Mastercard Foundation Full Scholarship at ALU
- Organization: African Leadership University (ALU)
- Type: Scholarship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: November 30, 2026
- Age: Up to 26
- Funding: Fully Funded
African Leadership University, working with the Mastercard Foundation, offers full-ride scholarships for an undergraduate degree at its campus in Kigali, Rwanda. The scholarship is for young people from across Africa who show both financial need and the drive to make a difference in their communities, with a particular welcome for young women, refugees and displaced people, and people with disabilities. You apply for it inside your ALU application, and the current round is for the January 2027 intake. **What you get:** - A full-ride scholarship covering full tuition for the length of your degree (tuition is $3,000 a year for the BEL and BSE degrees) - Additional financial support throughout your studies; ALU says the exact terms depend on the scholarship contract - No repayment: ALU scholarships hold for the duration of study and are not repaid - A place in a network of more than 768 Mastercard Foundation Scholars ALU has enrolled from 32 countries since 2020 **What you'll do:** - Study for a BSc (Hons) in Entrepreneurial Leadership or Software Engineering, the two degrees open for the January 2027 intake - Spend your first trimester on the Kigali campus, then study through ALU's hubs in cities across Africa and beyond - Declare a mission, a real challenge facing Africa, in your second term and build your degree around it with a mission curator - Take on internships and hands-on projects as part of the course **Key dates:** - Applications for the January 2027 intake close 30 November 2026 - Admissions decisions are shared weekly, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis - Strong applicants who miss out on a scholarship place may be waitlisted and carried forward to the next intake **More information:** - There is no application fee: ALU's help centre says the application is free of charge - Apply through ALU's online application, then choose financial aid in the Finances stage and complete the financial aid application and the ALU Fit Challenge - ALU application guide: https://www.alueducation.com/admissions-application-guide/
