Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships 2025 for Africans
Eligible African students looking to enroll in a postgraduate degree program in the UK or South Africa for the 2025/2026 academic year are invited to apply for the fully funded Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships 2025 for Africans.
The Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships is a collaboration between eight UK universities and three South African Universities to sponsor African students with the passion to pursue a degree program. The partnership between the universities helps share costs thereby increasing the number of Postgraduate scholarships that can be funded by the Beit Trust for the 2025/2026 academic year.
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Scholarship Summary:
Scholarship Sponsor(s): Beit Trust
Host Institution(s): UK or South Africa Universities
Scholarship Worth: Fully Funded
Number of Awards: Several
Study Level: Postgraduate
Nationality: African Students
Eligibility for the Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships 2025 for Africans:
- By Act of Parliament, the Beit Trust supports ONLY students who are nationals of Zambia, Zimbabwe, or Malawi, who hold permanent residence, live there, and/or intend to return to their country after their studies.
- Applicants must have a Distinction or Merit (Upper Second Class) in their undergraduate degree. Those with Lower Second Class or Credit/Pass degrees, while not ineligible to apply, will struggle to beat the competition.
- Applicants who already hold a postgraduate degree are likely only in the most exceptional cases to be considered for a Beit Postgraduate Scholarship.
- Applicants must have professional Work Experience as it is important in the award of a scholarship. This should be relevant to the proposed field of study.
Scholarship Benefits:
- Fees, tuition costs, and related academic expenses.
- A personal allowance, index-linked by an independent authority, covering maintenance support.
- Other allowances are paid for arrival, a laptop, and departure.
- Economy class tickets to the place of study and on final return.
Method of Application for the Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships 2025 for Africans:
Interested applicants for the Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships 2025 for Africans are to apply by following the steps below:
- Apply to any of the partner universities in the UK and South Africa and be offered admission to study a postgraduate course.
- Notify the partner university that he/she will be approaching the Beit Trust for scholarship funding and should also indicate work experience.
- Notify the Trust once the application has been submitted to the partner university and also tell the trust which course is being applied for.
- Confirm their nationality to the Trust; Zambians are to send their application form for confirmation to scholarships@beittrust.org.uk
- Applicants from Zimbabwe and Malawi are to send theirs to africa@beittrust.org.uk
- Applications, with all the supporting documents, are to be uploaded online via the scholarship application link before the application deadline.
Required Documents:
- A signed Medical Certificate Form from your doctor. This will need to be completed before you begin the application process below. Please download the form here: Medical Certificate Form
- A copy of your offer letter from a UK Partner University/s; or a PDF document detailing the university/s and course/s you will apply to at South African Partner University/s.
- Degree results.
- Curriculum Vitae
- A personal statement(no longer than 500 words) to explain in your own words how you think a postgraduate degree will benefit your country and its development.
- A clear recent photograph of yourself: not a passport photo, but something that shows you to your best advantage.
- A clear copy of your valid passport, showing the date of issue and expiry.
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Application Deadline: February 2025.
For more information about this opportunity, Visit the Official Website.