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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 28)

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

  • Irish Aid 2025 Kader Asmal Fellowship in South Africa

    The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded on

    Published: 2024-07-10 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: October 18, 2024

  • 2024 Krystle Kabare Scholarship for Kenyan Graduate Students with Disabilities

    Before her untimely passing, Krystle was working as a Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathways in Kenya. She was passionate about improving the lives of the most vulnerable members of society and had a strong interest in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities.  

    Published: 2024-07-10 Type: Masters Study in: Kenya Deadline: August 10, 2024

  • Flinders University 2024 AusHealth Curecell Awards

    Not-for-profit charities AusHealth and Curecell are committed to translating cutting-edge research into real-world, commercial outcomes. The awards – intended to help with living costs – will be made to students currently enrolled in a PhD, whose research projects have real potential for

    Published: 2024-07-09 Type: PhD Study in: Australia Deadline: July 31, 2024

  • Al Musaafir Foundation Masters Scholarship For Muslim Students 2024

    The Al Musaafir Scholarship is a program designed to support students' academic pursuits by providing financial assistance for IELTS/application fees, mentorship, and workshops. It aims to empower talented individuals to achieve academic excellence and contribute positively to the Muslim Ummah.

    Published: 2024-07-09 Type: Masters Deadline: July 13, 2024

  • Apply Now: Google India Research Awards 2024

    Google India Research Awards are focused on supporting exceptional computer science research in the region. Through this program we also intend to strengthen long-term collaborative relationships with faculty working on problems that will impact how future generations use technology. India Resear

    Published: 2024-07-09 Type: Postgraduate Study in: India Value: $20,000 Deadline: August 2, 2024

  • University of Kent Sasha Roberts Scholarship for Masters Students 2024

    Sasha Roberts joined the School of English in 1997 as a specialist in Shakespeare and the Renaissance. Promoted to a Senior Lectureship in 2006, and with an outstanding academic career unfolding, she was tragically killed in a road accident a few months later. Sasha was a brilliant teacher, loved

    Published: 2024-07-08 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £3,000 Deadline: July 26, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Access Bank Climate Leadership Fellowship 2024

    Climate change impact is ravaging the world. In Nigeria, its impacts have led to severe cases of drought, desertification, flooding, and disruption in rainfall patterns. These impacts adversely affect man’s health, wellbeing and environment. Agricultural yields have been heavily affected causi

    Published: 2024-07-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: July 24, 2024

  • Apply Now: Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers in Germany 2024

    The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants the Georg Forster Research Fellowship to researchers in all disciplines from developing and emerging countries who have above-average qualifications. We particularly welcome applications from female scientists. With this fellowship the Humbol

    Published: 2024-07-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified

  • American College of Surgeons 2024 Community Surgeons Travel Awards for Surgeons in Developing Countries

    The International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) is pleased to announce travel awards for surgeons aged 30 to 50. These awards, in the amount of $4,000 each, provide international surgeons with the opportunity to attend and participate fully in the educational activiti

    Published: 2024-07-08 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: August 18, 2024

  • University of Waikato 2025 Vice Chancellor's International Excellence Scholarship for China

    This Scholarship is intended to support talented international students from China who are enrolling for the first time into undergraduate or postgraduate programmes at the University of Waikato.

    Published: 2024-07-05 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Deadline: December 28, 2025

  • Apply Now: University Of Lincoln Scholarships for African Students 2025

    The University of Lincoln’s Africa Scholarship supports postgraduate-taught students from across Africa. The University of Lincoln’s Africa Scholarship is designed to help students from across Africa access postgraduate-level study at the University of Lincoln. The Africa Scholarship is

    Published: 2024-07-05 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Pretoria (UP) 2025 Doctoral Commonwealth Scholarship

    The University of Pretoria is a research-intensive university. Hence, it is seeking candidates for doctoral studies who will make significant contributions to its research endeavours. As part of South Africa's contribution to the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, the University of Pr

    Published: 2024-07-05 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: September 11, 2024

  • 2024 Open Society University Network Academy Fellowships

    In a joint initiative with the Open Society University Network, The Academy is looking to host a fellow for a short-term, four-month fellowship from October 2024 to January 2025. The fellow will join the Global Economy and Finance Programme. The fellowship offers candidates at the early to&n

    Published: 2024-07-05 Type: Fellowship Deadline: July 19, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Ireland Fellows Programme Africa 2024

    The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-yea

    Published: 2024-07-04 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ireland Deadline: July 30, 2024

  • Irish Aid Ireland-SIDS Fellows Programme 2024

    The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded on

    Published: 2024-07-04 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ireland Deadline: Not Specified

  • Government of Canada 2025 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

    The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada's ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier Scholars demonst

    Published: 2024-07-04 Type: PhD Study in: Canada Value: $50,000 Deadline: October 30, 2024

  • Apply Now: WAC-SRT DAAD Scholarships for the Academic Year 2024-2025

    The West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) at Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) in Wa, Ghana, is pleased to announce applications for the 2024/2025 academic year. Under the prestigious DAAD Scholarship program, schol

    Published: 2024-07-03 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ghana Deadline: July 15, 2024

  • DAAD-MIDE 2024 Master’s in International Development Scholarship for Developing Countries

    HTW Berlin, the largest university of applied sciences in Berlin, offers an 18-month full-time Master’s degree programme in “International and Development Economics” (MIDE), taught entirely in English. Designed for students from developing and transitional countries as well as from

    Published: 2024-07-03 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: August 31, 2024

  • Government of Hong Kong Scholarship Program For African Students 2024

    The Government of Hong Kong Full-Tuition Scholarships offer an exceptional opportunity for aspiring educators in Nigeria. This prestigious scholarship allows two students to pursue a four-year Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education (ECE) at the Yew Chung College of Childhood Ed

    Published: 2024-07-03 Type: Masters Study in: Hong Kong Deadline: July 31, 2024

  • Getty Foundation Scholars Program for Researchers Worldwide 2025

    The Getty Scholars Program supports innovative research about art, conceived in the broadest terms, and its histories, by providing a locus for international scholars to forge collaborations across disciplines and professional practices, while also developing new audiences for their work. During the

    Published: 2024-07-03 Type: PhD Deadline: October 1, 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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