The Mastercard Foundation Offering 900+ Scholarships For 2018
The ambitious MasterCard Foundation Scholarship Program has been a major boon
to high-achieving, low-income African students since its inception in 2012, helping
some 15,000 students pursue higher education globally. As the 10-year, $500
million program nears completion of its initial commitment, it has been trending
towards offering greater numbers of scholarships, with more emphasis on African
universities.
The MasterCard Foundation is evaluating its program this year and while a few
original partner universities are no longer offering MCF scholarships, 20 are. More
than 925 scholarships are available for 2018, including 644 undergraduate
scholarships.
Here’s a list of participating schools and the scholarships they are offering for 2018:
North & Central America:
- McGill University (7 undergraduate, 4 graduate)
- University of British Columbia (11/4)
- EARTH University (33/0)
- Duke University (5/0)
- Michigan State University (0/12)
- University of California, Berkeley (0/ “ 1 cohort of graduate students”)
- Wellesley College (4/0)
Europe:
- Sciences Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) (5/5)
- University of Edinburgh (36/10)
Africa:
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), (0/111)
- Ashesi University (60/0)
- Carnegie Mellon, Rwanda (0/20)
- Kwame Nkurumah University of Science and Technology (100/0)
- Makere University (250/0)
- University of Abomey-Calavi (50/0)
- University of Gondar (30/10)
- University of Cape Town (16/22)
- University or Pretoria (18/67)
Middle East:
- American University of Beruit (19/15)
Other:
- Arizona State University (no longer offers undergraduate scholarships; graduate
scholarships available for Ghanaians only, through selection by Kwame Nkurumah
University)
Thanks to Faith Biyapo of the MasterCard Foundation for supplying this information.
Thank you for the information, tremendous achievement indeed for MasterCard Foundation, the HALI students and all involved.
Hello HALI,
My name is Henry, I am a young African committed to improving Education and use of Technology in STEM Education in Africa.
Thank you for this life-changing information. However, I have started the Application at Science Po University. But, I got to learn that HALI Access Network (or other partners) has to nominate someone to be eligible for the MasterCard Foundation Scholarship at Science Po.
Please, how do I go about getting the nomination of HALI Access Network for to be able to procedure with my application.
Thank you for your assistance as I await your response.
Henry.
Henry, you can apply to Science Po and their scholarships without the recommendation of a HALI organization. Good luck with your application!