Masters Scholarships for Students in the East African Community 2021

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Masters Scholarships for Students in the East African Community

Summary

Thematic areas:

1) Mathematics,

2) Engineering,

3) Informatics,

4) Science,

5) Technology and

6)
Business Science

Eligible applicants: EAC students with qualifications in the above thematic areas.

Duration of Scholarship: 2 years

1. Background

The EAC Scholarship Programme is an initiative by the East African Community (EAC), the Inter- University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and German Development Bank-KFW.

The project begun in 2018 when the EAC and IUCEA entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with KFW
geared towards the training of students within the EAC region.

This Project aims at creating future
change agents, who identify themselves with the integration agenda of the EAC and are willing to share
economic and development-oriented expert knowledge.

The goal of this initiative is to contribute towards
training leaders that will foster EAC regional integration.

This goal will be partly achieved through the
establishment of academic collaboration and an exchange programme between universities/institutions
within the EAC region, by encouraging students to study in countries other than their own.

In order to
achieve these impacts, the project offers a comprehensive package including scholarships for masters
programmes, internships, mentoring, networking events and further leadership training activities.

The
scholarship will support masters students in Mathematics, Engineering, Informatics, Science, Technology
and Business Science programmes.

The programme will include a minimum 30 percent females students
in order to support women’s participation and enhance gender equality.

IUCEA hereby invites
applications from students who are citizens of the East African Community (EAC) Partner States to
apply for the KFW funded Masters Scholarships.

2. Objective

The objective of the programme is to train masters scholars who will serve as change agents for regional
economic development and integration in the EAC.

3. Design

The project offers financial support to academically skilled and disadvantaged masters students with the
main focus on priority programmes.

Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to join the
programme. Masters students shall be given a fixed amount of money to cover living as well as costs for
teaching and research materials.

The students shall be required to apply to study in an EAC Partner State
other than their own.

At the universities/Institutions, mentors will be selected in order to support the students during the time
of study and research.

With the help of integrated internships, and extra-curricular activities, practical
learning will be ensured through the universities and public-private partnerships undertakings.

IUCEA
will support the universities/institutions in selection of the mentors and facilitation of the internships
during the implementation of masters programmes.

The financial cooperation arrangement shall finance the first three cohorts of approximately 157 masters
students over their full study time of 2 years.

After the first cohort has completed the studies, an
independent evaluation of the level of attainment of the objectives of the project will be carried out, with
the desirable impact being assessed.

The students will take part in extracurricular events at minimum of one event-visit per year per student.

These could be networking events with representatives from political and socio-economic spheres,
whereby training on regional integration topics and other subjects based seminars are organized.

4. Available programmes

The following are the programmes eligible for the scholarship programme. Applicants must apply to study in an EAC Partner State other than their country of citizenship.

5. Selection Criteria

The following criteria is mandatory. Students should:

a) Be citizens of a partner state of the East African Community;

b) Possess the required academic qualifications for admission to the programme

c) Submit a well written motivation letter in English elaborating on the following:

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