Deadline: July 24, 2023
Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at University of the Western Cape 2023/2024. Launched in 2012, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is a global initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly talented, service-oriented young people, primarily young Africans, to pursue their higher education and cultivate their leadership potential.
The Program is specifically targeted towards young people whose access to higher education is impeded by economic and social barriers. The Program places a particular emphasis on reaching young women, forcibly displaced youth, and young people living with disabilities. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC will support academically talented youth from South Africa and other parts of the African continent.
Applications are restricted to the following disciplines/fields of study:
- Humanities & Arts (Applied Linguistics, History, Gender Justice, Migration Studies, Sociology for Development);
- Community & Health Sciences (Public Health);
- Economic & Management Sciences (Development Studies, Information Sciences and Migration Studies);
- Law (Governance and Human Rights);
- Natural Sciences (Biological, Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences).
Scholarship
- For the 2023 Academic Year, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC will provide fully-funded opportunities for young scholars from the African continent to study for a master’s degree.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be no older than 30 years for the postgraduate master’s degree;
- Meet the University’s minimum admissions requirements;
- Be prepared to begin their first year of registration for full-time master’s study in 2023.
Application
A completed application should include the following in PDF format:
- A cover letter (saved with the name: Initial.Surname_Cover_Letter) stating the following:
- Personal background including family financial position.
- Why you chose UWC.
- Where you see yourself after graduation.
- Copies of your academic records (saved as in the above example: Academic Records). Apart from the final high school certificate, applicants for the master’s degree must also include certified copies of all university-awarded degrees.
- A letter of recommendation (saved as above: Recommendation Letter) from your previous supervisor or head of department/school. The letter must be current, official, and signed.
- One recent passport size photograph (Photograph).
- A certified copy of your national identity document or passport (saved as above: Identity Document or Passport), including, where applicable, the visa page and/or refugee/asylum seeker permit.
Completed applications and supporting documents must be sent to [email protected] by Monday, 24 July 2023.
For more information, visit MCFSP.
