No separate application form, just a higher bar on your MSc one
The Africa Scholarship Programme doesn’t have its own application form. You apply for a Wageningen University MSc programme the normal way, and if your application is complete, and you meet the scholarship’s own academic bar, being unconditionally admitted with a first-class honours degree and a GPA of 80% or higher, you become eligible for an invitation to the ASP selection process rather than applying for the scholarship directly.
The deadline that actually matters, and what “complete” requires
The deadline that actually matters is your MSc application deadline: 1 December 2026. Everything needs to be in by then, including your Bachelor’s diploma and your official English language test results, since test results can take weeks to come through and there’s no extension for a late score. Your Bachelor’s degree itself has to be fully completed by that date too, not just in progress, so a final-year student still mid-thesis on 1 December wouldn’t qualify. Only complete applications submitted before that date are assessed by the scholarship selection committee at all.
A lottery, then a waiting list, not outright rejection
From there, the timeline runs into the following year. Shortlisted applicants hear back around March to April 2027, and the scholarship recipients are chosen from that shortlist by lottery, not by ranking, with offers going out on 7 April 2027. Finalists who aren’t selected in the lottery go onto a waiting list rather than being rejected outright, so a place can still open up after the initial offers go out. If you already hold a Master’s degree, know that preference goes to applicants who don’t.
Framed as capacity building, not just a study grant
Wageningen itself frames the programme’s purpose as dual: giving talented African students the chance to study at Wageningen, and supporting capacity building back in Africa specifically. Coverage reflects that seriousness: tuition, a living allowance, travel to and from the Netherlands, and visa and health insurance costs, all for the programme’s full 24-month duration. For a wider view of scholarships built specifically for applicants from developing countries, see the guide to funding for students from developing countries.