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UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA COMMONWEALTH DOCTORAL STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 11th September 2024

LOCATION: South Africa

The University of Pretoria is a research-intensive university. Hence, it is seeking candidates for doctoral studies who will make significant contributions to its research endeavours. As part of South Africa’s contribution to the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, the University of Pretoria has made funds available for three doctoral scholarships for students coming from Commonwealth Countries (excluding South African students). This scholarship is known as the University of Pretoria Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship and will be awarded on a competitive basis.

ELIGIBILITY:

The UP Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship will be awarded to applicants who are citizens of Commonwealth countries, except South Africans.

Applicants must conduct their studies at the University of Pretoria and commence in 2025.

Applicant must have submitted an application to study at UP for the 2025 academic year.

Each Applicant must have identified a potential supervisor.

Each Applicant must have submitted academic records to the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA).

Applicants must have completed their postgraduate/Master’s degree no less than two years prior to applying to UP for admission for the 2025 academic year.

Applicants who are older than 40 years of age do not qualify for this scholarship.

PhD and Masters students currently registered or who previously studied at the University of Pretoria are not eligible to apply.

BENEFIT:

The value of this Doctoral Scholarship will be R184 000 p.a.
This amount must be used to cover the following student costs:
Accommodation and living costs.
Fees p.a.
Medical Aid.
Books/Stationery.

Supplementary Funds: The Commonwealth Scholarship holder may hold supplementary external bursaries/grants/scholarships with a maximum total value of awards, including this scholarship, of R300 000.00 p.a. The UP PhD Commonwealth Scholarship must be the primary award.

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DAAD MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (MIDE)

Application Deadline: 31 August, 2024

LOCATION: Germany

HTW Berlin, the largest university of applied sciences in Berlin, offers an 18-month full-time Master’s degree programme in “International and Development Economics” (MIDE), taught entirely in English. Designed for students from developing and transitional countries as well as from Germany and other developed countries with a special interest in the economic challenges facing “third world” countries, the programme prepares students to work in areas related to global economic affairs and development.

ELIGIBILITY:

Bachelor’s degree*

Proficiency in English

The first degree must be equivalent to a three-year German Bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS). It is highly recommended that applicants get in touch with the MIDE office (mide@htw-berlin.de) to find out whether the degree from a foreign country is equivalent.

Applicants with three years of study (180 ECTS) or the equivalent either must study an additional 30 ECTS at the university or prove that they have completed at least one year’s professional employment or training since graduating. Applicants with an equivalent of three and a half or more years (210 ECTS) of study do not need to prove professional experience or take additional modules.

Applicants for a DAAD scholarship must come from a developing country and have at least two years of professional experience since graduation, but should not have graduated more than six years ago.

BENEFIT:
Approx. 900 to 1,000 EUR monthly.

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