Call for Applications for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape – Academic Year 2025
Application Deadline: 30 August 2024
Call for Applications for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape – Academic Year 2025
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is an implementing partner of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Initiated in 2012, the 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 Mastercard Foundation 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.
Eligibility
The Mastercard Foundation Scholar Program at UWC supports academically talented youth from South Africa and other parts of the African continent. For the 2025 Academic Year, the Program at UWC will provide fully-funded opportunities for young Mastercard Foundation Scholars to study for i) undergraduate qualifications or ii) master’s degree qualifications.
Call for Applications
The University of the Western Cape invites applications for a limited number of undergraduate and master’s degree scholarships from qualifying candidates from South Africa and the African continent who are prepared to register for full-time study in 2025.
Applications are restricted to the following disciplines/fields of study:
Postgraduate Qualification: Master’s Degree
Undergraduate Qualifications
Application Process
Step 1: Apply for admission to study at UWC
- Applicants intending to apply to the Mastercard Foundation Scholar Program at UWC must first submit an academic application to study at UWC for the 2025 academic year.Take note of the application closing dates for the desired programme /discipline.
- Only applicants who have successfully submitted their academic application and obtained a UWC application number are eligible to apply for the Mastercard Scholars Program at UWC, as a UWC application number is required to complete the application.
Step 2: Apply to the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Once you have successfully submitted your application to study at UWC, apply to the Mastercard Scholars Program by completing the online application.
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