The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarships invites applications from suitably qualified young African students to undertake fully funded taught Masters programs at the University of Oxford. The scholarship funds a rigorous one-year MA course taught at Oxford with the aim of providing scholars with relevant technical, entrepreneurial and leadership skills and connecting them to world-leading resources in their respective sectors.
Scholarship Description
The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship Program is an innovative and ambitious partnership under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and the Oxford Africa Initiative (AfOx). The partnership is set to provide 400 young African researchers with a fully funded opportunity to pursue taught master’s degrees in programs related to pandemic preparedness and recovery at the University of Oxford.
The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship Program supports motivated, locally rooted and globally minded young Africans to undertake postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. The AfOx Scholarship Program for Mastercard Foundation is based on the Mastercard Foundation, and AfOx shares shared values of fellowship, empathy, commitment, inclusion, and community. The scholarship is part of the wider AfOx Graduate Programme, which aims to support African students to access opportunities at Oxford and thrive during and after their time at the University.
Benefits
- The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship programme is fully funded.
- Each Scholar will benefit from the highest calibre training in specific disciplines critical to solving pressing problems, including food systems, health sciences, sustainable water and energy systems, governance and public policy, and entrepreneurship, among others.
Level and Areas of Study
Master’s in various disciplines, including global health, engineering, public policy, law, and refugees and forced migration Studies.
Eligibility
The Mastercard Foundation Afox scholarship specifically emphasizes:
- Groups who have historically been under-represented, including but not limited to female scholars, people from refugee and displaced backgrounds and scholars with accessibility needs.
- A cohort of 20 Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholars studying various academic disciplines, including global health, engineering, public policy, law, and refugees and forced migration Studies, began their studies in the 2022 academic year.
- This group of emerging African leaders come from 13 African counties and are members of 9 Oxford colleges.
Application Procedure
How-To-Apply: If you are applying for this Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship,
- To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application to the University of Oxford via the graduate admissions portal by the deadline for your chosen course of study and indicate that you wish to apply for AfOx funding.
- The Oxford University Masters application fee of £75 is waived upon request for many low-income countries – refer to the application fee waiver section.
- Eligible candidates who receive a conditional offer from their course will be then invited to apply for the AfOx Graduate Scholarship Program. All invited candidates will be expected to fill in the AfOx Graduate Scholarship questionnaire during the application process.
- Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed virtually before decisions are made, and the timelines will be communicated at the interview stage.
- We recommend that you reference the FAQs for clarity in any areas of concern before you start the application.