AFRICAN EXCELLENCE AWARD – University of Glasgow
DESCRIPTION
The University of Glasgow is offering up to 15 scholarships for International students from Africa, starting a 1 year postgraduate taught Masters programme, in any discipline for academic session 2023/24. The scholarship is a full tuition fee waiver.
To be eligible, applicant must:
- Demonstrate academic excellence and achieve grades equivalent to a UK 1st Class Honours;
- Hold an offer of a place for a postgraduate taught one year Masters programme for September 2023 intake;
- Have International fee status.
NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Up to 15
Eligible countries/regions
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo Democratic Republic of
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Eligible programmes
- Adult Education, Community Development & Youth Work[MEd/PgDip]
- Advanced Functional Materials[MSc]
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing[MSc]
- Advanced Nursing Science[MSc]
- Advanced Practice in Health Care[MSc(MedSci)]
- Advanced Statistics[MRes]
- Aerospace Engineering[MSc]
- Aerospace Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Ancient Cultures[MSc]
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law[MSc]
- Applied Linguistics[MSc]
- Applied Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Archaeology[MSc]
- Art History[MLitt]
- Art History: Collecting & Provenance in an International Context[MSc]
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories[MLitt]
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning[MLitt]
- Astrophysics[MSc]
- Bioinformatics[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Biomedical Engineering[MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences[MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences[MRes]
- Biotechnology[MSc]
- Biotechnology & Management[MSc/PgDip]
- Brain Sciences[MSc]
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology[MSc]
- Cardiovascular Sciences[MSc(MedSci)]
- Celtic Studies[MSc]
- Chemical Biology[MSc]
- Chemistry[MSc]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[MSc]
- Children’s Literature & Literacies[MEd]
- Church History & Theology[MTh]
- City Planning[MSc]
- City Planning & Real Estate Development[MSc]
- Civil Engineering[MSc]
- Civil Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Classics & Ancient History[MSc]
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice[MSc(MedSci)]
- Clinical Pharmacology[MSc(MedSci)]
- Comparative Literature[MLitt]
- Computer Systems Engineering[MSc]
- Computing Science[MSc]
- Conflict Archaeology & Heritage[MSc/PgDip]
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems[MSc]
- Corporate & Financial Law[LLM]
- Corporate Governance & Accountability[MSc]
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy[MSc]
- Creative Writing[MLitt]
- Criminology[MRes]
- Criminology & Criminal Justice[MSc]
- Critical Care[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Data Analytics[MSc]
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance[MSc]
- Data Science[MSc]
- Development Studies[MSc]
- Digital Society[MSc]
- Early Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships[MSc]
- Ecology & Environmental Biology[MRes]
- Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways)[MSc]
- Economics, International Banking & Finance[MSc]
- Education for Sustainable Futures in Adult, Community & Youth Contexts[MSc]
- Education, Public Policy & Equity[MSc]
- Educational Leadership[MEd]
- Educational Studies[MSc]
- Educational Studies[MEd]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering[MSc]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing[MSc]
- Endodontics[MSc(DentSci)]
- English Language & Linguistics[MSc]
- English Literature[MLitt]
- English Literature: American Modern Literature[MLitt]
- English Literature: Fantasy[MLitt]
- English Literature: Modernities – Literature, Culture, Theory[MLitt]
- Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
- Environment & Sustainable Development[MSc]
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries Campus)[MLitt]
- Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems[MSc]
- Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance[MSc]
- Film & Television Studies[MLitt]
- Film Curation[MSc]
- Filmmaking & Media Arts[MSc]
- Finance & Management[MSc]
- Financial Economics[MSc]
- Financial Modelling & Investment[MSc]
- Financial Risk Management[MSc]
- Financial Technology[MSc]
- Food Security[MSc]
- Gender History[MSc/PgDip]
- Genetic & Genomic Counselling (with Work Placement)[MSc(MedSci)]
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geomatics & Management[MSc]
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Global Economy[MSc]
- Global Health[MSc/MRes]
- Global History[MSc]
- Global Mental Health[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Global Migrations & Social Justice[MSc]
- Global Security[MSc]
- Health Services Management[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- History[MSc/PgDip]
- Housing Studies[MSc/PgDip]
- Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies[MRes]
- Human Nutrition[MSc(MedSci)]
- Human Rights[LLM]
- Human Rights & International Politics[MSc]
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease[MSc]
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice[MEd]
- Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis[MRes]
- Infection Biology (with specialisms)[MSc]
- Information Management & Preservation[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Information Technology[MSc]
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy[LLM]
- International & Comparative Education[MSc]
- International Accounting & Financial Management[MAcc]
- International Business[MSc]
- International Commercial Law[LLM]
- International Competition Law & Policy[LLM]
- International Corporate Finance & Banking[MSc]
- International Economic Law[LLM]
- International Finance[MFin]
- International Financial Analysis[MSc]
- International Human Resource Management & Development[MSc]
- International Law[LLM]
- International Law & Security[LLM]
- International Management & Design Innovation[MSc]
- International Relations[MSc]
- International Relations[MRes]
- International Strategic Marketing[MSc]
- Investment Banking & Finance[MSc]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement[MSc]
- Law[LLM]
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)[MBA]
- Management[MRes]
- Management[MSc]
- Management & Sustainable Tourism[MSc]
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth[MSc]
- Management with Human Resources[MSc]
- Management with International Finance[MSc]
- Master of Global Business[MGB]
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies[MSc/PgDip]
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics[MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering[MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering & Management[MSc]
- Mechatronics[MSc]
- Media Management[MSc]
- Media, Communications & International Journalism[MSc]
- Media, Culture & Society[MSc]
- Medical Devices Engineering[MSc]
- Medical Genetics & Genomics[MSc(MedSci)]
- Medical Physics[MSc]
- Medieval History[MSc/PgDip]
- Ministry, Theology & Practice[MTh/PgDip/PgCert]
- Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
- Museum Education[MSc]
- Museum Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Music Industries[MSc]
- Musicology[MMus]
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology[MSc]
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics[MSc]
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery[MSc(DentSci)]
- Oral Sciences[MSc]
- Philosophy[MSc]
- Philosophy (Conversion)[MSc]
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology[MSc]
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy[MLitt]
- Political Communication[MSc/PgDip]
- Precision Medicine & Pharmacological Innovation[MSc]
- Precision Medicine (with specialisms)[MSc]
- Psychological Science (conversion)[MSc]
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of[MSc]
- Psychological Studies (conversion)[MSc]
- Public Health[MPH/PgDip/PgCert]
- Public Policy & Management[MSc]
- Public Policy Research[MRes]
- Quantitative Finance[MSc]
- Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology[MSc]
- Quantum Technology[MSc]
- Real Estate[MSc]
- Religion & Global Challenges[MSc]
- Robotics & AI[MSc]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MSc]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MRes]
- Scottish History[MSc/PgDip]
- Sensor & Imaging Systems[MSc]
- Sociology[MSc]
- Sociology & Research Methods[MRes]
- Software Development[MSc]
- Sound Design & Audiovisual Practice[MSc]
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics[MSc]
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine[MSc]
- Statistics[MSc]
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine[MSc]
- Structural Engineering[MSc]
- Sustainable Energy[MSc]
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
- Sustainable Water Environments[MSc]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MEd]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MSc]
- Textile Conservation[MPhil]
- Theatre & Performance Practices[MLitt]
- Theatre Studies[MLitt]
- Theoretical Physics[MSc]
- Translation Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Urban Analytics[MSc]
- Urban Research[MRes]
- Urban Transport[MSc]
- War Studies[MSc]
VALUE
Full tuition fee waiver
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants must complete an an application form to be considered for the scholarship, only offer holders will be able to apply.
The deadline to apply for the scholarship is the 28th April 2023 – no applications after this date will be considered.
Applicants shortlisted for interviews will be contacted mid-May.
For queries on the scholarship or application process: Enquire Online
Official Link: https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/universityofglasgowafricanexcellenceaward/#eligiblecountries%2Fregions
Source: University of Glasgow