The Bicentenary Global Futures Scholarships for Africans 2025

Apply today for The Bicentenary Global Futures Scholarships for Africans 2025
Deadline: 24 April 2025
Course Starts: September 2025

The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 100 merit-based undergraduate scholarships of £24,000 (£8,000 per year over three years) to international students from a selection of countries across the globe.

The Bicentenary Global Futures Scholarships for Africa are open to applicants domiciled in the following countries: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Host Institution(s):

The University of Manchester

Field(s) of study:

Students must be taking one of the following qualifications: A-level, IB, South African Matric (NSC or IEB), NCUK International Foundation Year.

Field(s) Requirements:

High grades in GCE A-levels or ZIMSEC A-levels exams will be considered for direct entry onto our undergraduate courses. Please refer to the below table for grade equivalence between ZIMSEC A Levels and the A-level requirements specified on our course pages.

Number of Scholarships:

Not specified

Target group:

Citizen of one of the countries included in the scholarship country list: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Scholarship value/inclusions:

These scholarships of £15,000 will be awarded based on academic excellence and the quality of your responses in the online application form.

Scholarships will be awarded in the form of a discount on published overseas tuition fees. Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and been made an offer.

Eligibility:

❖ Applications will be considered from international fee-paying students domiciled in the following countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
❖ To be considered as domiciled in these countries applicants must have predominantly resided there during the last three years.
❖ We consider your permanent country of residence to be the country in which you are ordinarily resident, not a country where you are only living for the purpose of full-time education.
❖ Applicants for the African awards must hold an unconditional offer to study a full-time on-campus master’s course at The University of Manchester for a course starting in September 2025 by 24 April 2025 and must submit an online scholarship application form by the same deadline. The application form will be emailed to all eligible offer-holders.
❖ Applicants will be considered for the award based on academic merit and the quality of their scholarship application, but we will endeavour to achieve a balance by gender, domicile and course in the allocation of the awards.
❖ Applicants must be self-funded (not sponsored).
❖ Applicants for MBA, MPhil, Master of Architecture (MArch), Architecture and Urbanism (MA), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Postgraduate Certificate in Educati (PGCE), Clinical Medicine and Dentistry degrees are not eligible for the award. Some ‘Master’s by Research’ courses are also ineligible (see Terms and Conditions, below).
❖ Applicants who have studied a Bachelor’s degree outside of Africa are not eligible for the award.
❖ Applicants for blended and distance learning programmes are not eligible for the award.

The above is provided as a summary but please ensure that you download and read our full terms and conditions (PDF, 158KB).

How to Apply:

Applicants for the African awards must hold an unconditional offer to study a full-time master’s programme at Manchester and must submit an online scholarship application form by 24 April 2025. Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and been made an offer.

All successful applicants will be notified of the University’s decision by 30 May 2025.

Apply for the form here. CLICK HERE