Millennium bcp Foundation - Millennium bcp Foundation Scholarship - for African Portuguese speaking and East Timor Students

Millennium bcp Foundation scholarship

You get a monthly allowance plus a yearly refund of your tuition fees, to study for a Master's degree. The monthly amount is set case by case and depends on your situation. It is capped at the starting salary of a level-1 bank employee. The Fundação Millennium bcp (Millennium bcp Foundation) pays back your tuition each year once you show proof of payment. The grant runs for one year and renews until you finish your course. The money is paid at the start of each month into a Millennium bcp account in your name. The Foundation was set up in 1991 by Banco Comercial Português to help students from Portuguese-speaking African countries and East Timor go to university.

Who can apply

• Nationality: You are a citizen of Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe or East Timor.
• Degree level: You are studying for a Master's degree.
• Field of study (preferred): You have a better chance if your course is in science and medicine, engineering and technology, economics and management, or law.
• Grades (preferred): You have a better chance if you scored an average of at least 13 out of 20 last academic year.
• Financial need (preferred): Priority goes to students who, together with their families, cannot afford to continue studying.
• No other scholarship (preferred): Priority goes to students who do not receive money from another scholarship.
• Return plan (preferred): Priority goes to students who plan to go back to their home country after the course.

How to apply

You fill in the application form on the Foundation's website. The application window is announced there and normally runs in October, with the deadline on 31 October. You hear the decision by email. If accepted, you then submit officially certified documents from your local authorities to back up your application.

Our guide Scholarships in Portugal lists further funding options available to you alongside this Foundation grant.