Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships for Study in South Africa and United Kingdom 2023

About Beit Trust

The Trust was established in 1906 by the Will of Alfred Beit, a financier, philanthropist and director of the British South Africa Company. He had many interests, including the development of the railway system in what was then Rhodesia. On his death in 1906, at the age of 53, he left a substantial legacy to a wide range of charitable causes. During his lifetime, Beit recognised that Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) would be unable to attract sufficient capital for their own development. His Will therefore established The Beit Railway Fund, to promote the development

Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships

• Category Postgraduate
• Organisation Beit Trust
• Country to study South Africa, United Kingdom
• School to study–
• Course to study Not specified
• Application Deadline February 19, 2024

Aim and Benefits of Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships

• Fees, tuition costs and related academic expenses. These are paid by the Trust direct to the Partner Universities.
• A personal allowance, index-linked in accordance with guidance from an independent authority, covering maintenance support.
• Other allowances are paid for arrival, a laptop and departure.
• Economy Class tickets are provided for the initial journey to the place of study, and on final return.
• No allowances are paid for spouses and other family members or dependan

Requirements for Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships Qualification

• By Act of Parliament, the Beit Trust supports ONLY students who are nationals of Zambia, Zimbabwe or Malawi, who hold permanent residence, live there and/or intend to return to their country after their studies.
• Applicants must be under 35 years of age on 31 December 2023. Relevant experience of work after completion of a first degree is strongly recommended and will count towards the award of a scholarship.
• Doctors and Vets should have completed 18 months of internship, and a one-year, preferably rural, posting in Zambia, Zimbabwe or Malawi.
• The Trust cannot consider applications from those who have already begun a course.
• The Trust will only consider applicants with First Class/Distinction or Upper Second Class Honours degrees (or equivalent) at undergraduate level.

Documents Required for Application

Please ensure you have all the documents below ready to upload electronically.  Once you start the application process, you must complete it, as you will not be able to save answers and return to it later. You will, however, be able to scroll through the form before you begin to fill it in. You will be required to upload the following documents with your application:

1. A signed Medical Certificate Form from your doctor.  This will need to be completed before you begin the application process below.  Please download the form here: Medical Certificate Form
2. A copy of your offer letter from a UK Partner University/s; or a PDF document detailing the university/s and course/s you will apply to at a South African Partner University/s.
3. Degree results (incl. certificates of importance and full transcripts).
4. Curriculum Vitae (CV).
5. A personal statement to explain in your own words (no longer than 500) how you think a postgraduate degree will benefit your country and its development.
6. A clear recent photograph of yourself: not a passport photo, but something that shows you to your best advantage.
7. A clear copy of your valid passport, showing date of issue and expiry.  Please ensure it is valid for the duration of your proposed studies; and that sufficient blank pages are available to accommodate visa and travel stamp requirements.

Application Deadline

February 19, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Beit Trust on scholarships255225.typeform.com to apply

For UK Partner University applications:

1. Make your application for admission directly to one or more of the Partner Universities listed above, and only to those universities. Please apply via their websites, which will guide you.
2. Notify the relevant university, as part of your study application, that you will be approaching the Beit Trust for scholarship funding.
3. As long as the course/s you wish to pursue are available, you may apply to more than one Partner University at a time. Indeed, we recommend you do so, to increase your chances of acceptance, and to broaden the scholarship opportunities available.
4. Once you have an offer from your chosen Partner University, you should apply as early as possible to the Beit Trust for a scholarship.
5. Your application, with all the supporting documents, must be uploaded via the Scholarship application link, below in green.
6. You need three referees: Academic, Character and Employer (as appropriate). They have separate and individual forms, the link for which must be forwarded to them by you, the applicant. The link becomes available once you have submitted your scholarship application form electronically.
7. We prefer referees to use the link provided in the application form. If, however, they can only provide their reference by email, please forward them the relevant forms, which you can download below.

Download Academic Reference Form – Download Character Reference Form – Download Employer Reference Form

The completed forms must be returned directly from the referee via email to scholarships@beittrust.org.uk

For South African Partner University applications:

Due to the South African University application process opening after our Scholarship application deadline of 19 February 2023, we will accept scholarship applications for South African Universities for the year 2025/2026 without a confirmed offer.

Please follow steps 3 to 7 above. Where you are asked to upload your university offer letter, please provide instead the details of the courses and universities that you will be applying for, in PDF format. Your scholarship application will then be considered alongside the applicants for UK universities, as part of the same entry year cohort.

The Trust will sift your application as part of our selection process. If you are successful and shortlisted for an interview, you will go to the relevant Beit Trust national scholarship board.

If you are then offered a scholarship from the Trust – and not all those selected for interview receive an offer – you will then need to apply for entry to a South African Partner University (as set out in our website). You may indicate in your application that you have been awarded a Beit Scholarship.

Should you get an offer, we ask that you submit it to us as soon as you receive it. Should you not be successful in obtaining an offer, the scholarship will not, unfortunately, be available to you.

 The deadline for application for a Beit Trust Scholarship for UK and South African Universities is 19 February 2024.  

• The Trust will shortlist the most qualified for interview by our national scholarship boards in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The boards sit during April each year.
• Resources are limited and the scholarship process competitive. Not all those interviewed will be selected for a Scholarship.
• But an interview is essential to selection. Please ensure that you are able to attend in person and in country of citizenship if you are invited to an interview.
• The Trust will notify those selected for interview of the date, time and place.
• The Trust will give particular weight to those who have:
  • – work or other professional experience;
  • – demonstrated a capacity to become leaders in their field;
  • – chosen a degree of direct and practical relevance to the development of their country;
  • – stated an intention to return to their country at the completion of their degree.

For more details, visit Beit Trust website. 

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