2022 Standard Bank Chairman’s Scholarship
- TKI
- Mar 14, 2022
- 2 min read
The Standard Bank Africa Chairman’s Scholarship is designed to provide African graduates with an opportunity to expand their education and invest in themselves through international exposure that will give them a rounded and broader education.
Through the Chairman’s Scholarship, Standard Bank supports people who will be actively involved in building a future for Africa. This scholarship looks for young Africans who are prepared to engage in finding solutions that will be implemented and led by Africans on this continent.
A key skill required from Africa’s future leaders is that of problem solving. The skill of understanding problems and identifying sustainable solutions. Africa needs people who can identify opportunities and convert those opportunities into real life experiences. Ultimately, the kind of skills we aim to impart through the Chairman’s Scholarship are true leadership skills that are fit for developing societies.
The Standard Bank Africa Chairman’s Scholarship is available to graduate students who are and will ordinarily remain resident in one of the African countries in which Standard Bank is present. Prospective candidates must demonstrate an exceptional academic track record and will need to have successfully qualified on their own merit in their application for a one-year Master's programme at either of the following partner university institutions: Oxford, Cambridge and London School of Economics and Political Science. All candidates are to apply directly to the above mentioned universities.
The scholarships will provide the tuition and college fee in full, and a maintenance grant (i.e. living costs incurred in the college such as rental of college accommodation, food taken in college, etc.) commensurate to the national minimum doctoral stipend of the UK Research Councils.
Please be advised that you will be required to apply for your programme of choice as well as funding. Application dates vary for each institution. Please therefore refer to your University of choice for application dates.
A preference will be given to students commencing a course of study in one of the following programmes:
1. University of Oxford
MSC programme provided by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities divisions at the University.
2. London School of Economics and Political Science
MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change
MSc Public Management and Governance
MSc Finance
MSc Risk and Finance
MSc Finance and Private Equity
MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance
MSc Law and Accounting
MSc Economics and Management
MSc Management Information Systems and Digital Innovation
MSc Management and Strategy
MSc Financial Mathematics
MSc Economics and Philosophy
MSc Environment and Development
3. University of Cambridge
MPhil in Economics
Mphil in Education
Mphil in Engineering for Sustainable Development
Mphil in Finance
Mphil in Management
HOW TO APPLY
It’s important to note that you’ll be required to apply for your Masters and indicate you require funding. There is no separate application form for the Chairman’s Scholarship. Application dates vary for each institution. Please refer to your university of choice for application dates.
Applications should be channelled directly through each University website, as follows:
University of Oxford applications: http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate
London School of Economics and Political Science applications: https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/fees-and-funding/Standard-Bank-Africa-Chairman's-Scholarship
University of Cambridge applications: http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/how-do-i-apply
If you’re applying for Cambridge, it’s important that you list Magdalene College as your first preference in order to be considered for the Scholarship.
You can contact the application offices of the above universities directly for help in completing the required documentation. All the forms and contact details you need can be found on their respective websites.
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