ScholarshipSet
Menu

Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 24)

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

  • DAAD/MIPLC Scholarships Program for Students from Developing Countries

    The Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre is currently offering eligible candidates the DAAD MIPLC Scholarships to international students from developing countries. With its development-oriented postgraduate study programmes, the DAAD promotes the training of specialists from development and ne

    Published: 2024-08-20 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: October 15, 2024

  • University of Lausanne Masters Grant For International Students 2025

    Masters Scholarships are scholarships for excellence awarded, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high level. UNIL grants around ten scholarships a year. The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period

    Published: 2024-08-20 Type: Masters Study in: Switzerland Deadline: November 1, 2024

  • DAAD Postgraduate Scholarships in the Field of Music 2025

    The DAAD Postgraduate Scholarships in the Field of Music offer you the opportunity to continue your education in Germany with a postgraduate or continuing course of study in the field of music. This scholarship offers the opportunity to continue postgraduate studies in music in Germany. It suppor

    Published: 2024-08-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: Not Specified

  • Yenching Academy Masters Fellowships for International Students 2025

    The Yenching Academy annually enrolls approximately 120 new students from both the Chinese Mainland and abroad, to study, live, and learn together. International students comprise roughly 80% of the student body.

    Published: 2024-08-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: China Deadline: December 3, 2024

  • NRF Mitacs 2024 Globalink Research Award (GRA) Programme

    Gain research experience in South Africa and Canada with the NRF-Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) programme. The GRA programme supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner organisations, as well as eligible countries and regions. Through the GRA programme, the NRF and Mita

    Published: 2024-08-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: August 30, 2024

  • 2024 University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt” Programme

    The University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt” promotes excellent research at the University of Bayreuth (UBT) and advances the internationalisation of research and networking with the best universities worldwide. Effective immediately, the Centre

    Published: 2024-08-19 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: November 30, -0001

  • Konrad Adenauer Foundation SAIIA 2024 Scholarships for South Africans

    The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung internship, in partnership with SAIIA, offers a unique opportunity for candidates to pursue a Master’s degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Political Science, Economics, Law, Journalism, or related fields at selected South African universities. T

    Published: 2024-08-16 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: September 21, 2024

  • University of Strathclyde Beit Strathclyde (BStrath) Scholarships 2025

    The Beit Strathclyde Scholarships have been set up to fully fund one student of exceptional academic calibre from Malawi, Zimbabwe or Zambia to complete a Master’s degree in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in the academic year 2025/26.

    Published: 2024-08-15 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: February 7, 2025

  • AREF 2024 Research Development Fellowship for African Researchers

    AREF Research Fellowship is designed to enable talented, early-career African researchers to develop their own research ideas and specialist skills, to grow their research relationships through collaboration and mentorship, and to work towards a major funding proposal. This year, funding will be mad

    Published: 2024-08-15 Type: Fellowship Deadline: October 24, 2024

  • African Development Bank-Japan Africa Dream Scholarship at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2025

    This scholarship is open to applicants from African Development Bank member countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a graduate degree program in energy development and related disciplines.

    Published: 2024-08-14 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Japan Deadline: January 10, 2025

  • TWAS-SISSA 2024 Lincei Research Cooperation Visits Program for Developing Countries

    TWAS, in collaboration with the Lincei Academy and SISSA, offers young scientists from Least Developed Countries the opportunity to visit research laboratories in Trieste, Italy, such as SISSA, to carry out research work in scientific fields within the SISSA portfolio (pleas

    Published: 2024-08-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy Deadline: October 14, 2024

  • Apply Now: African Development Bank Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (AfDB-JADS) 2024

    This scholarship is open to applicants from African Development Bank member countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a graduate degree program in energy development and related disciplines.

    Published: 2024-08-14 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: September 16, 2024

  • YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders 2025

    The Mandela Washington Fellowship will bring up to 700 young leaders to the United States in the summer of 2025 for a comprehensive executive-style program that is designed to build skills and empower Fellows to lead in their respective sectors and communities.  

    Published: 2024-08-14 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: September 10, 2024

  • Apply: Holland Government Undergraduates & Masters Scholarships Program 2024

    The Holland Scholarship is meant for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to do their bachelor’s or master’s in the Netherlands. Are you ready for the chance of a lifetime? Apply for the Holland Scholarship! This scholarship is financed by the

    Published: 2024-08-14 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: Not Specified

  • Call for Applications: ACC 2 x Masters scholarships in South Africa 2024

    The African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town is offering two Masters scholarships as part of the CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship project funded by DANIDA (2024-2028). The scholarships support students enrolling in the MPhil in Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism program, focus

    Published: 2024-08-13 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: September 7, 2024

  • IE Foundation 2024 Kistefos Young Talented Leader Scholarships Program

    The program will enable young talent from Norway and Africa with a vision for business and innovation to study at IE University. Over four years, the program will grant a total of 46 scholarships to candidates in Norway, South Africa, Liberia, and Ethiopia.  The Fellowshi

    Published: 2024-08-13 Type: Masters Study in: Norway Deadline: November 1, 2024

  • NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program for PhD Students 2025

    This is the twenty-third year that NVIDIA has invited PhD students to submit their research projects for consideration. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievements, professor nomination, and area of research. We have found this program to be a great way to support academia in its pu

    Published: 2024-08-13 Type: PhD Value: $60,000 Deadline: September 13, 2024

  • 2024 Stellenbosch University GEM Scholarships for PhD Students South Africa

    The Graduate School of Economic and Management Sciences (GEM) is currently accepting applications for its full-time, funded doctoral programme. Applications will be considered for the following two scholarship opportunities:  GEM Elite Doctoral Scholarships: Full-time doctoral s

    Published: 2024-08-12 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: August 15, 2024

  • Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships 2024

    Funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), over the last 35 years, the Academy’s Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships scheme has successfully supported over 200 academic appointments and enhanced internationally renowned centres of excellence.

    Published: 2024-08-12 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Value:  £225,000 Deadline: September 12, 2024

  • Australian Catholic University (ACU) Industry PhD Scholarships 2024

    ACU Industry PhD Scholarships support ACU PhD candidates to undertake a research project in collaboration with an industry partner. By working with industry, candidates can apply their high-level research skills to help solve real-world problems.

    Published: 2024-08-12 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified

View All Ongoing Scholarships 2025
Share this scholarship page to your friends
Subscribe for scholarship alert.
Be among the first to know whenever new Postgraduate scholarship is going on.

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.
uscholarships