What Zimbabwe Scholarship Fund for Higher Education actually covers.
The Zimbabwe Human Capital Trust (ZHCT) and partner organisations provide scholarships to talented Zimbabwean students for undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Zimbabwean and regional universities. Covers tuition and provides living support for high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Who can apply.
Open to undergraduate applicants seeking to study in Zimbabwe. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
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 July 31, 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.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. Zimbabwe Scholarship Fund for Higher Education currently scores 1.5/10.
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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.