Partially funded

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The programme develops entrepreneurial, compassionate leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on addressing the climate crisis, through sustainability-focused postgraduate study at Edinburgh.

It offers one-year on-campus Masters, three-year part-time online Masters and two-year part-time Postgraduate Diploma scholarships to students living or working in Africa with strong potential but few educational opportunities.

Award Information

  • Faced significant barriers to education (social, financial, personal, practical or health-related).
  • Resident and citizen of, or refugee in, an African country (including North Africa).
  • Completed undergraduate degree, with certificate and final transcript uploaded by 21 November 2025.
  • Track record of leadership and community service; experience or ambition in addressing the climate crisis.
  • Aged 35 or under in the year of starting (born on or after 1 January 1991 for 2026/27).
  • No previous postgraduate degree and not enrolled elsewhere during the scholarship; Postgraduate Diploma applicants may hold a Masters from an African university.
  • Female scholars, refugees and displaced people and scholars with disabilities particularly welcome.
  • Degree certificate and transcript due by 21 November 2025.
  • Outcome notified in February 2026.
  1. Choose on-campus or online programme.
  2. Apply through the Edinburgh Global Mastercard Foundation Scholars page.

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How selection works

  • Academic merit qualifying for Edinburgh admission.
  • Leadership and service record.
  • Quality of application against the climate justice theme.
  • Potential impact on the home country.
  • Barriers to education faced.

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