Study-In-South Africa: 2023 University of Pretoria Masters Scholarship For African Students
University
of Pretoria Masters Scholarship are now open for interested and qualified
African students willing to pursue a postgraduate degree in South Africa.
The LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in
Africa (HRDA) is a prestigious one-year intensive course where 25-30
exceptional individuals spend six months in Pretoria and six months at one of
the 12 partner universities all over Africa. They are taught by
eminent lecturers in the field of human rights and undergo many practical
training exercises.
A limited number of up to 30 students are selected per
year. Depending on the availability of funding, full-scholarships covering at
least tuition, accommodation and official programme activities are covered for
up to 25 citizens of Africa. Students who do not receive scholarships may be
admitted as self-funding or partial-self funding students, provided they meet
all the minimum admission criteria and provided they guarantee payment of all
or at least a significant part of tuition, accommodation and official programme
activities, to an amount set by the Centre annually.
Ø Host Country:
South Africa
Ø Study Abroad: Study in Africa
Ø Category: Postgraduate Scholarships | Masters Scholarships
Ø Eligible Countries:
All African Countries
Ø Reward:
Full Scholarship | Accommodation
Ø Deadline:
July 31, 2023
Scholarship Requirements:
To be considered for the University of Pretoria
Scholarship, you must:
Ø Be
an individual from all African countries are invited to apply for admission to
study for the Master’s Degree (LLM/MPhil) in Human Rights and Democratisation
in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Ø Be
in possession of the first degree in Law (LLB, licence en droit or licenciatura
em direito) or an Honours degree relevant to human rights and democratisation.
In addition to the general admission requirements, the
following specific selection criteria are used in combination to select the
eligible students:
Ø a
demonstrated professional, academic and personal interest in and commitment to
human rights and democratisation in Africa.
Ø an
indication that the applicant would be likely to put the qualification to good
use in his or her future career, preferably in his or her country of origin
(the ‘multiplier effect’);
Ø geographic
representation(in the sense that an overrepresentation of students from a
particular African country will be avoided, given the pan-African scope and
ambitions of the programme);
Ø gender
representation (in the sense that an equitable balance between women and men is
sought);
Ø equitable
representation of persons from vulnerable communities (such as persons with
disabilities, persons belonging to indigenous communities and LGBTI persons)
Scholarship Duration and Reward
Ø A
limited number of up to 30 students are selected per year. Depending on the
availability of funding, full-scholarships covering at least tuition,
accommodation and official programme activities are covered for up to 25
citizens of Africa.
Ø Students
who do not receive scholarships may be admitted as self-funding or partial-self
funding students, provided they meet all the minimum admission criteria and
provided they guarantee payment of all or at least a significant part of
tuition, accommodation and official programme activities, to an amount set by
the Centre annually
Required Documents
To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the
following documents
Ø Previous
academic records/transcripts
Ø Previous
degree certificate(s)
Ø Copy
of bio-data page of passport
Ø A
good quality photograph of yourself
Ø For
applicants who did not obtain their qualifications in English: TOEFL, SAT1 or
IELTS Test certificate.
Method of Application
Ø All
complete applications, received in a particular year, are processed and
considered by the LLM Programme Coordinator/Manager and the Academic
Coordinator of the programme, who identify a number of eligible candidates
three times the available positions.
Ø Each
applicant is then contacted and required to write an essay within a restricted
period (for example, 24 hours) of being given the topic. Applicants may also be
required to make a video or audio presentations or be interviewed.
Ø On
the basis of all the assessments, the Chair of the Council of Directors of the
HRDA Programme, who is a representative of one of the partner faculties,
scrutinises the applications and makes a recommendation on the pre-selected
students.
Ø A final
selection is made by the full Admissions Committee, consisting of the Chair of
the Council of Directors of the LLM/MPhil Programme (if available), the
Director of the Centre for Human Rights, the Assistant Director of the Centre
for Human Rights, the LLM/MPhil Programme Coordinator/Manager and the Academic
Coordinator of the HRDA Programme.
Ø All
applicants will be notified whether they were successful or not by 30 September 2023.
Click on the button below to begin your application if
you are eligible and interested.
Application
Deadline:
Application deadline for the University of Pretoria
Masters Scholarship For African Students is July 31, 2023.