About The Scholarship Circle

Who We Are

The Scholarship Circle was created with a simple idea: finding an educational opportunity should not depend on knowing the right person or spending hours searching through hundreds of websites. Every year, universities, governments, foundations, international organisations, and other institutions offer scholarships and educational programmes to students from different parts of the world. However, information about these opportunities is often spread across different websites, application portals, social media platforms, and online communities. For many students, especially those searching for international opportunities for the first time, knowing where to begin can be difficult.

The Scholarship Circle exists to make that search easier.

We bring scholarship and educational opportunity information together in one platform and present important details such as eligibility requirements, funding benefits, deadlines, participating institutions, application procedures, and official application links whenever this information is available. Students can explore our Scholarships section to find published opportunities, browse our Categories to explore different types of opportunities, or visit our Countries section to discover opportunities associated with different destinations.

What We Publish

The Scholarship Circle covers a wide range of educational and professional development opportunities. These may include undergraduate scholarships, master's scholarships, PhD and doctoral scholarships, fellowships, internships, exchange programmes, research opportunities, grants, government scholarships, university scholarships, competitions, training programmes, and other opportunities that may be relevant to students and young professionals. Not every opportunity is the same. Some provide full tuition and living support, while others may provide partial funding, a stipend, accommodation, travel support, or other benefits. Some opportunities are academic programmes, while others are designed for professional development, research, cultural exchange, or international exposure. For this reason, we encourage students to read each opportunity carefully rather than assuming that every listing provides the same type or level of financial support.

Our Role

The Scholarship Circle is an information platform. Our role is to help students discover opportunities and understand the information surrounding them. We do not make scholarship decisions, university admission decisions, or selection decisions on behalf of scholarship providers. When we publish an opportunity, we aim to provide useful information that helps students determine whether the opportunity may be relevant to them. Where possible, we also provide a link to the official website or application portal so that students can access the original source. Our platform should therefore be viewed as a starting point for research, not a replacement for the official information provided by the organisation offering the opportunity.

We Do Not Guarantee Scholarships

We believe it is important to be completely transparent with our readers.

The Scholarship Circle does not guarantee that any applicant will receive a scholarship, admission offer, fellowship, internship, grant, or any other opportunity published on our website.

Scholarship and admission decisions are made by the relevant university, government, foundation, organisation, or scholarship provider. These organisations determine their own eligibility requirements, selection criteria, deadlines, funding arrangements, and final decisions. Being eligible for an opportunity does not mean that an applicant will automatically be selected. Many scholarships are highly competitive and may receive applications from students with strong academic, professional, leadership, research, or extracurricular backgrounds. Our responsibility is to help students discover opportunities and provide useful information. The final application and selection process remains entirely between the applicant and the official provider. Students should read the official requirements carefully and confirm the latest information before submitting an application.

You can also read our Disclaimer for more information about the limitations of the information published on our platform.

We Are Independent and Not Affiliated With Scholarship Providers

The Scholarship Circle is an independent platform. We are not a university, government scholarship agency, scholarship awarding organisation, admissions office, or official representative of the institutions whose opportunities may be published on our website. Unless we specifically state otherwise, The Scholarship Circle is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to the universities, governments, organisations, foundations, or scholarship providers mentioned in our scholarship listings. The appearance of a scholarship on our website does not mean that the provider has partnered with us or approved our platform. Our purpose is to make information about educational opportunities easier to discover and to direct students towards the appropriate official sources.

Why Students Should Verify Information

Scholarship information can change. A deadline may be extended, eligibility requirements may be updated, funding benefits may change, or an institution may modify its application process. Information that was correct when an opportunity was first published may therefore change later. For this reason, we strongly encourage students to verify important information directly with the official scholarship provider before applying. When an official application or information page is available, we aim to link students to that source.

Students should pay particular attention to:

1. The official application deadline
2. Eligibility requirements
3. Required documents
4. Application fees, if any
5. Funding and scholarship benefits
6. Application procedures
7. Official contact information
8. Changes or announcements made by the provider

Never assume that an opportunity is legitimate simply because it appears on a website or social media platform. Always check the original source. Students should also be careful when sharing sensitive documents or financial information with people who claim to represent a scholarship provider.

