Deadline: January 11, 2021.

The African Graduate fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master degree at 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
• Open to all disciplines of graduate studies
• For new graduate degree-seeking students; full admission to one of the graduate programs in AUC, satisfying AUC graduate full 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

BENEFITS

The fellowship covers:

• Tuition fees, for a maximum of nine credits per semester
• Monthly 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

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

APPLICATION

Step 1: Check how to apply and submit the online application
Step 2: Submit the online fellowship application

Deadline: January 11 for the fall semester

For inquiries, email gradserv@aucegypt.edu

OFFICIAL LINK

https://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/fellowships/listings/african-graduate