Mandela Rhodes Scholarship 2025-2026

The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship is a scholarship program combining financial support with a leadership development programme for African graduates. It provides postgraduate study funding and a series of week-long residential workshops to develop ethical leadership and reconciliation across Africa.

Financial support for postgraduate study, living allowances, and access to leadership development through residential workshops.

You must be a citizen of an African country, able to study at a postgraduate level in English, and between 19 and 29 years old by 2026, with an undergraduate degree and strong academic results.

Visit the official Mandela Rhodes Scholarship apply page to submit your application.