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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 37)

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

  • University of Stirling Postgraduate Scholarship for Nigeria Students (UK) 2024

    We have a long history of supporting international students to become global citizens and forge successful careers around the world. This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students living in Nigeria. Apply Now!!

    Published: 2024-03-27 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • African Liberty Writing Fellowship Program for Young African 2024

    The African Liberty Writing Fellowship program is a year-long program designed to train young Africans with career interests in academia, media, public policy, or any other critical-and-analytical-writing-related career in opinion article writing. Accepted applicants will complete a five-week man

    Published: 2024-03-27 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 30, 2024

  • Joint Japan/World Bank (JJ/WBGSP ) Graduate Scholarship Program 2024

    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: 2024-03-27 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: May 24, 2024

  • Google Creative Fellowship for Emerging Creative Talent 2024

    The Creative Fellowship is a program for emerging creative talent that offers hands-on experience and exposure across Google’s various in-house creative teams. The creative industry’s long-standing traditions and conventional standards can often create a talent loop that is systematic

    Published: 2024-03-27 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Bonn Sustainable Development Goals Fellowship Program 2024

    The aim of this funding line is to invite post-doctoral scientists in all areas of specialization that conduct research primarily on a topic addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set forth by the United Nations in its Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The scientists should

    Published: 2024-03-26 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: May 30, 2024

  • University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship Program 2024

    Each year, more than $2 million dollars in university graduate fellowships are offered to full-time master’s and PhD students to recognize and support academic excellence. The fellowships are offered to students who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability and academic ac

    Published: 2024-03-26 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Canada Deadline: November 1, 2024

  • ODI Fellowship Scheme for Developing Countries 2024

    The ODI Fellowship Scheme gives early-career economists and statisticians the chance to work as public sector civil servants on two-year contracts in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Western Balkans. ODI Fellows are typically employed as local c

    Published: 2024-03-25 Type: Fellowship Deadline: April 30, 2024

  • Leventis Foundation Scholarships for Nigerians 2024-2025

    The Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece and the A. G. Leventis Foundation, offer for the academic year 2024-2025: Two (2) full scholarships covering tuition fees (100%), accommodation (100%) and living expenses (250 Euro per month for 12 months) for The Alba

    Published: 2024-03-25 Type: Masters Study in: Greece, Nigeria Deadline: April 5, 2024

  • US Dept Of State Professional Fellows Program On Inclusive Civic Engagement 2024

    The Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Civic Engagement is a professional program funded by the US Department of State for emerging leaders in Africa to exchange and implement best practices for inclusive civic engagement. The program will support approximately 12 mid-care

    Published: 2024-03-22 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: May 15, 2024

  • Einstein Forum/Wittenstein Foundation Einstein Fellowship Program 2024

    The Einstein Forum and the Wittenstein Foundation offer a fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project in a different field from that of their previous research. The purpose of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing superb work in their area of spe

    Published: 2024-03-22 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Deadline: June 1, 2024

  • UNESCO/IHE Delft MENA Scholarship for African Students 2024

    The IHE Delft Water and Development Partnership Programme, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is providing a limited number of scholarships in the framework of capacity strengthening and nurturing network of water professionals in the focus regions and countries of the programme. Th

    Published: 2024-03-22 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: June 1, 2024

  • NileWell Scientist-Journalist Co-Production Fellowship Program 2024

    16 participants (8 journalists and 8 scientists) will be selected and trained on biodiversity reporting, transboundary water resources reporting, science journalism, science communication, and data journalism during the fellowship program. This program will entail an inception in-person residenti

    Published: 2024-03-22 Type: Fellowship Value: $800  Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • TotalEnergies International Masters Degree Scholarship 2024

    TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company producing and supplying energy: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gas, renewables and electricity. Over 100,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. As a comp

    Published: 2024-03-21 Type: Masters Study in: France Deadline: April 10, 2024

  • Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship 2024

    The Africa Institute, as part of its African Languages and Translation Program, opens applications for its third cohort of Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship for the academic year, 2024. This residency program is created in honor of the late Nigerian Professor Te

    Published: 2024-03-21 Type: Fellowship Deadline: June 1, 2024

  • DAAD Southern Africa Masters & PhD Scholarships for Sub-Saharan African Students 2024

    The programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and aims at university staff in the first line, without neglecting the public sector demand of academically trained personnel. The DAAD In-Country/In-Region programme aims at fostering strong, int

    Published: 2024-03-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: April 9, 2024

  • Promoting Research Opportunities for Biochemists in Africa (PROBio-Africa) Fellowships for African Researchers 2024

    The long-term objective of this program is to foster cooperation between the Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (FASBMB), the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) that would b

    Published: 2024-03-19 Type: Fellowship Deadline: May 1, 2024

  • Call for Applications: Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Programme for African Women in Science 2024

    Founded in 1998, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Fellowships aims to promote and encourage young African women in science. Its programs reward established women scientists whose outstanding achievements have contributed to the advancement of scientific knowled

    Published: 2024-03-19 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • DAAD MPhil Southern Urbanism Scholarships for African Students 2025

    The African Centre for Cities, through Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) is calling for scholarship applications for 2024. DAAD are offering five In-Region Scholarships* for students from Sub-Saharan Africa who enrol for the MPhil Southern Urbanism (Masters in Urban Studies)

    Published: 2024-03-18 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: April 9, 2024

  • World Bank Government Analytics Fellowship Program 2024

    The World Bank Government Analytics Fellowship Program is a pioneering initiative designed to bridge the gap between the vast, yet underutilized, data resources held by governments and the potential for enhanced public administration efficiency through data-informed decision-making. Lev

    Published: 2024-03-18 Type: Fellowship Deadline: March 31, 2024

  • ACPGBI Travelling Fellowship for Surgeons in Low and Middle-income Countries 2024

    The ACPGBI has established the fellowship to promote interaction among surgeons in low and middle-income countries and members of the ACPGBI. The fellowship offers a general surgeon from their country to visit two hospitals in the United Kingdom and also attend the Annual Meeting of the ACPGBI. T

    Published: 2024-03-18 Type: Fellowship Value: £5000  Deadline: March 31, 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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