Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
- Funding
- Fully funded
- Level
- Graduate, Master’s
- Deadline
- Not announced yet
- Where
- South Africa · In person
Funds a one-year Honours or two-year Master’s in any field at a South African university, plus a leadership development programme. It covers tuition, accommodation and meals, study, research and medical allowances, a personal allowance and economy travel from the scholar’s home country.
Who can apply
Citizens of an African country aged 19 to 29 in the year they apply, with an excellent undergraduate degree (above 70 percent or upper second class Honours) by 1 January 2028, who can study at postgraduate level in English.
Deadline
Next deadline not announced yet. Applications for the Class of 2027 are closed. Applications for the Class of 2028 open on 9 March 2027; the page does not give a closing date.