While completing their postgraduate studies in any field of choice, the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship leadership development programme will empower students to solve some of Africa’s most difficult challenges. A successful applicant will begin a life-changing leadership journey and find a community of people who shares their passion for the positive transformation of Africa.
Applications for the class of 2022 is opened from 23 March to 20 April 2021. Visit the website to apply.
The scholarship covers tuition for a one-year Honours degree or a two-year Master’s degree in any field at a recognised South African institution of higher education. This includes tuition and registration fees, allowances for study materials, research, and medical aid, accommodation and meals, personal allowance and economy class travel to and from your home country to your South African university at the beginning and end of your degree.
Students between the ages of 19 and 29, who are citizens of any African country, and have a first degree with above-average academic results (above 70%), are eligible to apply for the scholarship.
This programme is built on the principles of reconciliation, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership, and a belief that leadership begins with inner transformation. The programme is delivered primarily through a series of online or in-person workshops. The scholarship is looking for scholars who have demonstrated the potential to embody The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship founding principles of reconciliation, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Students must have already assumed a leadership role and made an impact on his or her campus or community.
