Africa Postgraduate Scholarship

If you're an international student from a member state of the African Union and are self-funding your postgraduate studies, you could be eligible for a scholarship of £4,500, paid as a discount on your first year’s tuition fee.

◼ 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. ◼ These scholarships may be awarded to applicants who have completed relevant school or university studies in one of the specified countries above. ◼ Applicants must have been awarded an undergraduate degree (this includes integrated Masters degrees) with the grade specified or above. A higher Masters grade cannot be taken to compensate for a lower Bachelors grade; ◼ Eligible courses are those which are full-time taught Masters courses leading to MA, MSc, MRES and LLM degree and start in October 2023 and January 2024. ◼ Applicants who have firmly accepted an offer of a place by 14 July 2023 (for October 2023 start) or 13 October 2023 (for January 2024 start) and met the academic conditions of entry, will be considered for these scholarships. ◼ Only one scholarship award can be made per student and the award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships. ◼ This scholarship is available for the first year of Masters study at Essex only; ◼ Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities. *Students receiving a repayable loan to fund their studies will be considered as self-funded