Fully Funded Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships for Africans to study in South Africa & United Kingdom

Application for 2023 Fully Funded Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships for Africans is ongoing!

Beit Trust is offering financial support to international students to study in South Africa & United Kingdom. To apply successfully, kindly read through this piece to learn the full details about this award- the eligibility criteria, requirements, application deadline, and more. The table below will give you an overview of what you should expect.

Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships- Eligibility Requirements

• By Act of Parliament, the Beit Trust supports ONLY students who are nationals of Zambia, Zimbabwe or Malawi, who hold permanent residence, live there and/or intend to return to their country after their studies.
• Applicants (except medical and veterinary doctors) must be under 30 years of age on 31 December 2023. Relevant experience of work after completion of a first degree is strongly recommended and will count towards the award of a scholarship.
• Doctors and Vets must be under 35 years of age on 31 December 2023. They should have completed 18 months of internship, and a one-year, preferably rural, posting in Zambia, Zimbabwe or Malawi.
• The Trust cannot consider applications from those who have already begun a course.
• The Trust will only consider applicants with First Class/Distinction or Upper Second Class degrees (or equivalent) at undergraduate level.

Scholarship Benefits

• Fees, tuition costs and related academic expenses. These are paid by the Trust direct to the Partner Universities.
• A personal allowance, index linked in accordance with guidance from an independent authority, covering maintenance support.
• Other allowances are paid for arrival, a laptop and departure.
• Economy Class tickets are provided for the initial journey to the place of study and on final return.
• No allowances are paid for spouses and other family members or dependants.
• The Trust will also address any expenses that may arise in 2023 as a result of residual Covid protocols.

Method of Application

For UK Partner University applications:

1. Make your application for admission directly to one or more of the Partner Universities listed above, and only to those universities. Please apply via their websites, which will guide you.
2. Notify the relevant university, as part of your study application, that you will be approaching the Beit Trust for scholarship funding.
3. As long as the course/s you wish to pursue are available, you may apply to more than one Partner University at a time. Indeed, we recommend you do so, to increase your chances of acceptance, and to broaden the scholarship opportunities available.
4. Once you have an offer from your chosen Partner University, you should apply as early as possible to The Beit Trust for a scholarship.
5. Your application, with all the supporting documents, must be uploaded via the Scholarship application link, below in green.
6. You need three referees: Academic, Character and Employer (as appropriate). They have separate and individual forms, the link for which must be forwarded to them by you, the applicant. The link becomes available once you have submitted your scholarship application form electronically.
7. We prefer referees to use the link provided in the application form. If, however, they can only provide their reference by email, please forward them the relevant forms, which you can download below.

How to apply for Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships

• Download Academic Reference Form – Download Character Reference Form – Download Employer Reference Form
• The completed forms must be returned directly from the referee via email to [email protected]

For South African Partner University applications:

Please follow steps 3 to 7 above. Where you are asked to upload your university offer letter, please provide instead of the details of the course/s and university/s that you will be applying for, in PDF format. It will then consider your scholarship application alongside the applicants for UK universities, as part of the same entry year cohort.

Click on the BUTTON below to apply.

Application Link

Application Deadline:

The closing date for this award application entry is 11 February 2023.

Due to the South African University application process opening after our Scholarship application deadline of 11 February 2023, we will accept scholarship applications for South African Universities for the year 2023/2024 without a confirmed offer.

The next round of Beit Scholarships will be awarded for the academic year beginning September 2023 for universities in the UK; and January 2023 for universities in South Africa. 

For More Information: Visit the Official Webpage

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