Windle Trust International Postgraduate Scholarships for Africans in UK

Scholarship opportunities
are available subject to funding each year and will be advertised on our
website as well as in the country where eligible applicants can apply.

Currently we are not
receiving applications online for undergraduate scholarships.

Postgraduate
scholarships: Applications are now open online!

Please read the
overview of the selection process and our
current selection criteria below.

To see if you might
be eligible to apply please follow the link to our screening guide below. If
you meet our basic criteria to be considered you will be taken to an online
application form. Once you have started the application process you will have
the opportunity to save a draft of your application form and log back in to
make changes and upload supporting documents before you submit the form.

Overview
of Selection Process

Below is an overview
of the selection and placement process:

• Scholarships
  are promoted and advertised through our offices in South Sudan and Sudan,
  and our affiliated Windle Trusts in Uganda and Kenya. See
  our current criteria below.
• Applications
  are checked and assessed against basic Selection Criteria in the country
  of application.  
• Applications
  and supporting documents of candidates meeting the basic criteria are
  considered for interview shortlisting by in-country selection committees.
• Candidates
  are interviewed.  Those short-listed for interview are advised to
  start arranging the process of taking the English language test (IELTS)
  and score at least 6.5 and not less than 6.0 in all components, as this is
  a usual admission requirement of UK Universities.  
• Interview
  reports, together with the application forms and supporting
  documents, are assessed by a final selection committee to decide
  which candidates should be placed on the “priority list” of selected
  students for placement on scholarships in the UK.  
• Once a
  candidate is selected and on the Priority List, UK programme staff work
  intensively with the candidate and the universities to seek the most
  appropriate course of study. The priority list is a pool of potential
  candidates for placement and has more candidates than places available in
  any one year (Usually, over 80 selected applicants). Candidates who cannot
  be placed in available scholarship schemes, for one reason or another,
  remain on the priority list for a maximum of 3 years.
• Confirmation
  of the scholarship is given as early as possible, in order to give the
  candidate time to apply for a visa and prepare for travel to the UK.

Please
Note:

• We are
  keen to encourage applications from women and individuals from other
  particularly disadvantaged groups. This includes those who are resident in
  the refugee camps and settlements, those who have lost close family
  members to war or conflict, as well as those who are particularly
  vulnerable such as people with disabilities and those who have themselves
  been victims of violence.
• Eligible
  applicants are welcomed from all religious backgrounds and ethnic groups.
• A
  scholarship, in most cases, will cover full tuition fees, maintenance
  stipends, visa cost and return airfares. To find out more about the
  programme and support provided go to our postgraduate
  scholarship page.
• There
  is no application fee.
• Submitting
  an Application Form does not in any way guarantee you an offer of a
  scholarship award.
• Competition
  for scholarships is high.

We work in
partnership with a number of Universities to offer around 20 scholarships
annually.

It is not a
requirement that you must apply for admission from our partner universities
before submitting an application to us.   

For the 2017/18
academic year successfully selected applicants will usually be expected to
obtain unconditional admission to an eligible one-year, full-time, taught
master’s degree course at partner institutions by 31 March 2017. See our potential
scholarships for 2017/18 below.

• Considering
  applications takes time so please be patient while waiting for a final
  outcome and whether or not your application has been successful.

When
considering candidates: 

• Priority
  is given to applicants of particular merit taking into account academic
  ability, need, development impact, leadership potential and personal
  qualities.
• Preference
  is given to subjects that offer a high probability of future employment in
  the countries that we select candidates from and are of direct value to
  development.

Read
the full criteria below.