{"id":232957,"date":"2025-07-23T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/university-of-western-cape-mastercard-foundation-scholars-program\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:05:25","slug":"university-of-western-cape-mastercard-foundation-scholars-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/university-of-western-cape-mastercard-foundation-scholars-program\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Western Cape MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program targets young people who are unable to access higher education due to economic and social barriers.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This program specifically targets refugees, forcibly displaced youth, young women, and persons with disabilities.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyledger.com.ng\/scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship <\/a>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The MasterCard Scholars Program at the University of Western Cape supports academically talented youth from South Africa and the African continent.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These youth are equipped with the tools and education they need to impact their communities and countries positively.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Host School(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Western Cape, South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fields of Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Undergraduate Programs:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arts and Humanities\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Economic &amp; Management Sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Education\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Natural Sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Postgraduate Programs\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Art &amp; Humanities\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Community &amp; Health Sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Economic &amp; Management Sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Law\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Natural Sciences\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What does the scholarship cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuition fees<\/li>\n<li>A monthly stipend and meal allowance<\/li>\n<li>Medical aid<\/li>\n<li>Accommodation in a UWC residence on campus<\/li>\n<li>Personalized study support<\/li>\n<li>Laptop<\/li>\n<li>Study materials allowance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How many scholarships are given?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which countries are targeted?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students from South Africa and the African continent.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Am I Eligible to Apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate students should:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>be no older than 26 years at the time of application;<\/li>\n<li>meet the University\u2019s minimum admissions requirements and must have applied for academic admission to the University for 2026;<\/li>\n<li>be prepared to register for full-time undergraduate study in January 2026;<\/li>\n<li>apply for exemption through Universities South Africa to determine if they meet South Africa\u2019s minimum higher education admission requirements;<\/li>\n<li>provide evidence that access to university studies is impeded by social and economic barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Postgraduate students should:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>be no older than 30 years at the time of application;<\/li>\n<li>meet the university\u2019s minimum admission requirements;<\/li>\n<li>must have applied for academic admission to the University for 2026;<\/li>\n<li>be prepared to begin their first year of registration for full-time master\u2019s degree study in January 2026;<\/li>\n<li>Provide evidence that access to university studies is impeded by social and economic barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Do I Apply \u2013 Next Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, apply for admission at UWC for the 2026 academic year. The application link is provided on the website indicated below.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Once you have successfully submitted your application and received a UWC application number, you can apply for the scholarship. Note that the application number is required to complete the scholarship form.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Next, apply for the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC by completing the online application form on the website.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Required Documents<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Proof of parental income e.g. payslips or social grant letters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A letter of unemployment if no proof of income is available or if the individual is unemployed.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A copy of refugee or internally displaced documentation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>If no proof of income is available or if unemployed, a letter of unemployment from the Department of Labour must be provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/myinternationalscholarships.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/OIP-2641195049.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/myinternationalscholarships.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/OIP-2641195049-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8952\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Closing Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do I Get More Information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyledger.com.ng\/2025\/07\/university-of-western-cape-mastercard-foundation-scholars-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program targets young people who are unable to access higher education due to economic and social barriers.\u00a0 This program specifically targets refugees, forcibly displaced youth, young women, and persons with disabilities.\u00a0 scholarship Overview The MasterCard Scholars Program at the University of Western Cape supports academically talented youth from South Africa and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}