2022 UNHCR Leadership for Africa
We are happy to announce to you all that the application for the 2022 UNHCR Leadership for Africa is now officially ongoing. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people.
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The scholarship program “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) aims to support the academic qualification and advancement of young refugees and national scholars from Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Senegal at higher education institutions in Germany. In times of conflicts and displacement in various African countries, this program intends to contribute to the education of future leaders, who will be essential for the further development of their home countries. “Leadership for Africa” offers scholarships for Master’s studies in Germany to qualified applicants in all fields of study except for medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, law, the arts, and architecture.
Scholarship summary:
Scholarship Sponsor(s): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Scholarship Type: Partially funded Scholarship
Host Institution(s): –
Scholarship Worth: –
Number of Awards: Not Stated
Study level: Postgraduate (Masters)
Country To Study: Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Niger, Senegal
Eligibility criteria for the 2022 UNHCR Leadership for Africa
All “Leadership for Africa” scholarship holders benefit from a complementary training program in good governance, civil society, and career development. The mandatory program must be completed in addition to the regular studies.
The program targets two groups:
1) Highly qualified refugees who hold refugee status and fulfill the necessary qualifications for Master’s studies in Germany. Applicants must fulfill the following conditions:
- Holding refugee status in their host countries, being granted before the 18th of April 2022
- The country of asylum must be either Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, or Senegal.
- Completed Bachelor’s degree at the time of application.
2) Highly qualified graduates from Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, or Senegal who fulfill the necessary qualifications for Master’s studies in Germany. Applicants must fulfill the following conditions:
- Citizenship of either Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, or Senegal.
- The country of residence is Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, or Senegal.
- Completed Bachelor’s degree at the time of application.
Benefits of 2022 UNHCR Leadership for Africa
- Language training
- Monthly stipend (e.g. food allowance)
- Health insurance
- Travel costs to the third country
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Application process:
- The application is to be sent EXCLUSIVELY through the DAAD portal through the section “Submitting an application” highlighted in green.
For more details, visit the UNHCR website.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022