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Application Deadline: 21 November, 2025 17:00 (GMT)
Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 University of Edinburgh Mastercard Foundation Online Learning Scholars Program. The program invite exceptional young people with great academic and leadership experience who have overcome barriers to their education and are diligently committed to pursuing their studies to apply for an Online Scholarship at the University of Edinburgh.
Online studies are an excellent way to earn a qualification for those who would like to continue working and prefer to study in their local context.
Online qualifications through the University of Edinburgh are equivalent to degrees taught on campus.
Applicants can apply for either:
- online postgraduate diploma (part-time up to two years).
- online Masters (part-time up to three years OR
Online Masters
Masters programmes normally aim at those who have completed an undergraduate degree and want to develop more specialised knowledge in the same subject or similar career area.
Applicants who already have a postgraduate qualification are not able to apply for the online Masters.
Online postgraduate diploma
Postgraduate diplomas are aimed at those who are considering a potential change in their careers and tend to be more vocational.
Candidates with either an undergraduate or Master’s degree from a African university are equally able to apply (provided they will graduate from either degree and provide their degree certificates and transcripts by the application deadline).
We offer scholarships for the following online degree programmes ONLY:
Nurturing climate leaders
All Mastercard Foundation Scholars at the University of Edinburgh will participate in a Climate Leadership Programme.
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program aims to make a meaningful impact in addressing the climate crisis.
The Program is dedicated to nurturing a community of talented, entrepreneurial, and compassionate leaders from across Africa.
For More Information:
- Sasol Foundation Mainstream Bursary Programme 2027 for Young South Africans (Fully Funded) – Scholarship Opportunities
- Italy Government Scholarships 2026-27 (Funded)
- Bucharest Summer University School in Romania 2026 (Fully Funded)
- Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme 2026/2027 for early-career researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa. – Scholarship Opportunities
- SAICA’s Thuthuka Bursary Fund 2027 for aspiring Chartered Accountants – South Africa – Scholarship Opportunities
- Women for Africa Foundation Learn Africa Scholarship Programme 2026/2027 for young African women (Fully Funded) – Scholarship Opportunities
- DAAD GROW – Global Research Opportunities for the South Scholarships 2026 for early career researchers. – Scholarship Opportunities
