Scholarship Opportunity ( Mastercard Foundation)
Graduate Scholarship Application (for Ethiopians)
This scholarship is open only for nationals of Somalia, Djibouti, South Sudan and Eritrea with Bachelor’s degree earned in the past 5 years from a recognized university at the time of application and intend to be a full-time graduate student of physiotherapy, nursing, sociology, psychology, law, public health, development and environment management studies, optometry or gender and development studies at University of Gondar, Ethiopia. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of applicants’ academic ability, leadership potential, socioeconomic need and disability. The scholarship is comprehensive and covers the costs of tuition, accommodation/boarding, stipend and additional program-related expenses as well as support and training programs on academic, financial literacy and social issues with the aim of developing capable and transformative leaders at grassroots and global levels. The scholarship adopts the approach of experiential learning and facilitates organizational attachments and summer-camps, among others, for scholarship holders.
