Church of Scotland/Desmond Tutu 2022 Masters Scholarships for African Students

This scholarship was set up in 2009 to commemorate the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred by the University on the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu. During the graduation ceremony Archbishop Tutu spoke of the historic links between Africa and the University of Edinburgh: “Some of our first black physicians were people who had trained here and there is a long tradition that links this university with our part of the world.” Applicant for Church of Scotland/Desmond Tutu Masters Scholarships must be a member of a Church of Scotland partner church in Africa. Eligible partner churches are: Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana Presbyterian Church of Ghana Presbyterian Church of East Africa Synod of the Nile of the Evangelical Church of Egypt Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Igreja Evangelica de Cristo em Mocambique Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Presbyterian Church of South Sudan The Programme of Christian Muslim Relations in Africa’ United Church of Zambia Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa