The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at AUB combines full scholarships with leadership development, workshops, and fieldwork. It supports undergraduate, on-campus graduate, and online master’s routes under one AUB–Mastercard Foundation partnership.
Undergraduate and online scholarships focus on applicants from African countries, while the on-campus graduate route has broader conditional eligibility for Lebanese citizens and certain refugees. Study takes place at AUB in Beirut or online, depending on the route.
Benefits & funding
- Full coverage of tuition.
- A living stipend, housing, books, a laptop, and medical coverage.
- One annual round-trip ticket for international students.
- Leadership development, workshops, fieldwork, and community-engagement activities.
- The current program pages do not state the stipend amount or scholarship duration.
Eligibility
- Undergraduate scholarships are for students from African countries and selection is conducted through AUB partners in Africa.
- Online master’s scholarships are for citizens of African countries.
- On-campus master’s scholarships accept citizens of African countries, citizens of Lebanon, and refugees living in Lebanon or on the African continent.
- PhD scholarships accept citizens of African countries and refugees living on the African continent.
- Graduate-route applicants must be 35 or younger, have strong prior academic standing, show financial need, demonstrate leadership and community engagement, and meet AUB’s English-readiness requirement.
- Applicants must also meet the admission requirements of their chosen AUB degree program.
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Eligible nationalities
Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · DR Congo
Residents of Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · DR Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Western Sahara · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Lebanon can also apply.
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Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Western Sahara · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Lebanon
Education required
High School · Bachelor · Master
Age requirement
≤ 35 yrs
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Application process
- 1Choose the undergraduate, on-campus graduate, or online graduate route and check its specific admission requirements.
- 2Graduate applicants complete the AUB online graduate application and upload the required supporting documents.
- 3On-campus applicants select the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program under Financial Opportunities and follow the route page’s financial-aid instructions; that page marks the Financial Aid Application as not required for PhD applicants.
- 4Online master’s applicants submit an accepted English-readiness score by the published route date.
- 5Undergraduate selection is handled through AUB partners on the African continent rather than a public direct application on the scholarship page.
Program timeline
March 26, 2026
Fall 2026–27 on-campus master’s application deadline.
May 18, 2026
Fall 2026–27 online master’s application deadline.
On-campus graduate English-readiness deadline.
May 31, 2026
Online master’s English-readiness deadline.
June 30, 2026
Entry term for the published graduate scholarship cycle.
Fall 2026–27
Next cycle
AUB has not published an opening date.