General Description

 

 POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES  

The University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is pleased to announce postgraduate (up to 7 Master and 5 PhD) scholarship opportunities to all Tanzanians and Citizen of Sub-Saharan Africa to commence in the academic year 2018/2019 in the following study fields: 

 

1.  Food and Nutrition Security 

 

2.  Immigration and Refugee Law 

 

3.  Strategic and Peace Study 

 

4.  Climate Change and Sustainable Development 

 

 

 

The Study will be conducted at the University of Dar es Salaam. 

 

 

 

Application Requirements  

 

Programme specific admission requirements are found in the Postgraduate Prospectus 2017/18 on the UDSM website.  In addition to that,), please note the following other requirements: 

 

a)  The last university degree must be completed less than six years before the time of application. 

 

b)  Must be a citizenship of a country in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

 

c)  Masters applicants must posses a bachelor degree qualification with GPA of 3.5 and above; 

 

d)  PhD applicants must have a Masters degree recognized by the Tanzania Commission of Universities (TCU) and be a staff member of a public or private university or candidate considered for teaching or research staff recruitment. 

 

 

 

Required application Documents

 

1.  Signed curriculum vitae scanned in PDF; please use the Europass CV template 

 

     (http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu)

 

2.  Certified scanned PDF copies of all university degree certificates

 

3.  Certified scanned PDF copies of all university transcripts

 

4.  For PhD applicants must submit a PhD research proposal including a detailed work plan         (10 to 15 pages); plagiarism will be checked!

 

5 Masters applicants must submit a letter of motivation (Maximum 2 pages in PDF)

 

6. PhD applicants must submit introduction/support letter from employer/potential employer

 

 

 

 

 

Equal Opportunities  

 

•       Female candidates and candidates from less privileged regions or groups as well as candidates with physical challenges are especially encouraged to apply. 

 

•       Students already enrolled in the programmes of the same study fields can also apply for scholarship for the remaining period.

 

 

 

Duration of Studies  

 

Duration of study for doctoral degree is three years and for masters degree is two years. 

 

 

 

DAAD requirements

 

More details required by DAAD will be communicated to the shortlisted candidates. 

 

 

 

How to apply:

 

Applicants are required to complete all the requirements listed above and submit  in soft copies via email to: admission.dpgs@udsm.ac.tz

 

Application        deadline:         

 

The          application     deadline           to           the        University       of           Dar       es           Salaam               is    9th              February           2018.                                   Pre        –selection          outcomes           to           both      pre-­?selected                  and        not         selected               candidates         will        be           communicated                by          27^th          February          2018.                  

 

                  

 

For            further                 information      please                   contact:                               

 

The Directorate of Postgraduate Studies  

 

P. O. Box 35091, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

 

Email: dsgs@admin.udsm.ac.tz

 

Phone: +255-22-2410500-9 Ext: 2010 

 

Fax: Fax: +255-22-2410078  

 

                  

 

              

 

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