Mastercard Foundation Scholarships

Eligibility

Eligible offer holders will be contacted by Student Fees and Funding via email and invited to complete a scholarship application form. To be considered you must meet the following criteria:

• Hold an offer for a full‑time one-year taught master’s course at Oxford and have submitted an application via the graduate admissions portal by the relevant December/January funding deadline for your course. Open field applicants will not be eligible for consideration.
• Be a citizen of an African country and ordinarily resident there. Necessary residence considerations will be made for students from refugee and displaced backgrounds. If you have a displacement background, please indicate this on your applicant form submitted to the graduate admissions portal by selecting YES to the question titled, "Are you, or have you been, a refugee, stateless person, or asylum seeker, or been otherwise forcibly displaced within or outside your country of origin?"
• Should not have previously completed a graduate degree.
• Must demonstrate a track record of leadership and service within their community.
• Should demonstrate alignment with AfOx values (Collegiality, Empathy, Commitment, Transparency and Inclusivity).
• Should show how their past work or future plans will contribute to addressing Africa’s major challenges including, but not limited to pandemic threats, climate crisis and youth employment.

Scholarship requirements