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Short exchange study programme (credit mobility)

  • New Internal Submission Deadline: Monday 21 August 2023
  • Cycle: 2023
  • Discipline/Subject Area: Water Resources Management
  • Funding Available: 0
  • PLEASE NOTE:: ALL CURRENCY IS IN EUROS AND NOT IN USD (even when the $ symbol appears)

for more informations visit: https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/applynow/

Description:

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and outstanding candidates for Short exchange study programme (credit mobility) in any of the AWaRMN partner institutions. The opportunities available at each of the partner Instruction to which students can applie are as follows:

These are:

  • Rhodes University, South Africa (RU)
    • Hydrology
    • Freshwater Ecology
    • Environmental Water Quality
    • Research
  • Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria (FUTMINNA)
    • Ecology of Tropical Ecosystems
    • Aquatic Ecology and Limnology
    • Ecology and the Management of Tropical Wetlands
    • Aquatic Resources Management
    • Hydrogeological Environment;
    • Groundwater Flow Theory;
    • Groundwater Engineering;
    • Water Quality and Environmental Geology;
    • Water Resources Development and Management;
    • Applied Geophysics;
    • Analytical Geochemistry;
    • Research
  • Makerere University, Uganda (MU)
    • Lab management and quality assurance
    • Instrumentation
    • Land Pollution
    • Research
  • University of Kinshasa, Congo (UNIKIN)
    • Water and Biodiversity
    • Water Supply and Sanitation
    • Water, Irrigation and Food Security
    • Research
  • National Higher School for Hydraulics (Ecole Nationale Supéprieure d’Hydraulique) (ENSH)
    • Research Methodology
    • Modeling, Sediment Transports and GIS
    • Research
    • Online course offered at any of the partner Universitues supported by TU Delft
    • MOOC – Engineering: Building with Nature (1x)
    • MOOC – Beyond Engineering: Buliding with Nature (2x)
    • MOCC – Building with Nature and Beyond

Type of mobility (scholarships)

  • Credit-seeking Mobility (short-term study that leads to award of credits that make up/ or contribute to a MSc/MTech degree at home institution).

Target Groups

Group 1: Students who are registered or have previously obtained a degree from any of the AWaRMN partner institutions: RU, UNIKIN, FUTMINNA, MU, ENSH.

Value of Scholarship

For successful applicants, AWaRMN funding will cover the following areas:

  • Participation costs (e.g. tuition/registration fees) provided the mobility is equal or more than 10 academic months.
  • Research costs (e.g. field work, laboratory consumables), provided the mobility is equal or more than 10 academic months.
  • Subsistence allowance: MSc/MTech: 600 Euro per month.
  • Economy class roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs
  • Insurance (Health, accident and travel)
  • One-off settling-in allowance upon arrival to cover installation costs, viz – MSc/MTech: 600 Euro.

 

Eligibility Criteria

General eligibility

  • be a national of an African Union member state and resident in Africa at the time of application.
  • meet both institutional and partnership requirements for the short-term mobility.
  • not have benefited from a previous scholarship under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, or Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme.
  • must be registered/admitted in or have previously obtained a degree (or equivalent) from any of the AWaRMN partnership institutions: RU, ENSH, UNIKIN, FUTMINA and MU.
  • must be prepared to move from home country to another country where AWARM has a partner institution. Scholarships are attached to mobility and therefore you cannot apply to an institution in the country where you are a citizen or where you reside.

 

Academic eligibility

Applicants must also fulfill the academic eligibility criteria of the partner institution(s) of their choice:

I. Rhodes University (Institute for Water Research), South Africa.

The language of instruction is English. A working knowledge of English Language is required. Candidates are expected to have prerequisite knowledge in the subject area they have chosen for credit-seeking mobility.

II. Federal University of Technology

(Department of Animal Biology; Department of Geology), Minna, Nigeria (FUTMINNA)
The language of instruction is English. A working knowledge of English Language is required. Candidates are expected to have prerequisite knowledge in the subject areas they have chosen for credit-seeking mobility.

III. Makerere University (Department of Chemistry), Uganda

The language of instruction is English. A working knowledge of English Language is required. Candidates are expected to have prerequisite knowledge in the subject areas they have chosen for credit-seeking mobility.

IV. University of Kinshasa (Department of Natural Resources Management and the Congo Basin Water Resources Research Centre), DRC (UNIKIN)

The language of instruction is French. A working knowledge of French is required. Candidates are expected to have prerequisite knowledge in the subject areas they have chosen for credit-seeking mobility.

V. Ecole Nationale Supéprieure d’Hydraulique (ENSH) – National Higher School for Hydraulics

The language of instruction is French. A working knowledge of French is required. Candidates are expected to have prerequisite knowledge in the subject areas they have chosen for credit-seeking mobility.

 

Application process

  • Read the guidelines carefully here: https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/scholarships/ call/
  • Carefully complete the application form available here https://www.ru.ac.za/intra-africa-awarmn/
  • Submit: Certified copies of academic degrees official transcripts, 2 paged CV, a formal identity document e.g. passport, national identity card, driver license or any other officially recognized form of identification indicating your nationality, 250 words motivation stating why you should be awarded a scholarship, two reference letters (one academic and one non-academic). The academic referee must be able to attest to your academic standing.
  • The language of instruction is French. A working knowledge of French is required. Candidates are expected to have prerequisite knowledge in the subject areas they have chosen for credit-seeking mobility.
  • Due to the COVID-19 and closure of international borders, the partnership may elect not to award scholarship in some partner institutions depending on the prevailing circumstances.
  • Click here on this link to apply:https://ru.infoready4.com/#applicationGrid/1886312
  • Where the mobility start date is substantially delayed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions to a chosen host institution, the project management committee (PMC) reserves the right to allocate a student to another host University to overcome these delays.
  • Note:
    Incomplete applications will not be considered. Female applicants, people with disability(ies) or people from a socio-economically disadvantaged background are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Application Deadline:

The deadline for submission of applications is 22 February 2023. Submitted applications will be acknowledged within 3 working days. Applicants will be informed about the outcome of the competitive selection process by email on or before 22 February 2023.

 

Enquiries:

For administrative enquiries contact AWaRMN secretariat: awarmnadmin@ru.ac.za

 

Institutional contacts:

 

Click on the link below to view the call and APPLY.

Staff and current students must please login as a Rhodes University User, with their Rhodes username and password.

All other users will need to register (first time log in) and log in as Other Users.