Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2027–2028
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and UK FCDO
United Kingdom
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Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and UK FCDO
United Kingdom
Full opportunity detailsEPFL and CYD Campus / armasuisse
Switzerland · On Site · On Site
Full opportunity detailsRufford Foundation
Uganda
Full opportunity detailsUniversity of Pretoria and Mastercard Foundation
Pretoria, South Africa
Full opportunity detailsDAAD and Leipzig University
Leipzig, Germany
Full opportunity detailsHarvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA · On Site
Full opportunity detailsAmerican Association of University Women (AAUW)
United States
Full opportunity detailsHarvard Radcliffe Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA · On Site
Full opportunity detailsSchwarzman Scholars and Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Full opportunity detailsWorld Trade Organization (WTO)
Geneva, Switzerland · On Site
Full opportunity detailsUNESCO and the Government of Japan
Japan · On Site
Full opportunity detailsWellcome
Uganda and other eligible low- and middle-income countries
Full opportunity detailsUnited Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
New York, USA + participating host institution · On Site
Full opportunity detailsUNESCO AfriMAB and GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme
Iceland · On Site
Full opportunity detailsWorld Bank Group
Worldwide — headquarters and country office rotations · On Site
Full opportunity detailsUniversity of British Columbia and Mastercard Foundation
Vancouver, Canada · On Site
Full opportunity detailsUK Government — Chevening
United Kingdom · On Site
Full opportunity detailsKnight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States · On Site
Full opportunity detailsRhodes Trust — University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom · On Site
Full opportunity detailsWorld Bank Group
Washington, DC or a World Bank country office · On Site
Full opportunity detailsMcCall MacBain Scholarships at McGill University
Montréal, Canada · On Site
Full opportunity detailsGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Germany · On Site
Full opportunity detailsWorld Bank Group
Worldwide and selected remote roles · On Site
Full opportunity detailsWashington, DC or a World Bank country office · On Site
Nationals of Sub-Saharan African countries who are in the final year of a PhD or completed a PhD within the previous three years. Applicants must be 32 years old or younger by January 1, 2027, have strong quantitative and analytical skills, and be able to work in English.
Selected fellows complete a six-month assignment at World Bank Group headquarters or in a country office. The programme gives early-career African researchers and professionals exposure to World Bank Group operations, research, policy and institutions.