Key details
- Host: Beit Trust
- Open to: Africans (Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi)
- Target: Graduates
- Deadline: 11th February 2022
Applications for the Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students 2022/23 Academic session are now ongoing.
About the Beit Trust Scholarships
The Beit Trust is a partnership between six UK universities and three South African universities to support those who want to study for a degree. The universities’ collaboration helps to spread costs, increasing the number of scholarships that the Beit Trust can finance.
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Eligibility Criteria
Applicants for the Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships must ensure to meet up the following requirements:
- Applicants must be students from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi who are resident in and also intend to return to those countries on completion of studies.
- Applicants are to apply for a one-year taught master’s programme in UK university and two-year taught master’s programme in South African university.
- Applicants (except medical and veterinary doctors) must be under 30 years of age on 31 December 2021.
- Doctors and Vets must be under 35 years of age on 31 December 2021.
Benefit
- Fees, tuition costs and related academic expenses.
- A personal allowance, index-linked in accordance from an independent authority, covering maintenance support.
- Other allowances are paid for arrival, a laptop and departure.
- Economy class tickets to the place of study and on final return.
- Trust will also address any expenses that may arise in 2022/23 as a result of residual Covid protocols
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Application Procedure
Interested candidates who wish to apply for the Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarship 2022/23 should follow the steps outlined below:
- Apply to any of the partner university in the UK and South Africa and be offered admission to study a postgraduate course.
- Notify the partner university that he/she will be approaching the Beit Trust for scholarship funding and should also indicate the work experience.
- Notify the Trust once application has been submitted to the partner university and also tell the trust which course is being applied for.
- Confirm their nationality to the Trust; Zambians are to send their application form for confirmation to [email protected]
- Applicants from Zimbabwe and Malawi are to send theirs to [email protected].
- Applications, with all the supporting documents are to be uploaded online via the scholarship application link before the application deadline.
Documents Requirements:
- A signed Medical Certificate Form from your doctor. This will need to be completed before you begin the application process below. Please download the form here: Medical Certificate Form
- A copy of your offer letterfrom a UK Partner University/s; or a PDF document detailing the university/s and course/s you will apply to at South African Partner University/s.
- Degree results.
- Curriculum Vitae
- A personal statement(no longer than 500 words) to explain in your own words how you think a postgraduate degree will benefit your country and its development.
- A clear recent photograph of yourself: not a passport photo, but something that shows you to your best advantage.
- A clear copy of your valid passport, showing date of issue and expiry.
For more information visit the official website of Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships