University of Manchester 2022 Global Futures Scholarships for African Students

The University of Manchester is proud to offer awards totalling more than £1.7 million to international students, commencing their studies in September 2022. The scholarship is open to both prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students.

• Table of Content
• About University of Manchester
• Undergraduate Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of Undergraduate Scholarships
• Requirements for Undergraduate Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• Masters Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of Masters Scholarships
• Requirements for Masters Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Manchester

The University of Manchester, in its present form, was created in 2004 by the amalgamation of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). After 100 hundred years of working closely together both institutions agreed to form a single university, and on 22 October 2004 they officially combined to form the largest single-site university in the UK. Each has an innovative and inspiring history which we continue to build on, through ground-breaking research and as a centre of educational excellence.... continue reading

• Undergraduate Scholarships
• Masters Scholarships

Undergraduate Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of Undergraduate Scholarships

The Global Futures Scholarships will be awarded based on academic excellence and your responses to questions in the online application form which will be emailed to all eligible offer holders.

The ten partial awards will be open to applicants domiciled in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Each award comprises £5,000 for the first year of study with a further £5,000 awarded in the second year of study, conditional on attainment of 60% average in the first year.

Scholarships will be awarded in the form of an appropriate discount against published tuition fees.

Please note the application form will only be made to you once you have applied and been made an offer.

Requirements for Undergraduate Scholarships Qualification

Eligibility:

For the purpose of these awards, students will be considered from international fee-paying students domiciled in the following countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

• Applicants must have, or be working towards, either A-levels or the IB Diploma qualification and must be applying for direct first year entry.
• Applicants for the African awards must have accepted a conditional or unconditional offer to study a full-time programme at Manchester and must submit an online scholarship application form by 20 May 2021 with awards made following the confirmation of IB and A-level results in July and August 2021. The application form will be emailed to all relevant offer-holders.
• Applicants will be considered for the award based on academic merit and the quality of their scholarship application.
• Applicants must be self-funded (ie not sponsored).
• Applicants for Medicine (MBChB) Dentistry (BDS) or Architecture degrees are not eligible for the award.
• Applicants must have selected The University of Manchester as their firm or insurance UCAS choice by 22 May 2022..

The above is a summary for you to initially check your eligibility. Make sure you download and read our full Terms and Conditions. 

Application Deadline

Masters Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of Masters Scholarships

30 awards of £10,000 will be awarded based on academic excellence and the quality of your responses in the online application form.

Scholarships will be awarded in the form of an appropriate discount against published tuition fees.

Please note the application form will only be made to you once you have applied and been made an offer.

Requirements for Masters Scholarships Qualification

For the purposes of these awards, students will be considered from international fee-paying students from the following countries: Nigeria; Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

• Applicants for the African awards must have accepted a conditional or unconditional offer to study a full-time programme at Manchester and must submit an online scholarship application form by 19 June 2022. The application form will be emailed to all eligible offer-holders.
• Applicants will be considered for the award based on academic merit and the quality of their scholarship application.
• Applicants must be self-funded (ie not sponsored).
• Applicants for MBA, MPhil, Master of Architecture (MArch), Architecture and Urbanism (MA), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Clinical Medicine and Dentistry degrees are not eligible for the award. 

The above is a summary for you to initially check your eligibility. Make sure you download and read our full Terms and Conditions. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Undergraduate

• You must submit an online scholarship application form by 20 May 2022. The application form will be emailed to all relevant offer-holders.
• Awards made following the confirmation of IB and A-level results in July and August 2022.

Masters

Applicants for the African awards must have accepted a conditional or unconditional offer to study a full-time programme at Manchester and must submit an online scholarship application form by 19 June 2022. The application form will be emailed to all eligible offer-holders and awards will be made by mid July 2022.

For more details, vsit University of Manchester website.