Apply For The West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture

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Apply For The West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture

Here is a call for African students with only hours left to the due date. The West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA) is pleased to announce the 2021/22 WACWISA Masters and PhD Scholarships for promising African students. Below are details on how to apply. Hurry before the closing time!!

Scholarship Details

Scholarship Sponsor(s): Government of Ghana and the World Bank

Scholarship Type: Full Funding

Host Institution(s): University for Development Studies, Ghana

Scholarship Worth: See Scholarship Benefits

Number of Awards: Several

Study Level: Postgraduate (MSc and PhD)

Nationality: Africans

  Eligibility Criteria

To be able eligible to apply for the WACWISA Masters and PhD Scholarships 2021/2022, applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • Applicants must be nationals of an African country.
  • Candidates for the PhD programme must have completed a relevant bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from a recognized institution of higher learning.
  • Candidates for the master’s programme must have completed relevant bachelor’s degrees from a recognized institution of higher learning.
  • Applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency as the programme training language is solely in English.
  • Possess practical field training/experience in irrigation and drainage or Environmental Management and Sustainability related activities.
  • Must be less than 35 years for the master’s programme and less than 40 years for the PhD programme.
  • Provide a copy of the Identity Card (ID) or Bio-data page of the National Passport

Scholarship Benefits

  • Full tuition fees
  • Monthly stipend to cover accommodation, living expenses, health insurance and other personal incidentals
  • Research costs
  • International placement/mobility costs

Application Procedures

How-to-Apply: Interested and eligible applicants for the WACWISA Masters and PhD Scholarships 2021/22 are to apply for the Masters/Doctor of Philosophy programme in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering at the University for Development Studies.

Applicants are to submit a full complement of documentation to wacwisa@uds.edu.gh and copy director_wacwisa@uds.gh with the subject line “WACWISA Masters and PhD Scholarships”. All applicants must also submit applications for admission into the relevant programme at the University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana available at www.uds.edu.gh

Document Requirements:

  • Applicants are to submit an official/certified academic transcript.
  • A certified copy of academic certificates, with official English translation provided where necessary.
  • Two-page statement of motivation outlining their fitness for the study programme and benefit of the training to their home country and Africa in general.
  • Masters applicants must submit a 3-page and PhD 5-page maximum research proposal which shall contain a research topic, background, problem statement and justification, objectives, materials and methods and expected results.
  • Two (2) academic letters of reference and one (1) professional letter of reference.
  • Provide a detailed curriculum vitae (CV)- maximum two (2) pages.

Application Deadline: June 30, 2021

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