Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 University of Edinburgh Mastercard Foundation On-campus Postgraduate Scholarships. The University of Edinburgh recruits exceptional young people with great academic and leadership experience who have overcome barriers to their education and are committed to pursuing their studies on campus.
Sponsor: University of Edinburgh Mastercard Foundation
Deadline: 8 November 2024
This is a one-year postgraduate on-campus scholarship for the following programs ONLY:
- Africa and International Development
- Food Security
- Sustainable Energy Systems
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Data, Inequality, and Society
- Operational Research
- Environmental Sustainability
- Climate Change Finance and Investment
- Planetary Health
- Environment and Development
Eligibility criteria
- Applicants must qualify academically for admission to the University of Edinburgh for a relevant degree programme listed. You will generally need to have achieved the equivalent of a UK Second Class (Upper) Bachelor’s (Hons) degree or higher.
Postgraduate entry requirements
- Applicants will have faced significant barriers to education (social, financial, personal, practical or health-related).
- Applicants must have graduated from an undergraduate study and must have a degree certificate and official final transcript to upload alongside their application by 8 November 2024.
- Applicants must be residents and citizens or hold refugee status in a sub-Saharan African country.
- Applicants must have faced barriers to education and in their early career.
- Applicants must demonstrate a track record of leadership and service within their community.
- Applicants must demonstrate experience, or at least ambition, in making a meaningful impact in addressing the climate crisis
- Applicants must be 35 or under the year the programme commences. Therefore, for the 2025/26 academic year, we accept applications from those born on or after 1 January 1990. Anyone born in 1989 and prior is not eligible.
- Applicants should not have previously completed a postgraduate degree and should not be enrolled (or apply to enroll) at a separate university whilst on the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program scholarship.
Benefits
- Covers fully approved tuition, accommodation, travel, living cost stipend, and study materials.
- A climate leadership program to inspire and support scholars in making change in their communities and countries.
- Additional support is offered to scholars with disabilities based on an assessment of needs.
Selection process
The selection process for applications is based on the following criteria:
- Academic merit of the candidate that qualifies for admission to the University of Edinburgh
- Track record as a transformative leader and service within their community.
- Quality of application in line with the Program’s theme of climate justice.
- Potential impact on the development of the applicant’s home country.
- Applicants who have faced significant barriers to education (social, financial, personal, practical, or health-related).
How to apply:
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