The Mastercard AfOx Scholarship Programme helps passionate, locally rooted, and globally minded African young people pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford.
The University of Oxford Mastercard Scholarship covers all course fees and includes a £19,237 grant for living expenses, as well as customised training programmes, networking opportunities, and support.
Mastercard AfOx Scolarship Details:
The University of Oxford and the Mastercard Foundation have an innovative and ambitious partnership under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx).
The partnership is set to provide 400 young African scholars with a fully-funded opportunity to pursue taught Masters degrees in programmes related to pandemic preparedness and recovery at the University of Oxford.
The Mastercard AfOx Scholarship programme is grounded in the Mastercard Foundation, and AfOx shared values of collegiality, empathy, commitment, inclusion and community.
The Scholarship funds a rigorous one-year taught Master’s course at Oxford aimed at equipping the Scholars with relevant technical, entrepreneurial and leadership skills and connecting them to world-leading resources in their respective sectors.
Key elements of the scholarship programme include adequate support and preparation for students to take up their studies, intensive emphasis on life skills beyond academia and support for a lifelong network of alumni.
University of Oxford Mastercard Scholarship Requirements:
To be considered for this 2025 University of Oxford Mastercard Scholarship,
- be of African nationality
- submit your application to the University of Oxford via the graduate admissions portal by the deadline for your chosen course of study and indicate that you wish to apply for AfOx funding.
- Necessary residence considerations will be made for students from refugee and displaced backgrounds.
- The scholarship emphasises explicitly groups who have historically been under-represented, including but not limited to female scholars, people from refugee and displaced backgrounds and disabled scholars.
- Please read the Application Guide in detail ahead of making the application.
- We strongly recommend you submit your application form and all of your supporting documents at least a week before the earliest deadline for your course.