{"id":111656,"date":"2020-10-05T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=111656"},"modified":"2020-10-05T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:35:10","slug":"scholars-program-university-edinburgh-recent-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/scholars-program-university-edinburgh-recent-opportunity.html","title":{"rendered":"The Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh Recent Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh will provide postgraduate scholarships to students from Africa with great academic and leadership potential but few educational opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>21\u00a0scholarships are available for the 2021\/22\u00a0\u00a0academic year, which will cover the full tuition fees and expenses for accommodation and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>On top of financial support, Scholars will participate in activities as part of the wider Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh including work-based placements, mentorship, and other activities during the academic year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarships are available for the following postgraduate programs:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MSc Africa and International Development<\/li>\n<li>MSc Environment and Development<\/li>\n<li>MSc Global Health Policy<\/li>\n<li>MA Design for Change<\/li>\n<li>MSc Sustainable Energy Systems<\/li>\n<li>MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation<\/li>\n<li>MSc Finance, Technology and Policy<\/li>\n<li>MSc Food Security<\/li>\n<li>MSc Design Informatics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Eligibility criteria<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants must have graduated no later than\u00a0September 2020<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must be a resident and citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country. Applicants currently residing outside of this region for education reasons only can still apply<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must demonstrate a track record of leadership and service within their\u00a0community<\/li>\n<li>Applicants are able to present economic circumstances which show they lack financial means to pursue higher education in their home country or elsewhere<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must want to\u00a0study\u00a0one of\u00a0the\u00a0eligible\u00a0degree programmes\u00a0at the University of Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must qualify academically for admission to the degree\u00a0programme\u00a0of their choice<\/li>\n<li>Applicants should not have completed a postgraduate degree previously\u00a0and should not be enrolled at a separate university\u00a0while on scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Application to the scholarship and the University of Edinburgh<\/h3>\n<p>If you apply for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars\u00a0Program\u00a0please apply for the scholarship first. If you are\u00a0successful\u00a0in the scholarship process, the team will support you to apply for admission to your chosen degree programme.<\/p>\n<p>If you are\u00a0applying for other scholarships in the University of Edinburgh, please apply directly\u00a0to\u00a0the degree programme of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>More information on how to apply can be found on each individual degree programme web page in the University Degree Finder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested and qualified candidates should <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/global\/mastercard-foundation\">Click here for more information and to Apply<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh will provide postgraduate scholarships to students from Africa with great academic and leadership potential but few educational opportunities. 21\u00a0scholarships are available for&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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