Deadline: October 13, 2023
Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape 2024. Initiated 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 Scholars 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, refugees and forcibly displaced youth, and young people living with disabilities, who are encouraged to apply.
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC supports academically talented youth from South Africa and other parts of the African continent. For the 2024 Academic Year, the Scholars Program at UWC will provide fully-funded opportunities for young scholars to study for undergraduate qualifications or master’s degree qualifications.
Fields of Study
Undergraduates
- Humanities & Arts (History, Linguistics, Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies);
- Economic & Management Sciences (Economics, Information Sciences and Public Administration);
- Education (Mathematics and Science, Foundation Phase);
- Natural Sciences (Biological, Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences).
Postgraduates
- 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).
Eligibility
Undergraduates
- Be no older than 26 years for the undergraduate studies;
- Meet the University’s minimum admissions requirements and must have applied for academic admission to the University for 2024;
- Be prepared to register for full-time undergraduate study in January 2024;
- Provide evidence that access to university studies is impeded by social and economic barriers.
Postgraduates
- Be no older than 30 years for the master’s degree studies;
- Meet the University’s minimum admissions requirements and must have applied for academic admission to the University for 2024;
- Be prepared to begin their first year of registration for full-time master’s degree study in January 2024;
- Provide evidence that access to university studies is impeded by social and economic barriers.
Application
Apply for study to the University for 2024 (take note of application closing dates).
For more information, visit MCFSP.
