Unlock It NowUnlock It Now

Mastercard Foundation · Makerere University

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, licence

This scholarship has not been translated into English yet. The facts below are still accurate. Read the French version

  • Country Ouganda
  • Level Bachelor's
  • Funding Fully funded
  • Language anglais
Save this opportunity
See the sources

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, licence is a Bachelor's-level scholarship hosted at Makerere University in Ouganda, taught in anglais, coverage: Fully funded. Applications close on 5 June 2026. This call is closed.

At a glance

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, licence

Type
Fully funded
Host institution
Makerere University
Country
Ouganda
Deadline
5 June 2026

Next action

How to apply

Check the blocking conditions before preparing your application.

This call is closed. The official site is still useful to prepare the next one:View the official site

Fit with your profile

Add your nationality, level and field to see, point by point, whether this opportunity concerns you.

Create my profile and alerts

Deadlines

YearDeadlineStatus
2026/275 June 2026Closed

Conditions

Hard exclusions

  • Toute inscription universitaire antérieure disqualifie, achevée ou non

    « The applicant must not be pursuing or have completed an undergraduate degree programme at any university. »

Blocking requirements

  • 28 ans maximum (32 pour réfugiés, déplacés, personnes handicapées)

  • Ressortissant d'Afrique subsaharienne, secondaire achevé dans un pays africain

    « from Sub-Saharan Africa … completed their advanced secondary level education (or its equivalent) in an African country »

Countries covered

49 countries covered.

See the countries covered
  • Afrique du Sud
  • Angola
  • Bénin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroun
  • Cap-Vert
  • Comores
  • Congo (Brazzaville)
  • Congo (Kinshasa, RDC)
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Érythrée
  • Eswatini
  • Éthiopie
  • Gabon
  • Gambie
  • Ghana
  • Guinée
  • Guinée équatoriale
  • Guinée-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Maurice
  • Mauritanie
  • Mozambique
  • Namibie
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Ouganda
  • République centrafricaine
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tomé-et-Principe
  • Sénégal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalie
  • Soudan
  • Soudan du Sud
  • Tanzanie
  • Tchad
  • Togo
  • Zambie
  • Zimbabwe

Application pathway

A short path from reading the brief to submitting a properly prepared application.

  1. 01

    Check the conditions

    Read the exclusions and blocking requirements before investing time in the application.

  2. 02

    Prepare the documents

    Gather the documents below and confirm what the programme actually requests.

  3. 03

    Submit on the official site

    Use the official application link and respect the deadline for the relevant cycle.

  4. 04

    Track the cycle

    Keep proof of submission and watch for follow-up requests from the provider.

Documents to prepare or confirm

This list helps you prepare; it does not replace the programme’s official checklist.

  • Identity document or passport
  • Degrees, transcripts and academic records
  • CV or academic and professional background
  • Motivation statement, project or written responses

And you, on this one?

What works in your favour and what would rule you out on this particular scholarship depends on your own case. Fill in your profile and the page answers.

Open my space

Prepare the next cycle

Après le bac, cap sur le monde

The call is not open today: this is the time to build the application. Volume 1 of the collection: choose a path, cost a real year abroad and prepare a credible first application, even without experience.

Order this book4,900 CFA francs

See the three volumes of the collection

See also: Fully funded scholarships for African candidates

These briefs are drawn from official sources on the date shown. Programmes change their rules without notice: always check the provider's own site before applying.