Deadline: January 15, 2022
The African Graduate fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master’s degree at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians) for full-time study (nine credits or as required by the program) in any of the graduate programs offered at the AUC.
Eligibility
- Non-Egyptian African nationals.
- African nationals with dual non-African nationality are not eligible.
- Open to all disciplines of graduate studies.
- For new graduate degree-seeking students; admission to one of the graduate programs in AUC, satisfying AUC graduate admissions requirements.
- Submit an international TOEFL iBT exam score or academic IELTS exam score as per the cut-off scores for AUC graduate admissions.
- For continuing students; to retain the fellowship the recipient must maintain a GPA of 3.2.
- Financial need
Duration:
Two academic years and the intervening summer session, with a review every semester for satisfactory academic performance.
Award
The fellowship covers:
- Tuition fees, for a maximum of nine credits per semester.
- Stipend.
- Student services and activities fees.
- Medical service and health insurance fees.
- A monthly housing allowance for non-residents of Cairo or accommodation in University residences at AUC New Cairo campus.
- May cover remedial English language requirements.
Responsibilities of Fellows:
- Fellows are assigned 12 hours per week of related academic work.
- Students must maintain a full-time status.
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2.
- A teaching assistantship mandatory training must be completed if the fellow is involved in teaching assistantship duties. The training needs to be completed only once.
How to apply:
Step 1: Check how to apply and submit the online application.
Step 2: Submit the online fellowship application