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UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE AFRICA SCHOLARS PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: 25 January, 2024

LOCATION: Italy

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, as part of its mission to foster relationships with developing countries, offers a special programme to meritable students from the African continent. This programme enables eligible candidates to study an English-taught 2-year graduate degree/Laurea Magistrale with a tuition and university fees reduction. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Students, either citizens or residents, of all African countries may apply for the Africa Scholars Programme.
Admission requirements for all 2-year graduate degrees include:

Completion of a Bachelor Degree from a recognized university with 2nd class upper division / 2.1 degree final classification, or higher.

Proof of proficiency in English.   

Application Deadline:

1st Round: 25th January, 2024

2nd Round: 22nd February, 2024

3rd Round: 26th March, 2024

4th Round: 9th May, 2024

5th Round: 27th June 2024

BENEFIT:

Tuition fee reduction: €5,870 per year

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WORLDWIDE MERCK GROUP INNOVATION CUP FOR GLOBAL STUDENTS (€20,000 PRIZE AND FULLY FUNDED TO GERMANY.)

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Application Deadline: 31. January 2024.

LOCATION: Germany

The brightest students from all over the world meet at our company headquarters to learn from professionals, network, develop business plans and win the 20,000 EUR Innovation Cup. Applications are now open for the 2024 Innovation Cup and will close on 31. January 2024.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applications are from postgraduate students in the life sciences working towards a PhD in biology, medicine, biotech, bioinformatics, computer science, data science, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, engineering or related fields. Postdoctoral students are also welcome to apply, as are advanced MBA students or recent MBA graduates with an interest in the pharmaceutical business and a background in life sciences.

This programme is not open to healthcare professionals.

BENEFIT:

As a participant in our Innovation Cup, you get a chance to network with top students from around the world, work in teams to develop new innovative ideas for unmet medical need, and build a business case with support from experienced professionals. We are offering shared prizes of €20,000 for the winning team, €5,000 for the runner-up and €3,000 for third place. Selected top performing participants could get an offer for a permanent employment at Merck. And to make things even more interesting, options to implement the best business plans will be evaluated.

The Innovation Cup summer camp takes place 20-26 July, 2024, near Frankfurt, Germany. Your travel, accommodation and food expenses are paid for by Merck.

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