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Postgraduate Scholarships for African students 2025-2026 (Page 51)

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

  • BIGSAS DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme 2024

    The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, BIGSAS, invites outstanding African women scholars based on the continent to join an international community of early career researchers working in the field of African Studies. BIGSAS provides a centre for creative and innovative d

    Published: 2023-11-03 Type: Masters Deadline: December 31, 2023

  • AUC Tomorrow's Leaders Graduate Students Program (TLG) 2023

    Tomorrow’s Leaders Graduate (TLG) students program is a joint effort between the US Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA/AC), and AUC. TLG equips academically qualified and economically deserving students with the professional qualifications and experience needed to advance

    Published: 2023-11-02 Type: Masters Study in: Egypt Deadline: November 30, 2023

  • University of Oxford Eni-Oxford Africa Scholarships 2024

    With a strong presence in the continent, which supplies more than half of the company’s crude oil and natural gas production, Africa for Eni is the past, the present and the future. Eni has a long tradition of supporting scholarships. To reinforce the company’s expertise in its busine

    Published: 2023-11-02 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • GEO Young Reporter Scholarship (Up to €5,000) 2023-2024

    For the sixth year in a row, GEO’s editorial team is offering the GEO Young Reporter Fellowship. Recognized for the excellence of its journalism in the field for nearly 45 years, the title supports the new generation of journalists and photojournalists through this competition. The winner will

    Published: 2023-11-01 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 19, 2024

  • Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships For Young Africans 2023

    Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a platform for highly educated young African social, business and political entrepreneurs, attending leading universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Our mission is to capture, inform and engage Africa’s global intellectual capital in the develop

    Published: 2023-10-30 Type: Masters Deadline: October 31, 2023

  • DAAD University Of Abomey-Calavi PhD Scholarship Programme for Sub-Saharan African Students 2024

    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: 2023-10-27 Type: PhD Study in: Benin Deadline: November 23, 2023

  • BeVisioneers Fellowship Program 2024-2025

    BeVisioneers is a global fellowship that equips innovators aged 16 to 28 with the training, expert support and resources to bring their planet-positive projects to life. At the core of the offering is a 12-month hybrid-learning program that focuses on the implementation of each Fellow’s projec

    Published: 2023-10-26 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 15, 2024

  • DAAD In-Country In-Region Scholarship Programmes Western Africa 2023

    The In-Country/In-Region Programme for  Sub-Saharan Africa 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 doctor

    Published: 2023-10-25 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: November 23, 2023

  • DAAD In-Country In-Region Scholarship Programmes Southern Africa 2023

    The In-Country/In-Region Programme for  Sub-Saharan Africa 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 doctor

    Published: 2023-10-25 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: November 27, 2023

  • TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme for Researchers 2023-2024

     In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre tw

    Published: 2023-10-25 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: December 4, 2023

  • MP-IDSA India-Africa Security Fellowship Programme for African Students 2024

    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: 2023-10-24 Type: Fellowship Study in: India Deadline: Not Specified

  • University of Oxford Adara Foundation Scholarships for Young African Women 2023

    The Adara Foundation, a non-profit social enterprise in Nigeria, focuses on empowering women and advancing education in Africa. The Foundation shares Saïd Business School’s commitment to greater gender parity in education and supports our aim to foster a global MBA community with represen

    Published: 2023-10-24 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified

  • Oxford-Orjiako Graduate Scholarship for African Students 2024

    The scholarship is funded by Dr Bryant Orjiako and builds on Oxford’s mission to create meaningful opportunities across Africa. This gift enables the establishment of a new, fully endowed African MBA scholarship, open to students coming to the school from across the whole of Africa. It is

    Published: 2023-10-24 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: January 5, 2024

  • DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Programmes Eastern Africa for Postgraduate African Students 2023

    The objective of this scholarship programme is to promote the development of university teaching staff in universities and build capacity for staff in the public sector through postgraduate training in selected postgraduate study programmes at the institutions listed below. This programme strongl

    Published: 2023-10-24 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: November 23, 2023

  • AUC Tomorrow's Leaders Graduate Students Program (TLG) 2023

    Tomorrow’s Leaders Graduate (TLG) students program is a joint effort between the US Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA/AC), and AUC. TLG equips academically qualified and economically deserving students with the professional qualifications and experience needed to advance

    Published: 2023-10-23 Type: Masters Study in: Egypt Deadline: November 30, 2023

  • SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Post-Doctoral Writing Fellowship 2023

    The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote next generation social science research in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development

    Published: 2023-10-20 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: February 10, 2024

  • DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Scholarship Program Eastern Africa 2024

    The In-Country/In-Region scholarship programme in Eastern Africa aims to promote the development of university teaching staff in universities and build capacity for staff in the public sector through postgraduate training in selected postgraduate study programmes at selected Eastern African partner

    Published: 2023-10-20 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: November 23, 2023

  • The Commonwealth Africa Cyber Fellowships 2023

    Set up in 2022, the fellowship is a unique platform for cybersecurity experts from Commonwealth countries in Africa to exchange knowledge, foster partnerships and influence the policy work of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Selected experts will serve as fellows for a year. They get exclusive acces

    Published: 2023-10-20 Type: Fellowship Deadline: December 10, 2023

  • Radboud University Encouragement Scholarship for International Students 2024-2025

    Radboud University wants to contribute to a healthy and free world with equal opportunities for all. We find it important to realise a diverse and inclusive campus for all our students and staff. In order to give all talented students the opportunity to become part of our academic community, includi

    Published: 2023-10-20 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: January 31, 2024

  • APN Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowship (Up to $60,000) 2024-2025

    The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites applications from senior African academics and researchers based at universities, training, and policy institutions in Africa to assemble and lead collaborative research projects intended to inform policy a

    Published: 2023-10-20 Type: PhD Deadline: February 11, 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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