Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Program 2024-2025

Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Program 2024-2025. Wageningen University is now inviting applications for the 2024 Africa Scholarship Program. See how to apply below and the requirements.

About Wageningen University

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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. This union of expertise leads to scientific breakthroughs that can quickly be put into practice and be incorporated into education.

The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) 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 programme, Wageningen wants to support capacity building in Africa by attracting excellent students for a 2-years master’s program

Benefits of Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Program

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

Requirements for Wageningen University Africa Scholarship Program

You are a citizen of an African country.
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?
You are uncondittionally amitted to this MSc programme.
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.

If you do not meet one of the above requirements, you are not eligible for the Africa Scholarship Programme and you will not be invited for the selection procedure.

Selection Process

The selection procedure for this scholarship is based on invitation. It’s not possible to apply directly.

Important dates at a glance:

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