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Applications are now open for the 2025 Wageningen University & Research 2025 Africa Scholarship Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Opportunity Details
The Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) offers talented and motivated students from Africa the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Wageningen University and to support capacity building in Africa.
Important dates at a glance:
1. You are a citizen of an African country.
2. You have applied for one of the master’s programmes of Wageningen University & Research before the given deadline. Please see: How can I apply for the master’s programme?
3. You are unconditionally admitted to this MSc programme.
4. You are an excellent student with a First class honours degree and a GPA of 80% or higher in a bachelor's degree.
5. Preference is given to students who have not obtained a master’s degree
yet.
Only if you meet all of the above mentioned requirements you could be eligible for an invitation to the Africa Scholarship Programme selection procedure.
The selection procedure for this scholarship is based on invitation. It’s not possible to apply directly:
Step 1: Apply for an MSc programme before 1 February 2025
If the requirements that are stated above apply to you, and if you have applied for an MSc programme before the given deadline, you could be eligible for an invitation to the Africa Scholarship Programme selection procedure.
For the MSc application please see: How can I apply for the master’s programme?
A list of Wageningen University MSc programmes can be found here.
Step 2: Steps of the selection procedure
Invitation to apply
In March 2025, all students who have been unconditionally admitted to an MSc programme at Wageningen University will be assessed with regard to the Africa Scholarship Programme.
A selected group of candidates will be invited by email on 13 March 2025 to participate in the ASP selection procedure. Only candidates who are invited to take part in the selection procedure will receive an email.
The assignment
The selected candidates will be invited to write an assignment for which the deadline will be 25 March 2025.
Online interview
After a thorough assessment of all received assignments, a smaller selection of candidates will be invited for an online interview with a part of the selection committee. Candidates who have submitted an assignment will be informed on 8 April 2025 whether or not they will be invited for an online interview.
The interviews will take place between 22 April and 1 May 2025.
Step 3: Result of the selection process
On 8 May 2025, the result of the selection process will be communicated to all candidates who were interviewed.
The possible results are:
Step 4: Updates/changes
No updates/changes
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