Pan African University Scholarships

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Our programs include high qualified masters and doctorates aimed to postgraduate students who want to undergo further studies. The African Union Commission will offer full scholarships to the successful African candidates. All students must fulfill the following admission requirements.

Admission requirements for Master students

Candidates must satisfy the following conditions:

  • Undergraduate degree from a recognized university, with at least a second class upper division or its equivalent, in a relevant field;
  • Certified copies of relevant certificates, transcripts (from university and high school), national I.D. card and passport personal details page;
  • Recommendation letters from 2 Professors;
  • Clear colored passport size photograph(2cmx2cm);
  • Maximum age of 30 years for male and 35 years for female applicants.
  • Candidates may be required to undergo a written/oral examination after pre-selection.
  • Candidates for the Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation programmes are required to have excellent knowledge of at least two of the African Union’s official languages (Arabic, English, French and Portuguese).

 Admission Requirements for Doctoral Programs

Candidates must satisfy the following conditions:

  • A Masters degree in a relevant field from PAU or any internationally recognized university;
  • Certified copies of relevant certificates, transcripts, national I.D. card and passport personal details page;
  • A 3 to 4 page research concept note (tentative title, research questions, objectives, significance of the research etc…);
  • Recommendation letters from 2 Professors;
  • Clear colored passport size photograph (2cmx2cm); and
  • Maximum age of 35 years for male and 40 years for female applicants.

Scholarship awardees should be committed to working in Africa after graduation.

Applications should be completed online at https://www.au-pau.org/submission/

For all information on the scholarships: https://www.pau-au.africa/
Closing date for the submission of applications with all supporting documents 30 July 2021. 

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