Wageningen University Africa Scholarship 2024-2025

The Africa Scholarship Program offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa.

With this program, Wageningen wants to support capacity building in Africa by attracting excellent students for a 2-years master’s program

About Wageningen University

Wageningen University & Research is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation. The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the university.

It also lies in the combined efforts of the various fields of natural and social sciences.

Benefits of Wageningen University Africa Scholarship 2024-2025

1. Travel to and from Wageningen
2. Living allowance for 2 years
3. Tuition fee
4. Visa costs and costs for health insurance
5. Budget to visit one seminar/conference in Europe
6. Participation in the ‘Reach your full potential’ programme

Requirements for Wageningen University Africa Scholarship 2024-2025

1. You are a citizen of an African country.
2. You have applied for one the master’s programmes of Wageningen University & Research before the given deadline. Please see: How can I apply for the master’s programme?
3. You are uncondittionally amitted to this MSc programme.
4. You are an excellent and a proven top 5% student with a First class honours degree and a GPA of 80% or higher in a Bachelor degree.

The selection procedure for Wageningen University Africa Scholarship 2024-2025 is based on invitation. It’s not possible to apply directly.

1. February 1 2024: Deadline to apply for an MSc programme
2. March 21, 2024: Invitation of selected candidates to take part in the further selection process (approx. 40 candidates will be selected)
3. April 4, 2024: Deadline of the assignment
4. April 17, 2024: Decision about invitation online interviews communicated (approx. 20 candidates will be interviewed)
5. April 23 – May 3, 2024: MS Teams interviews
6. May 13, 2024: Results of the selection process communicated

Documents Required for Application

1. Bachelor’s degree
2. Transcript of academic records
3. Proof of English proficiency
4. Curriculum Vitae
5. (Optional) Personal Statement regarding prior education

How to Apply

Application Deadline for Wageningen University Africa Scholarship 2024-2025

February 1, 2024.