Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship Scheme 2025-2026

Government of India through the ICCR – Indian Council for Cultural Relations – is offering up to 900 scholarships for African students to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and higher courses programme at Institutions/Universities in India.

At the inaugural plenary of the India – Africa Forum Summit held in New Delhi in April 2008, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India announced the Government of India’s initiative to enhance the academic opportunities for students of African countries in India by increasing the number of scholarships for them to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and higher courses.


The ICCR – Indian Council for Cultural Relations – implements this scheme on behalf of the Ministry of External Affairs.

About the Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship

Deadline : April 30, 2025
Level : Undergraduate, Masters, PhD
Funding : Fully Funded
Open to : Africans
Place : India

Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship détails

Field of study and Host Institutions: 

Courses and programs available at universities listed on the Scholarship Portal except the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery(MS).

Number of Awards: 

900.

Duration: 

Candidate’s program duration.

Eligible countries: 

The scholarship is open for citizens of the following African countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Republic of the Congo), Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 

Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship Benefits

Selected applicants for the Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship will be provided with the following Benefits depending on their situation:

• Accommodation;
• Health insurance;
• Tuition fee waiver;
• Air fare;
• Living allowance (Indian currency).

Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship eligibility

To apply for the Indian Government ICCR scholarship, applicants must have the following profile:

• Be a citizen of a country on the above list.
• Medium of instruction is English in all the Universities in India. Applicants should therefore have a good knowledge of English to the extent that they are able to fluently speak in English and comprehend lessons in English without any difficulty.

How to apply for the Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship Scheme

Those who wish to apply for this Asia scholarships must click on the apply button below to access the A2A ICCR Scholarship Portal, follow the instructions to apply, and submit the form.

• Applications should be complete in every detail to avoid rejection of the same by the A2A portal.
• Upload English-certified copies of documents available in languages other than English.
• Applicants applying for M. Phil /doctoral courses should submit a synopsis along with the application.
• Applicants wishing to pursue a performing arts course should upload the latest Video/Audio/YouTube link of their performance.
• Students who are already studying in India will have to apply afresh through the A2A portal, as no physical application will be processed.

Note:

• Applicants must read the instructions, detailed application guidelines, procedures, and norms governing the ICCR Scholarships on the A2A Portal before applying.
• In order to pursue studies in engineering and science streams in India, students should have studied Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry in high school. In biology-based science subjects, students should have studied Biology, Physics, and Chemistry in high school. In order to avoid rejection from Universities/ Colleges, applicants are therefore advised to make their subject choices carefully and based on the subjects they have studied in high school.
• To avoid time delays in processing applications, in case the course desired by an applicant is not available in a particular university, it’s advised to check the universities’ website in advance for course availability. Universities list is given on the A2A Portal
• Applicants are advised to read all the instructions on the online portal for filling out the online application and leave no field blank.

The application deadline for the Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship Scheme is April 30, 2025. For more details on the Indian Government ICCR Africa Scholarship for African students, please visit the official page. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on

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