Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape. For the academic year 2024. The UWC Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program supports academically talented and brilliant youth from South Africa and other continents in Africa. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC 2024 will provide fully funded scholarships for young scholars to pursue undergraduate or master’s programs from the University of the Western Cape. If you are a brilliant student from South Africa and the African continent and want to pursue your studies in Africa for free, you should apply for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2024.
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a partner of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program was initiated in 2012. The fully funded Scholarship is a global initiative that is designed to develop the future generation of transformative and motivated leaders by enabling highly talented, brilliant, service-oriented young people, mainly young Africans, to pursue their higher education free at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and brings up their leadership potential. The University of the Western Cape Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2024 offers scholarships for some restricted fields, so the applicants must select any of those fields (details are given below).
The fully funded UWC Scholars Program specifically targets those young people whose access to higher studies is hindered by economic and social barriers. The UWC Mastercard Scholarship Program places particular importance on reaching young women, young people living with disabilities, refugees, and forcibly displaced youth. The UWC scholarship program offers a limited number of scholarships, which means it is very competitive, so applicants must have an excellent academic record. Opportunities Circle has provided all the details below. Read the article thoroughly so you can get all the details.
Eligible Fields of Study for the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship:
Bachelor Program:
- Humanities & Arts (History, Linguistics, Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies);
- Education (Mathematics and Science, Foundation Phase);
- Economic & Management Sciences (Economics, Information Sciences, and Public Administration);
- Natural Sciences (Biological, Computational, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences).
Postgraduate Program:
- Humanities & Arts (Applied Linguistics, History, Gender Justice, Migration Studies, Sociology for Development);
- Economic & Management Sciences (Development Studies, Information Sciences and Migration Studies);
- Community & Health Sciences (Public Health);
- Law (Governance and Human Rights);
- Natural Sciences (Biological, Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
- Country: South Africa
- Financial coverage: Fully Funded
- Deadline: October 13, 2023
Eligibility Criteria of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program:
Undergraduates:
- At the time of application, applicants must be 26 years old for undergraduate studies.
- Applicants must meet the University’s minimum admissions requirements.
- Applicants must have applied for academic admission 2024 to the University.
- Furthermore, applicants must be ready to start full-time undergraduate study in January 2024.
Postgraduate:
- At the time of application, applicants must not be older than 30 years for the master’s degree studies.
- Applicants must meet the University’s minimum admissions requirements.
- Applicants must have applied for academic admission 2024 to the University.
- Applicants must be ready to start full-time master’s study in January 2024.
- Applicants who want to register for a second master’s degree are not eligible for this UWC scholarship 2024.
Benefits of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program:
- The fully funded Mastercard scholarship will provide free bachelor’s or master’s studies at the University of the Western Cape.
- An international networking opportunity.
- It is a fantastic opportunity for Africans to grow and gain leadership qualities.
- The UWC scholarship is a fantastic chance to study free in South Africa.