The 2025 Wageningen University Africa Scholarship offers a prestigious, fully-funded opportunity for African students to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Designed to foster academic talent and promote capacity building across Africa, this program provides comprehensive financial support, covering expenses from tuition fees and living costs to travel and health insurance.
Benefits:
The scholarship package is highly inclusive, ensuring selected students can focus entirely on their studies without financial constraints. Benefits include a relocation allowance, tuition fee coverage for the two-year program, a monthly living allowance, visa expenses, health insurance, and a dedicated budget for attending a seminar in Europe. This holistic support structure aims to ease the transition and enhance the educational experience for African students at Wageningen University.
Eligibility:
To qualify, applicants must be citizens of an African country and hold a first-class Bachelor’s degree with a minimum GPA of 80%. Candidates must also apply for and receive unconditional admission to a Wageningen MSc program by February 1, 2025. Only those who meet these academic and nationality criteria will be considered for an invitation to the scholarship selection process, underscoring the competitive nature of this award.
Application process:
The application process is structured into multiple stages, beginning with submitting an MSc program application by February 1, 2025. In March, all unconditionally admitted students will undergo an initial review for the Africa Scholarship Program (ASP). A select group will then receive an email invitation to complete an assignment due by March 25, 2025. Finalists from this stage will be invited to participate in online interviews conducted between April 22 and May 1, 2025. Apply here.
Application deadline: February 1, 2025.
