Top 100 Scholarships In Ghana You Can Easily Apply

A scholarship is a gift or payment given to a student to help them pay for their education. It is given to them based on their academic or other achievements. Generally, scholarships are awarded to deserving students who have excelled academically. Aside from academic work, there are grants available for persons who desire to pursue informal education. Scholarships in Ghana are packages accessible to Ghanaian students from the four corners of the country.

All Ghanaians are eligible and qualified to participate in any scholarship program in Ghana if and only if they meet all of the requirements to apply for the scholarship.

Types of Scholarships in Ghana

The scholarships are divided into two categories: local and international scholarships.

• Local scholarships
• International Scholarships

Beneficiaries of local scholarships are only eligible for benefits from the source if they desire to attend school in Ghana. There’s also an international scholarship available for students who want to pursue their education outside of Ghana, whether in Africa or overseas.

Categories of Scholarships in Ghana

There are different categories of Ghana scholarships. There are scholarships for JHS students, SHS students, and tertiary level students ( Nursing training , teacher training and university ). Every scholarship has its own set of prerequisites and credentials.

Below are the various scholarships opened and available for all Ghanaian students currently in Ghana.

Nkosohen Scholars Program

This is a local scholarship for the people and citizen in the this local community. Only students from the community who are willing and ready to study and further their education are eligible to apply for it.

Akua Kuenyehia Foundation (AKF) Scholarship Scheme

This is a foundation scholarship scheme established to promote girl child education. It is open for all females who will enter the junior high level, senior high school and or tertiary schools. It is open for girls who have completed any of the levels of education that will like to continue but has no support.

Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP)

As the name goes secondary improvement means to equip needy students with the necessary support to enhance their education. This scholarship extends its hands to the students in vocational schools too.

Vodafone Ghana Scholarship Scheme

Vodafone, a well effective network in the world has also opened a scholarship for all students being it JHS, SHS, or Tertiary students to help them attend and acquire knowledge in any of their desired institutions.

Galaxy International School

Galaxy international school scholarship is an institution offering jhs and shs students the opportunity to study free of charge in their noble institution. This opportunity is given to only students who only passes their entrance exams.

Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED)

CAMFED an organization set to fund and support girl child in Ghana. Empowering the ladies in the community by giving them scholarships to study both in Ghana and outside Ghana. All females are eligible for this scholarship.

Ambassadors’ Girls’ Scholarship Program (AGSP)

Ambassadors’ girls’ scholarship is a scholarship targeting girls from economic hardship or girls facing adverse circumstances. This scholarship is for girls attending primary , junior and secondary schools in Africa.

Adamfo Ghana

Adamfo Ghana is a scholarship empowering, educating, and giving a better future for stressed children. You encourage all brilliant and street child to seek assistance from this organization. Read more

Facebook Grace Hopper Scholarship

Grace hopper scholarship is for ladies and girls who wants to are would want to be trained, educated and skilled with computing science. All female programmers are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Apply HERE

BeArt Presets Academic Scholarships, 2019

This scholarship is to help students to fulfill their personal aims such as attending a particular school, it is open to all students in Ghana and all levels of education. Apply Here

The Pensters Essay Writing Contest

Penster essay writing scholarship, this scholarship is to support all students in their education. Is an essay competition where a topic is given for students to write about. Easy but needs more of thinking and writing, all Ghanaian students and even foreigners studying in Ghana can apply and win the scholarship. Is only well-performed writer’s are given the scholarship. Apply Here

Toptal STEM Scholarships For Women

Toptal stem nice scholarship for only females in Ghana to be used to empower their educational and professional development goals. Only females from all levels of education are eligible for its application. Apply Here

Berows International Scholarship Program Test (BISPT) 2021

BISPT (Berows International Scholarship Program Test) is a scholarship program that awards financial aid to deserving students from throughout the world.

The goal of the BISPT scholarship program is to motivate students by offering a scholarship and allowing them to become self-sufficient.

This program tries to fix a student’s financial concerns so that they can go forward in life without having to take out a loan to pay for their education.

