Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships 2024

Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates for the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships at the University of East Anglia for the 2024/2025 academic session. This program is open to postgraduate candidates.

This scholarship is an opportunity awarded to qualified postgraduate candidates from developed countries. This program is sponsored by Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust and University of East Anglia and hosted by University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. The scholarships are funded jointly between the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust and the University of East Anglia to promote educational advancement, international friendship and promotion of world peace and development.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a 320-acre (130-hectare) campus west of the city center, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £295 million, of which £30 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £370 million, and had an undergraduate offer rate of 85% in 2021. The university is a leading member of Norwich Research Park which has one of Europe’s biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Medicine and Health Sciences. UEA is a research-intensive institution recognized for the quality of its research with it being in the top 20 nationwide for research quality and is one of the nation’s most prominently cited institutions worldwide.

Scholarship Summary:

Scholarship Sponsor(s): Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust and University of East Anglia.

Host Institution(s): University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Scholarship Worth: See Scholarship Benefits

Number of Awards: Several

Study Level: Postgraduate

Nationality: Developing countries

Requirement and Eligibility Criteria for Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships 2024:

Must be citizens of, and permanent resident in, one of the developing countries according to the United Nations Human Development Index Report 2020.
Must not have undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country.
Be unable themselves, or through their families, to pay to study in the UK
Agree that they will return to their home country as soon as they have completed their studies.
Be available to take up the award in September 2024.
Must have obtained good bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline from a recognized university.

Eligible Countries:

Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo (DRC), Côte d’Ivoir, Djibouti, Equatorial, Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua, New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Scholarship Benefits

Tuition fees
Maintenance stipend
Return economy travel
Visa expenses
Other allowances

Application Procedures for the 2024/2025 Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships (how to apply):

To be considered for the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships 2024, applicants are first to apply for a relevant taught program of study and be in receipt of a Student Application Number. Applications without a valid Student Application Number will be rejected.

Once you are in receipt of your Student Application ID complete the online application form.

Application Deadline: 19 April 2024

For more information about this opportunity, Visit the Official Website.

Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships 2024