Postgraduate Scholarships for International students 2026-2027 (Page 568)

Postgraduate Grants And Scholarships

Annually, postgraduate grants and scholarships  are  awarded to qualified postgraduate students, to enable them fund their studies while studying abroad or in their home country.

You can benefit from these grants for postgraduate funded by organizations and universities, by applying for various study opportunities which present themselves as – either postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students or postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students.

Or by applying to postgraduate study abroad scholarships, which provide  you with the chance to study at a university overseas.

Below are some of such scholarships which provide postgraduate sponsorship for students like you:

• MasterCard Foundation postgraduate scholarship
• Commonwealth Scholarships postgraduate scholarship
• DAAD postgraduate scholarship
• MEXT postgraduate scholarship
• Nestle postgraduate scholarship
• Government of Poland postgraduate scholarship
• Shanghai Government Scholarships postgraduate scholarship
• Total postgraduate scholarship
• Fulbright postgraduate scholarship
• Many more

Eligibility For Postgraduate Scholarships

To become a postgraduate scholar, there are eligibility criteria you should meet, especially if you are applying for postgraduate study abroad scholarships.

However, while respective awarding organizations have requirements that are specific them, they’re also general requirements which you must before you are qualified for a scholarship for postgraduate abroad studies.

Some of those requirements are:

• Proof of English language proficiency (IELTS or it’s equivalent)
• Bachelors degree/ certificate of graduation (for Masters students)
• Masters degree/ certificate of graduation (for PhD students)
• Research proposal (for PhD students)
• Acceptance/admission letter to study at your selected university
• International passport (for those students participating in a postgraduate study abroad scholarship)
• Motivation letter to the scholarship sponsors stating why you think you are qualified to receive a postgraduate sponsorship to further your studies.

How To Apply For Postgraduate Scholarships

Dear applicant, before you can be selected for any of the available scholarships for post graduates, you first have to apply for the scholarship you are interested in and submit all the required documents.

Although this may seem like an easy thing to do (which it is), a simple mistake can cause your application to be rejected by the organisation or university, so you want to do it right.

If you have applied for scholarships in the past and have been rejected, or are applying for the first time, this is how to apply for an online post graduate scholarship.

Application Process:

To apply for a postgraduate scholarship, these are the steps you should take:

Before you apply:

• Do you research on the scholarship and find out all you need to know about it, in terms of how to apply (whether online or via email or post) and particular documents to submit.
• Research the school you are applying to and find out documents required and also if you are to apply for the scholarship before you gain admission to study or after.
• Check if you are eligible for the scholarship
• Organise all the required documents needed for the application.