Scholarships for Cameroonian students

You just graduated from high school and you don't have the money to continue your higher education? No problem, because you can apply for scholarships.

Simply defined, a scholarship is a grant given to a student to further their education and get a better education. Scholarships are usually means-tested or merit-based. Scholarships are offered by organizations, associations, NGOs, educational institutions and even individuals.

List of scholarships for students from Cameroon

Chevening Scholarship in the UK

Any student from Cameroon would like to study in the UK, and this is the best opportunity for those who want to continue their studies abroad. These international scholarships are fully funded. Students with leadership skills and an outstanding academic record are invited to apply.

Commonwealth Scholarship

The Commonwealth Scholarship is a chance for mid-career Cameroonian students from low- and middle-income Commonwealth countries working in the field to step back from their day-to-day work and develop the knowledge, skills, and networks necessary to make an impact in their field.

Mauritius Government Scholarships for Africa

As part of its commitment to promote high-level capacity building across the continent, the Government of Mauritius awards scholarships to deserving Cameroonian students who are resident citizens of African Union member states or African Commonwealth countries.

Scholarships for Canada

YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship

The YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship is a golden opportunity for Cameroonian students to go to the United States. The YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship will bring up to 700 young leaders to the United States in the summer of 2023 for a comprehensive executive-type program designed to build skills and empower Fellows to lead in their respective sectors and communities.

UNICAF Scholarship

UNICAF partners with British, American and European universities to offer quality online higher education degrees to African students. Current partners include the University of South Wales (UK), Marymount California University (USA) and the University of Nicosia (Europe).

600 Melbourne International Scholarships

Each year, the University of Melbourne, Australia, awards the Melbourne International Research Scholarship (MIRS) to international students for study at the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD levels. Approximately 600 scholarships are awarded in all fields of study, and students from Cameroon can apply

German Government Scholarships

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports carefully selected programs of particular interest to young professionals from developing countries such as Cameroon. These programs, which consist of one to two years of concentrated study, offer academically trained young professionals in leadership positions in developing countries the opportunity to pursue a master's degree in their particular field or profession.

New Zealand Government Scholarship

The New Zealand Government Scholarship is an opportunity fully funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Do you know the exact number of scholarships? There are 650 scholarships, which is a huge amount of funding for Cameroon students, covering all tuition, accommodation and other expenses.

Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program at USIU-Africa

nited States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation for its global scholarship program. This initiative will provide academically talented young Africans facing financial, gender, travel, or disability constraints with the opportunity to access a world-class university education.

Turkiye Burslari Scholarship

This is a scholarship funded by the Turkish government for all international students from around the world who wish to pursue undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs. The Turkiye Burslari Scholarship is one of the most famous and highly rated scholarships for international students to study in Turkey free of charge.

University of Pretoria MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program

The University of Pretoria (UP) MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP) for full-time graduate studies is open to students who have already obtained a bachelor's degree and are residents or citizens of an African country. This program targets academically qualified but economically disadvantaged young students from Cameroon who will return to contribute to the transformation of their country.

Ashinaga Scholarships

The Ashinaga Africa Initiative is a fully funded academic leadership program that aims to enable high-potential orphaned Cameroonian students to access higher education in Japan, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. Our vision is that after graduating from university abroad, our scholars will return to their country/continent to become leaders and empower others.

Swiss Government Scholarships for Excellence

Each year, the Swiss government offers master's scholarships to art students (artists). Every year, the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship is offered for PhD, post-doctoral and research students from Africa and other countries wishing to study abroad in Switzerland.

900 Indian Government Scholarships

The Government of India, through the ICCR - Indian Council for Cultural Relations - is offering up to 900 scholarships to students from Cameroon and Africa to pursue undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs in institutions/universities in India.

Korean Government Scholarships

Twice a year, the Korean government invites 125 international undergraduate and 700 graduate students from 156 countries to participate in Bachelor's, Master's & Doctoral programs in Korea, under the Korean Government Scholarship.

Lester B. Pearson Scholarship

The Lester Pearson Scholarships offer brilliant minds the opportunity to study at one of the world's top universities. The University of Toronto offers a fully funded scholarship to students in Cameroon. The scholarships are awarded to students who excel in their studies and demonstrate leadership. Students are also encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities. Scholarships are awarded to students who show academic and leadership promise. The scholarships are named in honor of Lester B. Pearson, former Prime Minister of Canada.

Pan African University Scholarships

The Pan African University Scholarship is open to young, qualified, talented and enterprising Cameroonian candidates to join the Master's and PhD programs in one of the four institutes of the PAU (Pan African University).
Candidates with potential, motivation, and a desire to play transformative leadership roles as academics, professionals, industrialists, innovators, and entrepreneurs are particularly encouraged to apply.

ARES Master's and Training Scholarships

Are you a young Cameroonian with a master's degree? You have professional experience and wish to improve your skills in a development-related field? ARES masters and specializations offer you the possibility to follow a one-year master's degree or a refresher course between 4 and 6 months in an institution of the Walloon-Brussels Federation, Belgium.

180 VLIR-UOS Master's Scholarships (ICP) in Belgium

VLIR-UOS offers full master's scholarships in Belgium for Cameroonian students. Half of this scholarship will be offered to African students and preference will be given to women. The eligible Master's degree programs are taught in English.

Sciences Po Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars program at Sciences Po aims to support talented Cameroonian students throughout their studies and to provide the next generation of leaders with a world-class social science education so that they can continue to become agents of change in their home countries.

Uppsala University Master's Scholarship

The King Carl Gustaf Scholarship is for students living in war-torn conditions and conflict zones outside of Europe. The scholarships will cover tuition fees, but not living expenses, for study in the Uppsala University master's programs offered during the admission cycle

Laval University Master's Scholarships

Université Laval Canada offers scholarships to students from Cameroon and other African and European countries to study for a Master's degree.
The scholarships are awarded within the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Music, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies.

Eiffel Scholarships from the French Government

The Eiffel Scholarship Program is a fully funded scholarship from the French government to pursue master's, doctoral, and PhD programs at French universities. In 2020, 500 scholarships were awarded. It is one of the largest and most famous scholarship programs funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Fully funded scholarships from the Singapore government

SINGA is a fully-fundedscholarship for international students to study and complete their Master's degree, Master's degree leading to a PhD or direct PhD after a 4-year undergraduate program. A Singapore scholarship will cover all expenses. Fully funded scholarships are what the world has been waiting for. You will study at the best universities in Singapore