MSc in African Studies Scholarships for 2025-26
Please see the following link for the University's fees and funding search tool for further information on scholarships that you may be eligible for and guidance on the cost of studying at Oxford.
An A-Z list of scholarships is available here.
The following scholarships are exclusively for the MSc in African Studies (except where stated)
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Eligible offer holders are automatically considered for this scholarship.
Open to South African graduate applicants for the MSc African Studies. The African Studies Centre is delighted to announce the FirstRand Oxford African Studies Scholarship, a collaboration between the FirstRand Foundation, the African Studies Centre, and Wadham College.
One fully-funded scholarship, including tuition fees, is available per year.
Eligible applicants must be ordinarily resident in SOUTH AFRICA, must show the potential to rise to positions of leadership and influence, and must not have previously studied outside of South Africa for degree purposes.
Please note that applicants must apply both to Oxford for admission to the MSc African Studies AND SEPARATELY to the FirstRand Scholarship for Postgraduate International Study. The link to the FirstRand application process is here. In their Oxford applications, applicants should state WADHAM COLLEGE as their preferred college.
Applications for the scholarship will open on Friday 1 November 2024 and close on Thursday 20 February 2025.
The application deadlines for the MSc in African Studies are Friday 15 November 2024 and Tuesday 28 January 2025.
The Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative Scholarship programme
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program enables African students to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford. The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarships cover course fees and a grant for living costs for taught postgraduate students at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate. Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed taught postgraduate course. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Oxford 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.
Application deadline: 15th November 2024
The Black Academic Futures Scholarships offer UK Black and Mixed Black students financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford.
These awards are made possible by the generous support of funding partners across the University and colleges, and the scholarships are open to all academic subjects.
Each scholarship will cover your course fees in full and will provide you with a grant for living costs. Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for your course.
Scholarships at St Antony's College
Please see the St Antony's website for more details.
