What WaterAid Africa Engineering Scholarship actually covers.
WaterAid's Africa Engineering Scholarship supports students from WaterAid programme countries who are pursuing engineering qualifications with a focus on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) engineering. The scholarship targets students in civil, environmental, water resources, or public health engineering and is designed to build a cadre of African engineers equipped to address the continent's WASH infrastructure deficit. Recipients are often placed with WaterAid country offices for practical experience.
Who can apply.
Open to undergraduate, masters applicants. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Accepted fields.
WaterAid Africa Engineering Scholarship currently lists the following eligible fields of study. Other related disciplines may also be considered — check the official call.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before September 30, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Every scholarship on Scholar Africa goes through six checks (link, contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review). WaterAid Africa Engineering Scholarship currently scores 7.5/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.