The University of the Western Cape is now accepting applications for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program for the academic year 2023/2024. Launched in 2012, this global initiative aims to nurture the next generation of transformative leaders by offering highly talented and service-oriented young individuals, primarily young Africans, the opportunity to pursue higher education and develop their leadership potential.

The program is specifically focused on supporting young people facing economic and social barriers to access higher education. It places particular emphasis on empowering young women, forcibly displaced youth, and those with disabilities. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC is designed to support academically gifted youth from South Africa and other parts of Africa.

Applications are limited to specific disciplines and fields of study, including Humanities & Arts, Community & Health Sciences, Economic & Management Sciences, Law, and Natural Sciences. Successful candidates will be fully funded for their master's degree studies for the 2023 Academic Year.

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