The MasterCard Scholarship at Arizona State University will provide graduate scholarships to train young African professionals at the Master’s level for various programs in the USA.
The fully funded scholarship covers all the costs related to tuition, accommodation, visa, flight, books, meals, and living expenses. The scholarship will also make provision for the application fees and process to the university as well as the cost of English Proficiency exams.
Requirements
To be considered for the Arizona State University Mastercard Scholarship 2026 at Arizona, you must satisfy the following criteria:
Applicants must qualify academically for admission to the degree of their choice that includes English proficiency.
Applicants must be a citizen of an African country committed to ethical leadership and demonstrated engagement in their community.
Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 33 on or before the application deadline.
Applicants must demonstrate a track record of leadership and service in their community.
Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and ambitions that exceed one’s financial resources.
Applicants must have earned an undergraduate degree conferred by July 2025.
Applicants must not have started or completed other graduate or master’s degrees before August 2025.
Applicants must be able to live in Phoenix, Arizona for the duration of the program.
Duration and Reward
The Scholarship will cover the following:
Costs incurred for visa application processing
Costs incurred for English language tests
Costs incurred for GRE or other equivalent exams
Airfare to and from Phoenix, Arizona
Full tuition, books and fees
Housing
Participation in Scholarship programming
Available Courses
Scholarships are available for the following full-time, on-campus graduate programmes:
MS Global Technology and Development
MS Information Technology
MS Human Systems Engineering – Intelligent Systems
MS User Experience
MSC Computer Science
MS Data Science Analytics & Engineering
MS Robotics and Autonomous Systems
MS Civil, Environmental & Sustainable Engineering
MS Clean Energy Systems
MS Modern Energy Production and Sustainable Use
Method of Application
Click on the button below to visit the scholarship application page
Apply for the scholarship first and if successful, you will be assisted in the process of applying for admission to Arizona State University.
Interviews via video or phone call will be held after shortlisting applicants, with final decisions made later. All successful applicants will travel to Phoenix, Arizona, to join the Program in August 2026.
There are 2 ways to submit your application:
To submit an online application, please click NEXT when you land on the application page.
If you have limited internet access, you can complete and submit a downloadable version of the application to mastercardfdnscholars@asu.edu. To access the downloadable form.
Click Here to Apply
Application Deadline: September 14, 2025.
