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UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX AFRICA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 14 July 2024 (for October 2024 start) or 13 October 2024 (for January 2025 start)

LOCATION: United Kingdom

If you’re an international student from a member state of the African Union and are self-funding your postgraduate studies, you could be eligible for a scholarship of £4,500, paid as a discount on your first year’s tuition fee.

ELIGIBILITY:

These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely self-funded*.

Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in a member state of the African Union.

Applicants must have been awarded an undergraduate degree (this includes integrated Masters degrees) with the grade specified or above. A higher Masters grade cannot be taken to compensate for a lower Bachelors grade;

Students must register at the University of Essex in October 2024 or January 2025 for the first year of a full-time Masters course in academic year 2024-25 only, leading to the degree of: ̶ MA, MSc, LLM, MRes, MPP, MBM

These scholarships may be awarded to applicants who have completed relevant school or university studies in one of the specified countries above.

The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships. Students who are eligible for this award and are joining Essex through a link agreement, which includes a discounted fee, will receive the award which is greater in value.

This scholarship is available for the first year of Masters study at Essex only;

Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities. 

Nigeria: CGPA 3/5 or above or CGPA 2.50/4.0, or 4.00/6.00 or 4.00/7.00
OR A pass grade for Medical Degrees awarded by an approved Nigerian Institution

Ghana: 2:1, or CGPA 3.0/4.0 or above or CGPA 3.5/5.0

Other member states of the African Union: 2:1 or above (or equivalent as defined by our Postgraduate Admissions selection criteria)

For more details: file:///C:/Users/probook/Downloads/Africa-PG-Scholarship-2024-25%20(1).pdf

BENEFIT:

A scholarship of £4,500, paid as a discount on your first year’s tuition fee.

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ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPMENT (E4D) DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

Application Deadline: 30 April, 2024. 

LOCATION: Switzerland

The goal of the Engineering for Development (E4D) Programme is to promote research and education for people in low-​income countries. The E4D Programme is generously funded through the external pageSawiris Foundation for Social Developmentcall_made and the external pageSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.call_made

ELIGIBILITY:

The general entrance requirements for doctoral studies at the ETH Zurich1 and the respective department must be fulfilled.

Experience in the selected research area is required.

Candidates must be citizens of low- and lower-middle-income countries according to the OECD DAC-2024-25 list classification. 2

The candidate submits the Concept Note Application Form 2024 to the E4D programme office by e-mail to e4d@sl.ethz.ch. Only concept notes fulfilling all indicated requirements will be take into consideration and will be evaluated by the ETH4D Committee for Exchanges with regard to
their suitability for the second step. The deadline for submitting concept notes is 30 April 2024

BENEFIT:

The grant sum is 200’000 CHF to cover the salary costs of the doctoral students for three years. ETH professors cover the 4th year of the doctoral studies as well as costs related to the research itself.

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