Mauritius Africa Scholarship Scheme Edition
2023 | Call for Applications
Call for Applications Mauritius – Africa Scholarship Scheme 2023.
Award of Scholarships by the Government of the Republic
of Mauritius
The Government of Mauritius is awarding scholarships to
deserving students who are resident citizens of member states of the African
Union or African Commonwealth countries, as per the following criteria:
Ø For
undergraduate programmes, applicants should be above 18 years of age and should
not have reached their 26th birthday by 01 January 2024.
Ø For
PhD programmes, applicants should not have reached 40 years by 01 January 2024.
Ø Applicants
must have already applied for a full-time on-campus programme (Diploma, Degree,
MPhil or PhD) at a public Higher Education Institution in Mauritius (listed in
Section 8 in the appropriate Guidelines for Applicants) for academic year
starting in 2023.
Ø The
scholarship will be for a maximum duration as indicated in the table below or
the minimum course duration whichever is lesser.
Host
Country: Mauritius
Program
of Studies:
Ø Undergraduate
Diploma
ü Three
(3) years
Ø Undergraduate
Degree
ü Four
(4) years
Ø MPhil
/ PhD
ü Four
(4) years + 6 months for the transfer from MPhil to PhD
Ø PhD
ü Three
(3) years
Scholarship
Benefits for Mauritius Africa
Scholarship Scheme Edition 2023:
The Scholarship will support successful candidates in
meeting their tuition fees and in
contributing to their living expenses
during their studies in Mauritius. Furthermore, the scholarship covers a return airfare by the most economical route.
This will be valid for travel from the country of origin at the beginning of
the studies and back to the country of origin upon successful completion of
studies.
I.
Guidelines for Applicants
Ø This
document contains important information regarding the conditions attached to
the scholarship, the applicationØ
procedure, and a list of public Higher Education Institutions in Mauritius
where full-time on-campus studies are run.
II. Application
Form (Applicants are invited to fill in the form electronically before
printing)
Ø
Application
for the scholarship can only be made on the application form, duly filled-in. Section 5 of the applicationØ form should be
endorsed and completed by the Nominating Agency in the country of citizenship
of the applicant. An application under this Scheme is to be made solely through
the Nominating Agency responsible for the processing of scholarships in the
country of citizenship of the applicant. Such Nominating Agency, which may
typically be part of the Ministry of Education in the country of the applicant,
will then shortlist and endorse the applications of a maximum of FIFTEEN (15) eligible candidates (the
decision on the distribution of nominees from the undergraduate and/or
postgraduate programmes rest on the nominating agencies) and submit the duly
completed application forms as per following date below:
Intake starting on August/September
2023
Hard copy should reach Mauritius by 26 May 2023
Application
Deadline: Deadline for electronic submission 19 May 2023.
Applications, together with supporting documents as
required should be forwarded to the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education,
Science and Technology of the Republic of Mauritius at the address mentioned
below, for a final selection.
The Senior Chief Executive,
Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and
Technology
(Attn: Tertiary Education and Scientific Research
Division)
Level 2, MITD House, Pont Fer, Phoenix 73544.
Republic of Mauritius (Email: studymauritius@govmu.org
)
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