Gary Lubner Scholarship is a £50,000 award offered by London Business School with support from alumnus Gary Lubner. It is intended to help African students who lack the financial means to study in the United Kingdom.
One self-funded applicant is selected from the Masters in Management, Global Masters in Management, Masters in Analytics and Management, Masters in Financial Analysis, MBA, Masters in Finance full-time or part-time, Executive MBA, or LBS Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy. Eligible candidates are considered automatically, with no separate scholarship application.
Benefits & funding
- One award valued at £50,000.
- The official scholarship page does not publish a cost breakdown, payment schedule, or guarantee that the award covers every study and living expense.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be self-funded and from an African country.
- Eligible countries are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the 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, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- Candidates must apply to one of the eight listed LBS degree routes and meet that programme’s own admissions requirements.
- The scholarship page states no separate residency, age, gender, or work-experience requirement.
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Eligible nationalities
Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · DR Congo
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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 · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Education required
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Application process
- 1Choose one of the eligible London Business School degree routes and check its current admissions requirements and round deadlines.
- 2Create an LBS applicant profile and submit the complete online degree application, including the documents required for that programme.
- 3Submit the degree application as a self-funded applicant; eligible candidates are then automatically considered for the scholarship.
Program timeline
Degree-application deadline
Follow the published admissions round for the selected programme; no single deadline covers all eight routes.
Scholarship consideration
Eligible candidates are reviewed automatically; no separate scholarship date is published.