Fully Funded UBC MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2018 In Canada

Eligibility

• Be a citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country;
• Present economically disadvantaged financial circumstances correspondent to that of the lowest two quintiles of their country’s socio-economic scale, and be able to show they lack financial means from family or other sources to pursue post-secondary (university) education in their home country or elsewhere;
• Have achieved academic excellence (mostly ‘A’s) under difficult circumstances, and show leadership qualities or potential;
• Demonstrate an interest in and commitment to giving back to his/her home community in ways that enhance the economic growth and social development of Africa, through engagement in activities outside the classroom, in the school and/or community;
• Be graduating/recently graduated from a recognized senior secondary school;
• Be applying for their first undergraduate degree in one of the following Faculties at UBC’s Vancouver campus:
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering)
  • Vancouver School of Economics (Bachelor of International Economics)
  • Faculty of Forestry
  • Faculty of Land & Food Systems (including Global Resource Systems; Food, Nutrition & Health; Applied Biology [Applied Animal Biology, Applied Plant & Soil Sciences or Food & the Environment])
  • Sauder School of Business (Bachelor of Commerce)
  • Faculty of Science
  
  

• Be an international student who will be studying at UBC on a Canadian Study Permit;
• Commit to returning to Africa immediately after graduation from UBC in order to apply their training and skills to the betterment of others.

How To Apply