Masters and PhD Scholarships for African Students

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Africa

• The Krystle Kabare scholarship supports study by disabled female students at the University of Nairobi *
• The South African-German Center for Development Research offers MA and PhD Scholarships for the University of Western Cape *
• The African School of Economics offers financial aid for BSc, MA, or PhD study in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire *
• Rhodes University in South Africa offers a number of MA and PhD scholarships *
• The African Leadership University offers a Female Scholars program for BA study
• The Wells Mountain Initiative supports students from low income countries undertaking a BA in another low income country
• The Bongani Mayosi National Health Scholars Programme supports PhD studies at South African universities
• The Mandela Rhodes Foundation supports African students doing postgrad studies at South Africa universities
• The World Bank’s PASET Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund offers PhD funding for African students in STEM fields
• Windle Trust offers BA scholarships for Sudanese students affected by conflict, and MA scholarships for students from a range of conflict-affected countries
• Higherlife Foundation in Zimbabwe offers BA and PhD fellowships
• The Inter-University Council for East Africa occasionally posts scholarship opportunities
• The Intra-Africa Biomedical Engineering Mobility Scheme offers MA and PhD funding for students enrolled at African universities
• The Wadsworth African Fellowships support African students doing PhDs in anthropology at South African universities
• The American University in Cairo offers African Graduate Fellowships
• MOUNAF offers scholarships for students doing MA or PhD study in Africa
• The African Science Partnership for Intervention Research Excellence (ASPIRE) offers a variety of MA and PhD scholarships around Africa
• Zawadi Africa supports African women who are pursuing undergraduate studies in the US, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya
• The Pan-African University has a number of MA and PhD fellowships
• The Ethiopian Foundation offers scholarships to Ethiopian students
• Fondazione Edu offers scholarships for BA students at the University of Ghana
• The Jim Ovia Scholarship supports BA and MA students at Nigerian universities
• The World Academy of Sciences has fellowships available for students doing PhDs in Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico and Pakistan
• The Lagos State Scholarship Board offers funding for BA and MA study in South Africa, India, Ukraine and China to Nigerian citizens
• The Graça Machel Scholarship Programme offers funding for post-graduate study in South Africa and the UK to women from Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa and Zambia
• The Lisa Maskell Fellowship supports graduate study at the University of Stellenbosch
• The Mandela Institute for Development Studies has just launched a new scholarship programme, details TBD
• The Square Kilometer Array in South Africa offers undergraduate, MA and PhD scholarships in astronomy
• The Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust provides scholarships to universities in southern Africa and the UK
• The Bank of Tanzania offers BA and MA scholarships at a range of Tanzanian universities
• The African Economic Research Consortium offers MA and PhD scholarships
• The Regional University Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) offers funding for MSc and PhD students in agriculture at African universities
• The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World offers fellowships for women pursuing PhDs in scientific fields at universities in low income countries

Europe

• KU Leuven offers PhD scholarships to students from a range of low income countries *
• The Ireland-Africa Fellows program supports African students for one year of MA studies
• The Africa Scholarship Program supports African students in MSc programs at Wageningen University
• VLIR-UOS offers funding for students from a range of low income countries to do MA studies in Belgium
• The Government of Ireland International Education Programme offers funding to non-European students to do one year of BA or MA study in the country
• The Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals are open to African students doing MA programs in Sweden
• There are a variety of scholarships for non-European students who would like to do undergraduate or graduate study in Holland
• Sciences Po offers scholarships for English-language undergraduate and graduate study by African students
• The German Academic Exchange Service has a wide range of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students to study in Germany
• The University of Groningen Talent Grant is open to students from a range of low-income countries doing MA programs
• The Norwegian government provides scholarships for 800 students from low income countries annually through its Quota Scheme
• The University of Zurich offers a mobility grant for African students to spend one or two semesters there