Unicaf Scholarship

Unicaf is an online study scholarship for tertiary students. This online learning through unicaf is made possible by advance learning management systems, designed to provide an optimal learning experience for students. Apply Here

Absa Africa scholarship

The Absaafrica scholarship is a fellowship program that offers much more than just an ordinary scholarship or bursary initiative rather successful candidates will receive financial support towards their academic studies, they will also be expected to actively participate in a specially curated leadership development programme created by Absa. Absa Africa scholarship/Fellowship Programme | Application Process, Benefits and Requirement 2022

Tertiary Scholarships

KNUST/MasterCard Foundation Scholarships

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST), provides academically talented yet economically disadvantaged young people in Ghana and Africa with access to quality and relevant university education. How to Apply for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at KNUST

GNPC Undergraduate Scholarships

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is offered to undergraduates through the GNPC Foundation to prospective Ghanaian students. The scholarship is for degree courses and is tenable at accredited public tertiary Institutions in Ghana. The scholarship covers Tuition, Living Expenses, Book Allowance, and Dissertation/Project Allowance. Apply Here

Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust

Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust (TEST) for Ghana Scholarships
The Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust –TEST – provides four-year Full or Partial Scholarships to Needy but Best Students to undertake new and/ or continuing Tertiary Education studies at Ghanaian Public Universities and Polytechnics in their own country. Apply Here

MTN Ghana Bright Scholarships for Undergraduate Ghanaian Students

The MTN Ghana Bright Scholarship is sponsored by the MTN Group Foundation. It is launched to support 100 brilliant and needy Ghanaians to complete their tertiary education. APPLY HERE

KNUST-Tullow Tertiary Scholarship

The KNUST-Tullow Tertiary Scholarship is open to Engineering students who are offering their undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the KNUST. The KNUST-Tullow Tertiary Scholarship is fully-funded for Ghanaian students for a period of four years.

Free SHS Tertiary Scholarship

This is scholarship is open to all free SHS graduates to apply for scholarships for their tertiary education. Be it teacher training or any public and private tertiary institution.

Empowering Africa Inc. Full Tuition Scholarship

Empowering Africa Inc. is accepting applications for a one-year full-tuition scholarship. This scholarship is only available to Ghanaian students pursuing a programme in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Barclays Tertiary Scholarship Program for Undergraduate Ghanaian Students

This is a collaboration between Barclays Bank Ghana and the Universities. it is to further support Barclays Bank’s commitment to unlocking societal challenges whiles contributing to the economic development of our nation Ghana.

Educational Pathways International (EPI) Fully-funded Scholarships for Undergraduate Students.

Educational pathways international is a scholarship for only students who have gotten admissions to these 3 institutions, are university of Ghana LEGON, KNUST and UDS

UG-Tullow Tertiary Scholarship Scheme

The UG-Tullow Tertiary Scholarship Scheme is for Level 100 and Masters students from less endow communities to study at the University of Ghana LEGON.

Standard Chartered Scholarships

The Scholarship is eligible to all Ghanaian students in their year1 and 2 who are Brilliant but Needy Students of KNUST and who are pursuing a full-time programme in Pure Science, BSc. Human Biology, and BSc. Agriculture.

UEW Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Fund

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Fund (VCSF) for Brilliant but Needy Students. This is for students in UEW only.

Below are international scholarships available to Ghanaian tertiary students;

MAHSA special scholarship

Shanghai Government scholarship

Guangxi Government scholardhip

TOBE MAKI foundation program scholarship

Think Big International foundation program scholarship

National Art council scholarship

The Hubei Provincial Scholarship

Yunnan Provincial Government Scholarships

Chinese Government Scholarship-Chinese University Program

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid Of Research Program

HIT-Qingrui Scholarship for International Students

University of Illinois (UIC) Global Scholarship

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Oskar Karl Forster Scholarship for Books and Learning Materials

ANU College of Business & Economics International Undergraduate Scholarships

Pharmacy International Undergraduate Scholarships

Transform Together Scholarships

Gordon Signy Fellowships

H.Y. Louie And Lohn Entrance Awards

British Council – IELTS Award

Novus Biologicals Scholarships

University of Strathclyde – Housing Emergency Fund

Northwestern University – Fermi Scholarships

Friedrich Naumann Foundation Scholarships

RUB Deutschlandstipendium Scholarships

University of Auckland – Cecil Segedin Undergraduate
There are more international scholarships for Ghanaians.