Have you ever wanted to study outside your country for your post graduate studies on scholarship? Well, here is an opportunity for you! Applications are now being accepted for New
Zealand Development Scholarships: Open category (NZDS-Open) are offered to
candidates from Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt,
Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya.
Scholarship
applications are also accepted from Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South
Africa
, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Preference
will be given to applicants from disadvantaged communities.
New
Zealand Development Scholarships are a central part of the New Zealand
Government’s development cooperation programme in Africa.
The
NZDS scheme offers the opportunity to people from developing countries to study
in priority sector courses at New Zealand universities. Scholarships
are offered for postgraduate study at the Postgraduate Diploma, Masters or
Doctorate (PhD) levels. (Study at PhD level will only be considered where
particularly strong development relevance is demonstrated).
Undergraduate
degree level study is not offered.
Female
applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as the New Zealand Government
attempts to ensure gender equity among scholarship holders.
Scholarships
must be taken in the year for which they are offered and cannot be transferred
to the next academic year
.
If
offered a New Zealand Aid Programme scholarship, travel to New Zealand is
subject to a visa being issued by Immigration New Zealand.
Candidates
may be required to provide additional information to assist with immigration
requirements.
Successful
candidates should allow at least two months for their student visa application
to be processed.
Follow
the link - New Zealand Development Scholarship for more details and application contacts for the New Zealand
Scholarships for Developing Countries.
Apply
by 2 December 2013
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