Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme 2025/2026 for Postgraduate Studies. (Funded)

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Application Deadline:  31 March 2025.

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025/2026 Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme. The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme (AKF ISP) is a chance for excellent students from chosen nations*, who don’t have any different technique of financing their research, to pursue postgraduate schooling. Established in 1969 by His Highness the Aga Khan, the AKF ISP has supported greater than 1,000 college students thus far.

Requirements

* (i) At current, the AKF ISP is offered in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Mozambique, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Uganda. (ii) In Canada, France, Portugal and the USA, functions are accepted from those that are initially from one of many nations listed in level (i). (iii) AKF ISP just isn’t out there to college students who want to study within the United Kingdom.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for an AKF ISP award, you will need to:

• have glorious educational data;
• maintain a Bachelor’s diploma or equal coaching/skilled expertise;
• reveal real monetary want**;
• reveal a considerate, dependable, multi-source funding plan that covers all years of study**;
• be admitted to a good postgraduate establishment***;
• be beginning the primary 12 months of the programme****; and
• have sturdy management potential, skilled expertise, extracurricular and/or entrepreneurial achievements, and volunteer contributions.

Note: choice is given to younger professionals beneath 30 years of age.

Award Conditions

AKF ISP awards are structured as half grant and half mortgage – the place you should repay 50 p.c of the award quantity.* Scholarships for Master’s research are granted for your complete period of the diploma course. For PhD college students, scholarships are awarded for the primary two years, after which you’re anticipated to search out funding from various sources.

The award covers tuition bills and scholar dwelling bills. It doesn’t cowl, for instance, the price of worldwide journey, clothes, furnishings, or dwelling bills for members of the family.

In order to keep up an AKF ISP award, you should reveal good educational standing, in addition to ongoing monetary want, throughout the course of your postgraduate programme.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme