The Mastercard Foundation Scholarship at Gondar University is one of the fully funded scholarship opportunities offered to African students by MasterCard. It covers tuition, accommodation, living stipends, a laptop, flight expenses, and meals at the university canteens.
The Mastercard Foundation Scholarship at Gondar will award a total of 160 graduate scholarships for eight years, which started in the 2018/19 Academic year.
The Mastercard Scholarship will directly benefit academically talented but disadvantaged youth from five East African countries – Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and South Sudan.
The Graduate Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is designed to help Scholars acquire transformational and leadership skills and demonstrate high professional and scholarly competencies to effectively influence global, regional, national and local socioeconomic development trends.
Type: Masters
Application Deadline: June 30, 2024
Value & Duration of Award:
- The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition, accommodation/boarding, a stipend and additional expenses such as books.
- The scholarship also includes academic, financial and social support to help awardees develop into capable leaders in their communities, and experiential activities such as summer camps.
Eligible Field of Study:
- Accounting
- Development and Environmental Management Studies
- Economics
- Gender and Development Studies
- Law
- Logistics
- Management
- Marketing
- Nursing
- Optometry
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology
- Public health
- Sociology
- Special Needs and Inclusive Education
- Tourism
Eligible Countries: Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea , Djibouti and South Sudan.
Eligibility: To be considered for this Scholarship, you must meet the following criteria;
- Have earned a Bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to their proposed graduate program from a recognized University using English as a medium of instruction in the past 5 years
- Have graduated with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale) at graduation
- Be a citizen and permanent resident of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, or Djibouti (and residents of the respective countries for at least five years at the time of their application);
- Youth applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Female applicants with financial difficulty to finance graduate university education are also strongly encouraged to apply
How To Apply:
- Download a Paper Application (English) form
- Complete the application form and provide information about their academic ability, financial need and disability status, as well as community giveback and leadership potential.
- Attach scanned or PDF copies of the required documents
- Send by email ([email protected]) or mail (Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program; P.O. Box 1082; Gondar, Ethiopia) after filling the required information along with scanned copies of relevant testimonials and credentials.
Required Documents:
- Application Form
- A medical paper signed by the Health/Hospital Board attesting to your disability type and degree, if you have been assessed by a health professional
- Completed and signed Scholarship Application Form;
- Detailed resume of academic, non‐academic and volunteer work;
- All elementary, high school and university transcripts/student copy;
- Two letters of recommendations from previous universities;
- National and/or resident identification card, or passport;
- Testimonials regarding their economic disadvantage (for Kebele/Woreda Administrator);
- Letter from District Police Office regarding their criminal record; and,
- Testimonial about voluntary community giveback and leadership.
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