MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program

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Deadline

Likely November 2017

Annual Value

Tuition & Living expenses

Citizenship

International

Degree Level

Masters
 

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a global initiative to educate and develop next-generation leaders from Africa who will contribute to social and economic progress. Over a ten-year period the initiative will fund 35 master's students in selected graduate degree programs.

 

Eligibility

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC for graduate students is open to applicants who have a Bachelor’s Degree and are a citizen of and have lived a significant part of their life in a Sub-Saharan African country.

Only students applying to a Master’s degree in one of the following Faculties and programs at UBC’s Vancouver campus can be considered:

Sauder School of Business

  • Full-Time MBA Program

Faculty of Forestry

  • Master of Science (MSc)
  • Master of Applied Science (MASc)
  • Master of Sustainable Forest Management (MSFM)
  • Master of International Forestry (MIF)

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

  • Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)
  • Master of Food Science (MFS)
  • Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)

Application Procedures

Please review the application procedures at http://mcfscholars.ubc.ca/apply/.

Further Information

MasterCard Foundation Website: http://mcfscholars.ubc.ca/the-mcfsp-at-ubc/

If you have questions about UBC’s MasterCard Foundation Program, please email mcfsp.admissions@ubc.ca.