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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 21)

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

  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowships 2024

    The Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships were established in 2011 to identify and mentor the future generation of outstanding African leaders. During their 12-month programmes, Fellows gain both technical and leadership skills, while contributing directly to research and policy design. A special f

    Published: 2024-09-23 Type: Fellowship Study in: Switzerland Value: $100,000 Deadline: October 20, 2024

  • Amelia Earhart Fellowship for Women in Aerospace Engineering 2024

    Zonta International established the Amelia Earhart Fellowship in 1938 in honor of legendary pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart. Today, the Fellowship of US$10,000 is awarded annually to 35 talented women, pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences or aerospace-related engineering a

    Published: 2024-09-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: November 15, 2024

  • Boustany Foundation MBA Harvard Scholarship 2025

    The Harvard MBA is one of the world’s leading business programmes, taught at one of the world’s most prestigious Universities. The Boustany MBA Harvard Scholarship is granted once every two years for a two year course at Harvard Business School.

    Published: 2024-09-20 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: March 31, 2025

  • Nordic Africa Institute Virtual Library Programme 2024

    The purpose of the Virtual Library Programme at NAI is to provide digital alternatives to present scholarship programmes at NAI, which are all based physically at the Institute. Prominent in the present scholarships, is the access to the institute’s library resources. A virtual access program

    Published: 2024-09-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • 2025 Korean Government Scholarships for Developing Countries

    The Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) is offered to international students who want to pursue Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in Korean Universities. The scholarship is aimed to provide international students with an opportunity to conduct advanced studies at higher educ

    Published: 2024-09-18 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Korea Deadline: Not Specified

  • USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship Program 2024

    USIP's Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to Ph.D. candidates enrolled at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to conflict management, peacebuilding and security studies. Since 1988, the program has supported the dissertation

    Published: 2024-09-18 Type: Fellowship Value: $20,000 Deadline: November 20, 2024

  • 2025 Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program

    The JJ/WBGSP is open to citizens of certain developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a master's degree program in a development-related topic.    Subject to availab

    Published: 2024-09-17 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: May 23, 2025

  • McKinsey & Company 2024 African Leaders on the Move for Young Africans

    McKinsey has six offices in Africa – Johannesburg, Lagos, Luanda, Casablanca, Nairobi, Addis Ababa. We serve many leading African organizations across sectors including energy and materials, financial services, consumer goods and retail, telecommunications, infrastructure and logistics, as wel

    Published: 2024-09-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: November 1, 2024

  • UN 2024 The Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

    As a newly established mechanism, the Permanent Forum is in the process of getting recognition and establishing its presence. This competition invites for the creation of a logo that will serve as both a distinctive symbol for the Permanent Forum and a reflection of the aspirations and essence of th

    Published: 2024-09-17 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: November 1, 2024

  • ETH Zurich Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Program 2025

    ETH Zurich supports excellent Master's students with the following scholarship programme: The Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) supports students with a scholarship, mentorship and a network of the ETH Foundation. The scholarship covers the full study and liv

    Published: 2024-09-17 Type: Masters Study in: Switzerland Deadline: November 30, 2024

  • University of Adelaide Global Academic Excellence Scholarships 2025

    The University of Adelaide 2025 Global Academic Excellence 50% Scholarships (International) is a highly competitive award that rewards commencing undergraduate and postgraduate coursework international students who have demonstrated academic excellence in their previous studies.

    Published: 2024-09-17 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: May 31, 2025

  • 2024 University of Dundee Al-Maktoum College Living Support Scholarship

    In partnership with the University of Dundee, Al-Maktoum College Dundee are providing living support bursaries for applicants joining an MSc Islamic Finance course in the 2023/24 academic year.

    Published: 2024-09-16 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: September 30, 2024

  • Apply Now: AfricaLics PhD Visiting Fellowships 2024

    AfricaLics – the African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems – is inviting suitable PhD student candidates from universities in African countries to apply for participation in the AfricaLics PhD Visiting Fellowship Programme (2025 cohort) focused

    Published: 2024-09-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: October 7, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Archivi.ng Fellowship Program 2024

    We are launching The Archivi.ng Fellowship, a multidisciplinary six-month programme designed to enhance the world’s understanding of Nigerian history in engaging and meaningful ways.  Despite its rich heritage, much of Nigerian history has remained inaccessible and under-utilised for p

    Published: 2024-09-13 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Value: N500,000 Deadline: October 10, 2024

  • MINDS Scholarship Program for Leadership Development 2025

    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: 2024-09-13 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • Call for Applications: Carnegie Ethics Fellowship Program 2025

    The Carnegie Ethics Fellowship is a space for talented young professionals to develop their capabilities and be examples of values-driven responsible leadership. Fellows  collaborate on projects curated by Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, giving them the opportuni

    Published: 2024-09-13 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 15, 2024

  • WomenLift Health Africa Signature Leadership Journey Program 2025

    The Signature Leadership Journey is a transformational learning and development experience that brings together mid to senior career women working across multiple disciplines, fields, and sectors in health. This Journey is aimed at creating the mindset shift needed to solve complex ch

    Published: 2024-09-13 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 14, 2024

  • Call for Applications: AMI 2024 Program for Equipment Exchange and Reutilisation

    The Africa Microscopy Initiative (AMI) Program for Equipment Exchange and Reutilisation (PEER) aims to redistribute high quality light microscopes to African institutions where microscopy will have the highest impact. As part of this 1st call for applications, free high-end microscopes will be made

    Published: 2024-09-12 Type: Fellowship Deadline: September 13, 2024

  • 2024 Cloudi Africa Young African AI Research Fellowship at InstaDeep

    The 2024 Young African AI Research Fellowship, launched at Deep Learning Indaba 2024 and supported by Jeff Dean from Google DeepMind, aims to develop emerging AI talent across Africa. This prestigious fellowship offers master’s graduates substantial hands-on experience in advanced AI research,

    Published: 2024-09-12 Type: Fellowship Study in: Rwanda Deadline: September 17, 2024

  • Apply Now: Nordic Africa Institute 2025 Scholarship Program for Students

    The aim of the scholarship programme is to offer a 1-month stay at the Nordic Africa Institute in order to facilitate use of the Institute’s library collections on contemporary Africa (books, periodicals, newspapers, and government publications), and to support connection to existing work at t

    Published: 2024-09-12 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Sweden Deadline: October 13, 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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