The Founder

The Scholarship Circle was founded by Muhammed J Bah, who developed the platform around the belief that useful educational opportunities should be easier for students to discover. The idea behind the platform comes from a broader problem faced by many students: opportunities are often available, but information about them is scattered. A student may spend hours searching university websites, scholarship databases, social media pages, government websites, and online communities before finding an opportunity that matches their background. Another student may never discover the same opportunity at all. The founder's vision for The Scholarship Circle is to help reduce that information gap by creating a platform where students can discover opportunities in a more organised and accessible way. The goal is not simply to publish a large number of scholarship announcements. The long-term aim is to develop a useful educational resource where students can discover opportunities, understand what they offer, find the official source, and make informed decisions about whether to apply.

You can learn more about Muhammed J Bah and his work behind the platform on our Founder page.

Our Community

The Scholarship Circle is also growing a community of students and aspiring scholars interested in scholarships, international education, internships, fellowships, exchange programmes, and other educational opportunities. We share new opportunities through our website and our official WhatsApp Channel. Students can join our official WhatsApp Scholarship Channel to receive scholarship alerts, study abroad opportunities, fellowship and internship updates, and other educational information.

Our WhatsApp Channel is currently our official public social channel. Please be cautious of other accounts, groups, pages, or individuals claiming to represent The Scholarship Circle. Unless we explicitly state otherwise, such accounts are not affiliated with us.

More Than Scholarships

Although scholarships are at the center of The Scholarship Circle, our vision extends beyond scholarship funding. Education can create opportunities in many different ways. An exchange programme can provide international experience. An internship can help a student develop professional skills. A fellowship can support research or professional development. A training programme can provide knowledge in a specialised field. A competition can give students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and gain international exposure. This is why we also publish information about opportunities beyond traditional scholarships. We want students to look at international education as a wider landscape rather than limiting their search to one type of funding.

Our Approach to Scholarship Information

We aim to make scholarship information straightforward and useful. When preparing a scholarship listing, we focus on the information that students are most likely to need when deciding whether to explore an opportunity further. This may include the scholarship provider, university or institution, country, degree level, funding type, eligibility requirements, benefits, deadline, application process, and official application link. We also encourage students to read beyond the summary provided on our website and review the official information from the scholarship provider. The purpose of our platform is not to replace official sources. It is to help students find them more easily.

Our Commitment to Students

We understand that students may use scholarship information when making important decisions about their education, finances, and future. That responsibility matters to us. We aim to communicate opportunities clearly and avoid making promises that we cannot keep. We do not want students to believe that finding a scholarship listing means they are guaranteed funding. Instead, we want students to have enough information to decide whether an opportunity is worth investigating and applying for. We also encourage applicants to take ownership of their applications. Carefully reading the requirements, preparing documents in advance, checking deadlines, writing an honest application, and following the official instructions are all important parts of the process.

Our Vision for the Future

We want The Scholarship Circle to grow into a trusted and accessible educational resource for students around the world. Our long-term vision is to create a platform where a student can discover an opportunity, understand its requirements, find the official application source, and take the next step without having to search through countless unrelated websites. We know that not every application will result in success. Scholarships are competitive, and rejection is a normal part of the process. What matters is that students have the opportunity to discover possibilities they may otherwise never have known existed. The Scholarship Circle exists to help make those opportunities easier to find.

Contact Us

If you have a question about our platform, notice incorrect information, find an outdated scholarship listing, or want to get in touch with us, you can visit our Contact page. We welcome useful corrections and feedback that can help us keep the information on our platform accurate and useful for students.

Our Mission

Our mission is to make educational opportunities easier to discover, understand, and access. We help students find scholarships, fellowships, internships, exchange programmes, grants, and study abroad opportunities from around the world while providing clear information that helps them decide what to explore further. We aim to reduce the information gap that prevents students from discovering opportunities, while encouraging every applicant to verify requirements through official sources and take responsibility for their own applications.

Our Vision

Our vision is to build a trusted, accessible, and genuinely useful educational resource for students around the world. We want The Scholarship Circle to become a place where students can discover opportunities beyond their immediate environment, learn about international education, connect with a wider community, and find the official information they need to pursue their academic and professional goals. Our long-term goal is not simply to publish more opportunities, but to make the process of discovering them easier and more transparent.