Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

Here is another opportunity (Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program). University Gaston Berger University, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is offering scholarships to high- , persons with disabilities, migrants or refugees) who wish to pursue a career in engineering. digital, agricultural, medical or engineering. The program also aims to provide beneficiaries with training in non-technical fields and provide them with a comprehensive package of support services to transform them into committed leaders who will have knowledge and expertise to support industrial and socioeconomic development from Africa and Senegal.

Eligible Courses

Mathematics
Physics and Computer Science;
Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences;
Agricultural Science;
DUT Agronomy;
Saint-Louis Polytechnic Institute Preparatory Cycle.

Eligibility requirements

Applicants must:

Belongs to a disadvantaged family, a person with a disability, or a refugee/foreigner and has the ability to prove it;
Demonstrate leadership and entrepreneurial skills (supported by positions taken during their studies or by participation in extracurricular associations or by enhancing personal experience;
Not be a beneficiary of another scholarship program in any capacity;
Show good learning results.

Benefits

A monthly allowance of 60,000 FCFA for the duration of his training;
Health insurance to cover medical expenses and hospitalization;
Tuition and training fees;
Registration fee and remuneration of teaching assistants will accompany the scholarship recipient throughout the training period;
School supplies such as laptops and 300,000 FCFA once/year to purchase teaching materials;
A monthly allowance of 25,000 FCFA for transportation between the scholarship recipient’s residence and the UGB;
A travel document for travel between their country of origin and Senegal.

Submit an online application “required only for Senegalese baccalaureate holders.

Mode of Application

Online application submission » Compulsory only for Senegalese baccalaureate holders

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Form Validation

You are notified of your application registration
Submission of a physical application “required for all Senegalese and foreign baccalaureate holders”

Download and print the application form
Fill it out carefully by filling in all the information
Attach all required documents
Submit duly completed form with all required documents:
at Scholarship Service, 52 rue Saint-Michel (formerly Dr Thèze), 1st floor, opposite Immeuble La Rotonde – Dakar – SENEGAL
at the letter office of the Registrar of Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis or at the UGB branch in Dakar, Sacré-Coeur Pyrotechnie, lot 138, Tel: 33 864 11 65.