GET READY TO APPLY: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge, master's 2027 entry
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge
Apply on their own site: https://www.mastercardfoundation.fund.cam.ac.uk/apply/how-apply
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/cambridge-mastercard-foundation-scholars-masters-2027
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
A long application, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] from, and living in, an African country (temporarily abroad for study or work is fine)
[ ] a bachelor's degree that meets your chosen course's entry requirements, a first or an upper second depending on the course
[ ] a full-time Cambridge master's, any except the MACC, MBA, MCL and MFIN
[ ] ask for the 85 pound application fee waiver by 18 November 2026, before you submit, or you pay it and it cannot be refunded

2. WHAT TO GET READY
The listing does not say what it needs. When you open their page, write down everything it asks for before you start.

3. DATES
- Closes 18 November 2026, in 27 days.
- On the date, the listing says: Ask for the application fee waiver by 18 November 2026 if your country is not on the automatic list. Each course has its own funding deadline, usually early December 2026 or January 2027, so check your course in the Cambridge postgraduate course directory.
- Aim to send it by 15 November 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. (our advice)

4. WHAT IT COSTS YOU
- Fee: £85 to apply, waived for Every Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program applicant who meets the course's academic entry requirements. Applicants from countries not on the automatic list, Botswana among them, must send the fee waiver request form, with transcript and passport, by 18 November 2026 and before submitting the course application.

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