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UNIVERSITY OF KENT FUTURE STUDENTS AFRICA SCHOLARSHIPS – POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT

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Application Deadline: 31st July, 2025 

LOCATION: England

The University of Kent is offering the Kent Future Students Africa Scholarships – Postgraduate Taught to eligible and exceptional students who will receive an offer and pay their tuition fee deposit on or before 31st July 2025, they will get a Scholarship discount against their tuition fee, for one year of study.

ELIGIBILITY:

If you are currently domiciled in an African country, you could qualify for the Kent Future Student Scholarship.

Open to postgraduate taught applicants of full time UK programmes 

Applicants must have paid their tuition fee deposit by 31st July, 2025

This scholarship is for students beginning their degrees in September 2025 only

Please note that this scholarship is only available to students assessed as overseas fee payers.

Applicants who have applied for a Masters, which includes an integrated pre-Masters, are not eligible to receive the scholarship.

Applicants who have applied for distance learning programmes are not eligible.

Applicants who have applied for a PCert or PDip programme are not eligible.

This award cannot be used in conjunction with any other award. Should you apply for a higher-value scholarship and be successful then you will receive the higher-value award. The Kent Future Students Africa Scholarship—Postgraduate Taught will then be retracted. 

*Please note that these deadlines cannot be extended under any circumstances.

BENEFIT:

A scholarship of £3,000 as a discount against tuition fees for one year of study.

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GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

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Application Deadline: 30 April 2025 at 23:59 CET.

LOCATION: Switzerland

Eager to stimulate reflection and innovation on development issues from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives and with the generous support of Ambassador Jenö Staehelin, the Graduate Institute launched the Advancing Development Goals Contest, an international competition for Master students.

The idea is to gather contributions that are both theoretically grounded and offer pragmatic solutions to a relevant international development problem stemming from an interdisciplinary collaboration between three to five enrolled master students from anywhere in the world.

ELIGIBILITY:

Five prizes will be distributed; one in each of the following categories (based on the UN Statistics list):

Universities located in Africa

Universities located in Asia

Universities located in Europe

Universities located in North America and Oceania

Universities located in Latin America

The confirmation documents (enrolment certificates or student cards) should contain your name, your graduate programme and a recent issuance date.

In case you do not have these documents at the time of your registration, please send them via email to geneva.challenge@graduateinstitute.ch.

Following the registration, you have eleven weeks to prepare you proposal, which is due by the submission deadline.

Please make sure that you submit a proof of enrolment as a Master’s student for each team member (the document should contain your name, your graduate programme, and a recent issuance date) when you submit the form. However, you can also send the proof to geneva.challenge@graduateinstitute.ch before the deadline on 30 April 2025 at 23:59 CET.

Following the registration, you have eleven weeks to prepare your proposal, which is to be submitted as a PDF through a form, which will be made available upon registration. You will find more information on the format of the submission in the rules and regulations of the contest on the website.

Should you have any questions about the contest or registering, do not hesitate to contact us via

BENEFIT:

The ADG contest distributes 25,000 CHF in monetary prizes. The winning project will be awarded CHF 10,000; the two teams in second place will receive CHF 5,000 each and the two teams in third place, CHF 2,500 each.

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