Julius Nyerere Masters Scholarship: The University of Edinburgh offers Julius Nyerere Scholarship to a student from Tanzania for postgraduate Master’s study in any subject offered by the University.

The Julius Nyerere Scholarship was set up in memory of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere who led Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and became the first prime minister and later president of Tanzania.

Nyerere received a scholarship in 1949 to attend the University of Edinburgh where he obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Economics and History.

He was the first Tanzanian to study at a British University and only the second to gain a University degree outside Africa.

The Julius Nyerere Master’s Scholarship will cover the full overseas tuition fee, living costs of £10,000, and a return flight from Tanzania to the UK.

The scholarship is tenable for one academic year.

Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

The scholarship will be awarded to a Tanzanian citizen who is normally resident in Tanzania, and who is accepted for admission on a full-time basis for a postgraduate Master’s programme of study at the University of Edinburgh.

Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.

Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit with candidates requiring a Bachelor Degree equivalent to a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree.

In addition to the above academic qualifications, the selection panel will also take into account the financial circumstances of applicants to ensure that as far as possible a student’s financial situation does not impede a university education at the University of Edinburgh.

Application Procedure

Candidates wishing to be considered for the Julius Nyerere Master’s Scholarship should apply using the online scholarship application.

Application deadline: 1 April.

Please contact the scholarships and Student Finance Office to request an application form: E-mail: scholarships@ed.ac.uk Fax: +44 131 651 4066 Telephone:+44 131 651 4070.

For more information and application, see: The Julius Nyerere Master’s Scholarship – University of Edinburgh