UK

• Undergraduates from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are eligible for a small scholarship at the University of Salford *
• LSTHM is offering scholarships for the MSc in Global Mental Health to students from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa *
• Eni offers two MBA scholarships for African students at Oxford
• LSE and UCT offer scholarships for two African students doing the split-site MSc in Global Media and Communications
• The Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award offers funding for African women doing an MA focused on African literature at SOAS
• University College London’s Institute for Global Health has a number of scholarships available for African students pursuing MSc study
• The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute offers MSc scholarships for students from Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• The Rhodes Trust supports African students studying at Oxford
• The Association of Commonwealth Universities’ Queen Elizabeth Scholarships support students from low income countries doing MAs in the UK
• The Rowan Williams Studentship at Cambridge offers support to students from conflict-affected countries
• The University of Nottingham Developing Solutions Scholarships support MA study by students from Africa, India, and other Commonwealth countries
• The Standard Bank African Chairman Scholarship offers funding for African students pursuing MA study at Oxford, Cambridge, and the LSE
• The University of Manchester offers Equality and Merit scholarships to cover the cost of postgraduate study for students from low income countries
• The Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers the cost of postgraduate study for students who are not UK citizens
• A variety of scholarships are available through the Cambridge Africa program
• The African Excellence Fee Waiver is available for students doing graduate study at the University of Glasgow
• Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African scholars undertaking the MSc Security, Leadership & Society at King’s College London
• The Program for African Leadership supports the MSc Development Management and MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies at the LSE
• The University of Essex offers tuition discounts to African students through the African Scholarship Programme
• The Africa London Nagasaki Fund supports MA study at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of Nagasaki
• Six separate scholarships offered by Oxford for the MSc African Studies
• There are also Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for students from African Commonwealth countries doing several types of degrees at SOAS
• The Governance for Development in Africa Initiative offers funding for MSc and PhD students at the Centre of African Studies at SOAS
• The UK’s Chevening Scholarship supports post-graduate study at a range of universities
• The Wellcome Trust offers scholarships for students from low income countries doing MAs in public health and tropical medicine in the UK

US

• Berkeley Law offers an African Legal Impact fellowship for the LLM program *
• The Margaret McNamara Education Grants support women from low income countries doing graduate study in the US, Canada, and South Africa *
• Google offers a computer science PhD fellowship for African citizens
• The Human Rights LLM Fellowship at Columbia Law School is seeking applicants from low income countries
• The Pulitzer Africa Data Journalism Scholarship covers the cost of an MA in journalism at Columbia University
• The SHARE Fellowship supports students from low income countries doing the MBA at Thunderbird School of Management
• The University of Delaware Borel Fellows program offers scholarships for MA study in agriculture to African students
• The Obama Foundation Scholars program offers fellowships for the MA in International Development Policy at UChicago
• The American Association of University Women’s International Fellowships support women who are not US citizens and want to pursue graduate study in the US
• Dartmouth offers four-year BA scholarships to students from low income countries through the King Scholar Leadership Program
• Ashinaga Africa supports BA studies abroad by students from a range of Anglophone countries
• Cynthia’s Sisters offers law school scholarships to women from the DRC
• The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa fellowship program at Georgetown supports women doing the LLM
• The Global Leaders Fellowship at George Washington University offers scholarships for MA and PhD students from low income countries
• The Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program
• The African Women Public Service Fellowship at NYU-Wagner School of Public Policy
• EADB scholarships for math, science and technology graduate programs at Rutgers and NJIT
• The Fulbright Foreign Student program provides funding for students who would like to study in the US at a variety of institutions
• The Richard A. Horovitz Fund offers scholarships to African students currently enrolled at US universities
• The Ibrahim Foundation Scholarships support study at several universities in the US and UK
• Students from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa can apply for one year of study in the US through the Community College Initiative Program

Other Resources

• J-PAL offers the online MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (with an option for continued study in person at MIT) with a sliding tuition scale for students with low incomes *
• The Indian Council on Cultural Relations offers MA and PhD funding for African students wishing to study in India
• The Aga Khan Foundation offers support to students from low income countries doing MA and PhD programs abroad
• The OPEC Fund for International Development provides MA funding to students from low income countries
• Total Scholarships for Women are available for women from countries around the world
• The Hegg Hoffet Fund provides grants to female graduate students who have been displaced by conflict
• Schwartzman Scholars supports students doing a one-year MA in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University
• The Australia Awards support students from a variety of African countries who would like to study in Australia
• The African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Program supports students from South Africa and Senegal doing MAs in public finance, public policy or public administration at Canadian universities
• The MasterCard Foundation provides scholarships for African students to universities around the world
• The Association of African Universities has an internship program for students at African universities

The following sites are also great resources for scholarships.

• AuthorAID
• Africademics
• Africa Desk
• AfterSchoolAfrica
• Advance Africa
• Doing a PhD in Africa
• International Scholarships
• Opportunities for Africans
• Opportunity Desk
• Scholars4Dev
• Scholars Hub Africa
• We Make Scholars

This is reblogged from, Rachael Strohm