Africa Postgraduate Scholarship

The below table outlines the scholarship amount and academic requirement depending in the country that you are ordinarily resident in.

Egypt - £6,500

Ghana - £4,500

Nigeria - £4,500

All other member states of the African Union - £4,500

These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely selffunded*.

Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in a member state of the African Union.

Students must have been awarded an undergraduate degree (this includes integrated Masters degrees) with the grade specified or above. We are not able to consider students on the basis of a postgraduate qualification that they hold (other than an integrated Masters) A higher Masters grade cannot be taken to compensate for a lower Bachelors grade

Students must register at the University of Essex in October 2025 or January 2026 for the first year of a full-time Masters course in academic year 2025-26 only, leading to the degree of: MA, MSc, LLM, MFA, MPP, MBM

These scholarships may be awarded to students who have completed relevant university studies in one of the specified countries above.

The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships. Students who are eligible for this award and are joining Essex through a link agreement, which includes a discounted fee, will receive whichever award is greater in value.

This scholarship is available for the first year of taught Masters study at Essex only

Successful students should be available for promotional activities.