The University of Oxford Mastercard AfOx Scholarships will provide 400 young African scholars with a fully financed opportunity to pursue taught Masters degrees in areas related to pandemic prevention and recovery at the University of Oxford.
The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship program provides financial assistance to motivated, locally based, and globally minded African young people pursuing graduate studies at Oxford. The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship program is founded on the Mastercard Foundation and AfOx’s shared principles, which include collegiality, empathy, devotion, diversity, and community.
Type: Masters
Application Deadline: December 31, 2023
Number of Awards: 400
Value & Duration of Award:
This full-tuition scholarship is accessible to Master’s students, and it covers tuition and living expenses for overseas students.
The scholarship also includes logistics assistance, such as an economy return trip, visa and Immigration Health Surcharge payments, a moving stipend, and access to a Thrive Fund for emergencies.
The first year involves a demanding academic Master’s course at Oxford as well as a Leadership and Impact Programme that assists academics in building the collaborative leadership abilities required to create cross-sector, multidisciplinary solutions to difficult social and environmental problems.
Eligible Countries: All African Countries
Eligibility: The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship enables students from all African countries to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford. All students with an African nationality and residence who receive a conditional offer from the University will be eligible for the scholarship.
The scholarship emphasises explicitly groups who have historically been under-represented, including but not limited to female scholars, people from refugee and displaced backgrounds and disabled scholars. Necessary residence considerations will be made for students from refugee and displaced backgrounds.
- To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study to the University of Oxford via the graduate admissions portal by the deadline for your chosen course of study. Please read the Application Guide in detail ahead of making the application. We strongly recommend you submit your application form and all of your supporting documents at least a week before the December/January for your course.
- Eligible candidates who receive a conditional offer from their course will be then invited to apply for the AfOx Graduate Scholarship Program. All invited candidates will be expected to fill in the AfOx Graduate Scholarship questionnaire during the application process.
- Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed virtually before decisions are made, and the timelines will be communicated at the interview stage.
How To Apply: To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study to the University of Oxford via the graduate admissions portal by the deadline for your chosen course of study.
- Please read the Application Guide in detail ahead of making the application. We strongly recommend you submit your application form and all of your supporting documents at least a week before the December/January for your course.
- Eligible candidates who receive a conditional offer from their course will be then invited to apply for the AfOx Graduate Scholarship Program. All invited candidates will be expected to fill in the AfOx Graduate Scholarship questionnaire during the application process.
- Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed virtually before decisions are made, and the timelines will be communicated at the interview stage.
