Scholarship Foundation

The Citadel Capital Scholarship Foundation was established in 2007 by Citadel Capital. Every year, the Foundation awards scholarships that enable talented young Egyptians from across the nation to pursue the subject they are most passionate about through graduate-level study. As of the fifth round of scholarships (announced in June 2011), more than 80 people have been awarded full study scholarships to top global universities.

There are two primary conditions for application: Prospective scholars must be accepted at a top school in their field of study before applying for the Citadel Capital Scholarship, and they must pledge to return to work in Egypt in their chosen field upon graduation.

CCSF takes pride in being open to all academic disciplines, with an eye to nurturing creativity and excellence in all its forms. Scholars have studied disciplines ranging from engineering to business, medicine, filmmaking, anthropology, human rights and law to architecture, development, economics and more.

The Foundation’s alumni are drawn from governorates including Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Menoufia, Ismailia, Assiut, Tanta and Aswan. In the United States, they have studied for Masters and Doctoral-level degrees at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Tufts and Syracuse. Other students have pursued educations at top United Kingdom universities including Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College London, London School of Economics, Manchester University and more.

Students have also distinguished themselves with studies at top European institutions (Sweden’s Lund University; the University of Heidelberg in Germany; University of Helsinki in Finland) and by pursuing MBAs at INSEAD, London Business School, ESADE in Spain as well as Wharton and Columbia in the US.

Click here to watch a brief video (English or Arabic) of CCSF Alumni discussing their experiences.

Click here to download material about the Foundation.

Click here to visit the Foundation’s website.