If you’re an African wishing to study in USA, this is an opportunity for you. Applications for the Yale Young African Scholars Program is now open to Africans wishing to enroll for an undergraduate degree at Yale University.
The Yale Young African Scholars Programme provides tuition free, meals and accommodation provision for successful candidates. The program aims at improving students, creating exposure, with good research facilities, good academic facilities and teach good leadership skills.
Scholarship Sponsor(s): Yale University
Name of Scholarship: United States of America
Scholarship Type: Fully Funded
Scholarship level: Undergraduate
Scholarship Award: Several
Subject Eligibility: All fields of study.
Nationality: Africans
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Yale Young African Scholars Programme 2024, applicants are to meet the following criteria:
- Applicant must be at least 14 years old by application deadline in order to be considered(a typical YYAS student is between the ages of 15 and 18).
- Applicant must be able to participate in a rigorous academic curriculum conducted in English.
- Candidate must be a citizen or permanent resident of an African country. Applications will also be accepted from refugees living in an African country.
- Candidate must be currently attend school in an African country.
- Candidate must be a current 11th grade student (or the international equivalent).
- If you attend school in the Northern Hemisphere, you must be graduating secondary school by latest May/June 2024. If you attend school in the Southern Hemisphere, you must be graduating secondary school by earliest November/December 2023 and no later than November/December 2024.
Application Procedures
Interested applicants for the Yale Young African Scholars Programme must ensure they submit an Official transcript of grade report should be attached and also a recommendation from applicant’s teacher before the application deadline.
Application Deadline: 10 November 2023