FORTRESS-SSA Master's Scholarships

Three fully funded MSc Epidemiology scholarships are available through FORTRESS-SSA, a Global Health EDCTP3 initiative at the Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. The scholarships support postgraduate study in epidemiology, public health, and global health for the 2027 academic year. Applicants must meet the University of the Witwatersrand's admission requirements for the MSc Epidemiology programme. The call prioritises candidates working with a National P...

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree opportunity in Infectious Diseases and One Health (IDOHNext) , delivered by Université de Tours , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , and Hannover Medical School . This is an interdisciplinary Master’s program at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health, taught entirely in English. The post announces renewed Erasmus+ funding from the European Commission and states that full scholarships will be available for top candidates. The program welcom...

Fully funded Master's scholarship opportunity in Epidemiology for the 2027 academic year at the University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, South Africa, through the FORTRESS-SSA Consortium and School of Public Health. This opportunity is aimed at candidates interested in public health research, epidemiology, and related quantitative health sciences. The post highlights a scholarship route rather than a job opening, and it is designed for English-speaking Sub-Saharan African citizens who are...

Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Scholarship 2027 at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwanda, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. This post announces a fully funded Master’s scholarship for African healthcare and life sciences leaders interested in Global Health , Public Health , and related medical/life sciences training. Funding includes full tuition, room and board, a laptop, health insurance, and airfare. The official admissions link is provided for the Ma...

Applications are open for the Healthy Futures South Africa PhD Fellowship at the University of Cape Town , delivered in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation through the Africa Health Collaborative . This is a four-year PhD fellowship supporting emerging African researchers whose work responds to health-system and community needs . Research themes include primary care , health policy , health economics , mental health , addiction care , health innovation , and related areas in health resear...