The Standard Bank Africa, Derek Cooper Scholarship is available to graduate students who are and will ordinarily remain resident in one of the African countries in which Standard Bank is present (see full list below). Prospective candidates must demonstrate an exceptional academic track record and will need to have successfully qualified on their own merit in their application for a one-year Master's programme at partner university institutions. Nine students will be selected to complete their post-graduate studies in the following courses at:
University of Cambridge
● MPhil in Economics
● Mphil in Education
● Mphil in Engineering for Sustainable Development
● Mphil in Finance
● Mphil in Management
University of Oxford
● MSC programme provided by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities divisions at the University.
London School of Economics and Political Science
● MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change
● MSc Public Management and Governance
● MSc Finance
● MSc Risk and Finance
● MSc Finance and Private Equity
● MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance
● MSc African Development
● MSc Law and Accounting
● MSc Economics and Management
● MSc Management Information Systems and Digital Innovation
● MSc Management and Strategy
● MSc Financial Mathematics
● MSc Economics and Philosophy
● MSc Environment and Development
The scholarships will provide tuition and college fees in full, and a maintenance grant (i.e. living costs incurred in the college such as rental of college accommodation, food taken in college, etc.) commensurate to the national minimum doctoral stipend of the UK Research Councils. Please be advised that you will be required to apply for your programme of choice as well as funding. Application dates vary for each institution. Please therefore refer to your University of choice for application dates. The application offices of the above universities can be contacted directly for assistance in completing the documentation required. The prerequisite forms and contact details can all be found on their respective websites.
Note: If applying for Cambridge, it is important that you list Magdalene College as your first preference in order to be considered for the Scholarship. Students will be required to complete The Standard Bank Africa, Derek Cooper application form which can be obtained through the Graduate Tutor’s assistant via lacp1@cam.ac.uk.