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UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Application Deadline:  October 31st, 2024.

LOCATION: Canada

The University of British Columbia is currently welcoming applications for the Fall 2025 intake. This scholarship is for the following programs ONLY:

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)

Master of Food Science (MFS)

Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)

Faculty of Forestry

Master of Sustainable Forest Management (MSFM)

Master of International Forestry (MIF)

Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management (MGEM)

Master of Science/Master of Applied Science in Forestry (Thesis-based)

Faculty of Science

Master of Data Science

Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents are not eligible to apply for this award.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for consideration for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Masters’ Degree Program at UBC, the applicant must:

have completed a Bachelor’s degree;

not already have a Master’s degree;

be 35 years old or younger at the time of application (i.e. born in 1989 or after);

be a citizen or a refugee of a Sub-Saharan African country (listed here);

be applying for a Master’s degree in one of the eligible programs listed below.

Once your Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program application is complete, eligible applicants will receive an email with instructions to submit an online application to UBC. Review the instructions for faculty applications

You may be eligible for a fee waiver if your citizenship and correspondence address is located in one of the world’s 50 least developed countries, according to the United Nations. Please visit this website to check which countries are on the list: If your country is not listed above, please request a fee waiver when you are submitting your Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program application package. If you are invited to move to the Faculty Application step, we will provide instruction on how to use a fee waiver during the program application process. If you submit your application without applying your fee waiver, we are unable to provide a refund.

BENEFIT:

Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program only covers the expenses of the admitted scholars.

Funds from the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC cannot be applied to pursue programs at other academic institutions.

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MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Application Deadline: November 4, 2024 at 12 noon (Toronto time).

LOCATION: Canada

The Mastercard Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the 2025-2026 Mastercard Foundation Graduate Scholarship recruitment at the University of Toronto. This scholarship is available to recent graduates and current students from our partner universities in the Africa Health Collaborative. Scholarships will be awarded to individuals who have shown academic excellence in health-related fields and a personal dedication to returning and contributing to their home countries after completing their degrees.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants MUST meet the following six eligibility criteria:

Be a citizen and currently residing in a Sub-Saharan African country

Be graduating or have graduated within the last 5 years from a partner institution of the Africa Health Collaborative (listed on page one) and have not yet started studies at the graduate level

Have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership qualities during his/her undergraduate years

Be academically admissible to one of the sponsored graduate programs listed above

Demonstrate a desire and commitment to return home following graduation to contribute to the ongoing economic growth and social development in Africa.

List of Africa Health Collaborative Partner Universities:

Addis Ababa University

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

African Leadership University

Amref International University/Amref Health Africa

Ashesi University

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Moi University

University of Cape Town

BENEFIT:

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Toronto (U of T) is a fully funded scholarship program for graduate studies at Canada’s leading institution of learning, discovery, and knowledge creation. 

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