APPLY NOW! UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW AFRICAN EXCELLENCE AWARD

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW AFRICAN EXCELLENCE AWARD

The University of Glasgow African Excellence Award aims to support high achieving students from across Africa in their journey to become Future World Changers.  We are looking for students who wish to undertake Masters level study, to further develop their knowledge and skills, in order to positively contribute to their community in the future. 

The University is offering up to 15 scholarships for International students from Africa, starting a 1 year postgraduate taught Masters programme, in any discipline for academic session 2024/25.  The scholarship is a full tuition fee waiver. 

• To be eligible, applicant must: 

• • Demonstrate academic excellence and achieve grades equivalent to a UK 1st Class Honours; 
  • Hold an offer of a place for a postgraduate taught one year Masters programme for September 2024 intake (offer is not needed to apply but applicants will require an offer to be considered for interview, and should take programme application timelines into consideration as detailed on programme webpages); 
  • Have International fee status; 
  • Be domiciled in Africa; 
  • Be able to demonstrate a clear career and/or development plan that will be supported by Masters level study (via application form); 
  • Be able to provide evidence of meeting the UKVI maintenance/living costs by 30th June 2024 (only required if offered scholarship following successful interview). 

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NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS

Up to 15

Eligible countries/regions

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo
• Congo Democratic Republic of
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Eligible programmes

• Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work (CLD Standards Council Accredited)[MEd/PgDip]
• Advanced Functional Materials[MSc]
• Advanced Imaging & Sensing[MSc]
• Advanced Nursing Science[MSc]
• Advanced Practice in Health Care[MSc(MedSci)]
• Advanced Statistics[MRes]
• Aerospace Engineering[MSc]
• Aerospace Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Ancient Cultures[MSc]
• Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law[MSc]
• Applied Linguistics[MSc]
• Applied Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
• Archaeology[MSc]
• Art History[MLitt]
• Art History: Collecting & Provenance in an International Context[MSc]
• Art History: Dress & Textile Histories[MLitt]
• Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning[MLitt]
• Astrophysics[MSc]
• Behavioural Science[MSc]
• Bioinformatics[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Biomedical Engineering[MSc]
• Biomedical Sciences[MSc]
• Biomedical Sciences[MRes]
• Biotechnology[MSc]
• Biotechnology & Management[MSc/PgDip]
• Brain Sciences[MSc]
• Cancer Research & Precision Oncology[MSc]
• Cardiovascular Sciences[MSc(MedSci)]
• Celtic Studies[MSc]
• Chemical Biology[MSc]
• Chemistry[MSc]
• Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[MSc]
• Children’s Literature & Literacies[MEd]
• Church History & Theology[MTh]
• City Planning[MSc]
• City Planning & Real Estate Development[MSc]
• Civil Engineering[MSc]
• Civil Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Classics & Ancient History[MSc]
• Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice[MSc(MedSci)]
• Clinical Pharmacology[MSc(MedSci)]
• Comparative Literature[MLitt]
• Computational Geoscience[MSc]
• Computer Systems Engineering[MSc]
• Computing Science[MSc]
• Conflict Archaeology & Heritage[MSc/PgDip]
• Conservation Management of African Ecosystems[MSc]
• Corporate & Financial Law[LLM]
• Corporate Governance & Accountability[MSc]
• Creative Industries & Cultural Policy[MSc]
• Creative Writing[MLitt]
• Criminology[MRes]
• Criminology & Criminal Justice[MSc]
• Critical Care[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Data Analytics[MSc]
• Data Analytics for Economics & Finance[MSc]
• Data Science[MSc]
• Digital Society[MSc]
• Early Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
• Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships[MSc]
• Ecology & Environmental Biology[MRes]
• Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
• Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways)[MSc]
• Economics, International Banking & Finance[MSc]
• Education for Sustainable Futures in Adult, Community & Youth Contexts[MSc]
• Education, Public Policy & Equity[MSc]
• Educational Studies[MEd]
• Educational Studies[MSc]
• Electronics & Electrical Engineering[MSc]
• Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing[MSc]
• English Language & Linguistics[MSc]
• English Literature[MLitt]
• English Literature: American Modern Literature[MLitt]
• English Literature: Fantasy[MLitt]
• English Literature: Modernities – Literature, Culture, Theory[MLitt]
• Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Environment & Sustainable Development[MSc]
• Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)[MLitt]
• Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems[MSc]
• Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance[MSc]
• Film & Television Studies[MLitt]
• Film Curation[MSc]
• Filmmaking & Media Arts[MSc]
• Finance & Management[MSc]
• Financial Economics[MSc]
• Financial Modelling & Investment[MSc]
• Financial Risk Management[MSc]
• Financial Technology[MSc]
• Food Security[MSc]
• Gender History[MSc/PgDip]
• Geoinformation Technology & Cartography[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Geomatics & Management[MSc]
• Geospatial & Mapping Sciences[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Geospatial Data Science & Modelling[MSc]
• Global Economy[MSc]
• Global Health[MSc/MRes]
• Global History[MSc]
• Global Mental Health[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Global Migrations & Social Justice[MSc]
• Global Security[MSc]
• Health Services Management[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• History[MSc/PgDip]
• Housing Studies[MSc/PgDip]
• Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies[MRes]
• Human Nutrition[MSc(MedSci)]
• Human Rights[LLM]
• Human Rights & International Politics[MSc]
• Immunology & Inflammatory Disease[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice[MEd]
• Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis[MRes]
• Infection Biology (with specialisms)[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Information Management & Preservation[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Information Technology[MSc]
• Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy[LLM]
• International & Comparative Education[MSc]
• International Accounting & Financial Management[MAcc]
• International Business[MSc]
• International Commercial Law[LLM]
• International Competition Law & Policy[LLM]
• International Corporate Finance & Banking[MSc]
• International Economic Law[LLM]
• International Finance[MFin]
• International Financial Analysis[MSc]
• International Human Resource Management & Development[MSc]
• International Law[LLM]
• International Law & Security[LLM]
• International Management & Design Innovation[MSc]
• International Relations[MSc]
• International Relations[MRes]
• International Strategic Marketing[MSc]
• Investment Banking & Finance[MSc]
• Land & Hydrographic Surveying[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement[MSc]
• Language & Literacy Education (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
• Law[LLM]
• MBA (Master of Business Administration)[MBA]
• Management[MSc]
• Management[MRes]
• Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Management with Enterprise & Business Growth[MSc]
• Management with Human Resources[MSc]
• Master of Global Business[MGB]
• Material Culture & Artefact Studies[MSc/PgDip]
• Mathematics / Applied Mathematics[MSc]
• Mechanical Engineering[MSc]
• Mechanical Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Mechatronics[MSc]
• Media Management[MSc]
• Media, Communications & International Journalism[MSc]
• Media, Culture & Society[MSc]
• Medical Devices Engineering[MSc]
• Medical Genetics & Genomics[MSc(MedSci)]
• Medical Physics[MSc]
• Medieval History[MSc/PgDip]
• Ministry, Theology & Practice[MTh/PgDip/PgCert]
• Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
• Museum Education[MSc]
• Museum Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Music Industries[MSc]
• Musicology[MMus]
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology[MSc]
• Nuclear & Environmental Physics[MSc]
• Oral Sciences[MSc]
• Philosophy[MSc]
• Philosophy (Conversion)[MSc]
• Philosophy of Mind & Psychology[MSc]
• Playwriting & Dramaturgy[MLitt]
• Political Communication[MSc]
• Precision Medicine (with specialisms)[MSc]
• Psychological Science (conversion)[MSc]
• Psychological Science, Research Methods of[MSc]
• Psychological Studies (conversion)[MSc]
• Public Health[MPH/PgDip/PgCert]
• Public Policy & Management[MSc]
• Public Policy Research[MRes]
• Quantitative Finance[MSc]
• Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology[MSc]
• Quantum Technology[MSc]
• Real Estate[MSc]
• Religion & Global Challenges[MSc]
• Reparatory Justice[MSc/MA]
• Robotics & AI[MSc]
• Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MSc]
• Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MRes]
• Scottish History[MSc/PgDip]
• Sensor & Imaging Systems[MSc]
• Sociology[MSc]
• Sociology & Research Methods[MRes]
• Software Development[MSc]
• Sound Design & Audiovisual Practice[MSc]
• Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics[MSc]
• Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine[MSc]
• Statistics[MSc]
• Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine[MSc]
• Structural Engineering[MSc]
• Sustainable Energy[MSc]
• Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Sustainable Water Environments[MSc]
• TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MEd]
• TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MSc]
• Textile Conservation[MPhil]
• Theatre & Performance Practices[MLitt]
• Theatre Studies[MLitt]
• Theoretical Physics[MSc]
• Translation Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Urban Analytics[MSc]
• Urban Research[MRes]
• Urban Transport[MSc]
• War Studies[MSc]

VALUE

Full tuition fee waiver

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the ‘Apply now’ link which will direct you to the Scholarship Portal.

The deadline to apply for the scholarship is the 7th of April  2024 – no applications will be considered after this date. 

Applicants shortlisted for interviews will be contacted by 10th May 2024. 

For more information contact: Enquire online

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