Quick Facts

Eligible CountriesAny
Host CountrySouth Africa
Area of StudyOthers
Application Deadline31 August 2026
Scholarship TypeMasters
FundingFully Funded
Mode of StudyIn-person
ReferenceRAS-2026-0857
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About This Scholarship

Stellenbosch University offers a fully funded MSc scholarship in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to African students for a one-year structured master’s programme. The scholarship covers full tuition, living stipend, travel costs, and accommodation for eligible candidates with strong mathematical and computational backgrounds.

What This Scholarship Covers

  • Full tuition covered
  • Living stipend
  • Travel costs
  • Accommodation

Who Can Apply

  • 1 Must be from an African country
  • 2 Must hold an honours degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Mathematical Statistics; OR a four-year Bachelor's degree in Engineering; OR an NQF level 8 qualification equivalent to above in a field closely linked to ML and AI
  • 3 Must have demonstrable proficiency in Python or equivalent programming language
  • 4 Must be comfortable with numerical linear algebra, vector calculus, basic probability theory and statistics
  • 5 Recommended to have completed an introductory course on machine learning
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