025

    The Weatherhead Scholars Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowships to join its annual cohort of 20-25 members, comprised of postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and practitioner fellows. These

    Published: 2024-10-28 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United States Deadline: November 1, 2024

  • Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program at University Of Toronto 2025

    Mastercard Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Canada with a vision to create the opportunity for all to learn and prosper. In collaboration with a global network of educational institutions and non-governmental organizations, the Foundation promotes financial inclusion and prosperi

    Published: 2024-10-28 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Canada Deadline: December 4, 2024

  • Brookings Institution Echidna Global Scholar Programs 2025

    The Echidna Global Scholars Program’s Visiting Fellowship is hosted by the Center for Universal Education (CUE), within the Global Economy and Development program, at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. The Echidna Global Scholars Program (the Program) aims to strengthen

    Published: 2024-10-28 Type: Masters Deadline: December 15, 2024

  • African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship 2024

    The African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship will capacitate young people to advocate for water investments in Africa and job creation through gender-sensitive investments in water security, industrialization, and climate-resilient development. The AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship pro

    Published: 2024-10-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 31, 2024

  • Apply for the Sciences Po Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2025

    Since 2017, Sciences Po has been the sole institution in continental Europe partnered with the Mastercard Foundation, playing a vital role in the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. This partnership provides students with a world-class education in the humanities and social  sciences,

    Published: 2024-10-25 Type: Postgraduate Study in: France Deadline: December 1, 2024

  • University of Oxford 2025 Orjiako Graduate Scholarship for Africa Students

    The University of Oxford is offering a scholarship funded by Dr. Bryant Orjiako and builds on Saïd Business School’s mission to create opportunities for African change-makers. This gift enables the establishment of a new, fully endowed MBA scholarship, open to students coming to

    Published: 2024-10-24 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 6, 2025

  • Acumen West Africa Fellowship For Emerging Leaders In West Africa 2025

    Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, we identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral lead

    Published: 2024-10-24 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 25, 2024

  • Apply for the ANSO CAS TWAS/UNESCO PhD Scholarship 2025

    Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be sponsored to study in China for doctoral

    Published: 2024-10-24 Type: PhD Study in: China Deadline: February 15, 2025

  • Call for Applications: 2025 India-Africa Security Fellowship Programme at MP-IDSA

    MP-IDSA invites applications for Fellows from Africa to interact with India’s research community and to pursue research on topics that may enhance our understanding of security challenges in Africa or possibilities of enhancing India- Africa Security cooperation. The fellowship is an opportuni

    Published: 2024-10-24 Type: Fellowship Study in: India Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Ghana 2025 Master Scholarship Programme for Sub-Saharan Africans

    Call for Master Scholarship Applications 2025 at West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana Master of Philosophy in Seed Science and Technology.  It has been agreed upon that DAAD cooperates with the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) by off

    Published: 2024-10-24 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: November 21, 2024

  • DAAD University of Abomey-Calavi 2025 PhD Scholarship for African Students

    The 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 or doctoral studies for individuals who plan to pursue a ca

    Published: 2024-10-24 Type: PhD Study in: Benin Deadline: November 21, 2024

  • DAAD 2025 Masters Scholarship at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

     DAAD DeKUT Masters Scholarship – (Admission September, 2025) at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT), Kenya (Master of Science degree in Food Science and Technology) has been made. The scholarship is one of the fully funded Development-Related Postgraduate programmes (EPOS)

    Published: 2024-10-23 Type: Masters Study in: Kenya Deadline: November 21, 2024

  • GWPSA 2025 AU-AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship

    The AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship aims to support and empower Africa’s next generation of water leaders. The Programme will capacitate young people to advocate for water investments in Africa and job creation through gender-sensitive investments in water security, industrialisation, and

    Published: 2024-10-22 Type: Fellowship Study in: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia Deadline: October 31, 2024

  • Apply for the West Africa Acumen Fellowship for Emerging Leaders 2025

    The West Africa Acumen Fellowship is a transformative program that brings together a cohort of extraordinary individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to solve problems of poverty. The Fellows are building solutions that redefine Education, Workforce Development, Agriculture, Ener

    Published: 2024-10-22 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 25, 2024

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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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