Imperial College London scholarships can cover anything from a £1,000 departmental bursary to a fully funded PhD with a stipend. They are open to undergraduates, master’s students and doctoral researchers, and a good number are available to international applicants. If you are an international student, including one from Africa, hoping to study science, engineering, medicine … Read more
If you want to study in Scotland but the tuition fees are the part keeping you awake at night, the World Changers Scholarships at the University of Glasgow are worth understanding properly. There are two awards under this banner: the World Changers Glasgow Scholarship for taught master’s students from 19 countries (including Nigeria and Kenya), … Read more
If you have dreamed of a UK master’s degree but the tuition bill keeps getting in the way, GREAT Scholarships deserve a spot on your shortlist. These awards are open to students from 18 countries, including four African countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt), and they give successful applicants £10,000 towards tuition fees for a … Read more
Cambridge Trust Scholarships are the biggest source of scholarship funding at the University of Cambridge, and they’re open to students from around the world. The Trust makes about 350 new awards every year and supports around 1,500 scholars at any one time, across undergraduate, master’s and PhD study. If you’re an international student hoping to … Read more
The Ellison Scholars Program is one of the newest and most generous scholarships at the University of Oxford. Run by the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) in Oxford, it pays your Oxford course fees, gives you a living stipend, and puts you to work on real EIT research and innovation projects while you study. It … Read more
The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships are fully funded master’s awards at the University of Oxford for graduates and professionals from developing and emerging economies. They pay your course fees and a living grant, and they add something most scholarships don’t: a year-long leadership programme with mentoring and a network of fellow scholars. If you’re an African applicant … Read more
Clarendon Fund Scholarships are among the most generous graduate awards at the University of Oxford, and they don’t ask you to fill in a separate scholarship form. If you apply for a new master’s or DPhil course by your course’s December or January deadline, you’re automatically considered. Oxford says it offers over 200 new, fully … Read more
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is one of the most competitive postgraduate awards in the world, and one of the most generous. It’s open to international students, including students from Africa, who want to do a PhD or a one-year master’s at the University of Cambridge. It covers the full cost of studying there, not just … Read more
Every year, thousands of ambitious professionals across Africa look at a UK master’s degree and think the same thing: “I could never afford that.” Chevening exists to change that sentence. Chevening is the UK Government’s international scholarships programme, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organisations. It sends emerging leaders to … Read more