The University of the Witwatersrand invites applications for the Wits-TUB-UNILAG Scholarship for sub-Saharan African Nationals in South Africa for the 2022/23 academic year.
The Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab programme supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) seeks to improve graduate education in urban fields across sub-Saharan Africa.
This project seeks to contribute to capacity building and empowerment, which it considers
key in enabling policy change and action across three areas. It summarizes these as
(1) a critically reflected understanding of urban resilience,
(2) engagement with inequality and informality in ways that facilitate greater justice in access to housing and urban infrastructure and
(3) building on decolonial understanding in line with local realities, and thereby advancing a
critical edge towards normative ways to engaging cities.
Worth of Award
The scholarship includes:
- Full tuition fee
- Monthly stipend covering living expenses
- Travel from home country/place of origin
- Student medical aid (12 months)
Eligibility
- The programme is interdisciplinary, but a special emphasis is placed on a
portfolio that is intertransdisciplinary, cutting across the fields of development planning, housing, sustainable urban development, urban management, and urban design. Candidates in architecture and urban planning as well as in the humanities, cultural studies, urban geography, or social sciences with a focus on urban studies and planning as well as candidates in related fields such as landscape architecture are also welcome to apply. - Citizens from sub-Saharan African countries other than South Africa are legible to apply.
- Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree that is equivalent to an honours degree (NQF level 8) in the South African Qualification System (SAQA). There is no need to apply for SAQA if your bachelor’s degree was obtained in a South African university.
- There is no age limit applying to the scholarships for study purposes. However, at the time of the application, no more than 6 years should have passed since an applicant graduated from his/her previous studies.
Very Important
Selected students will not participate in any form of employment during this period.
How to Apply
In order for the scholarship application to be complete, it must include the following documents:
- The Wits-TUB-Unilag Scholarship Application Form
- A cover letter explaining why you qualify for the scholarship. Additionally, this letter should speak to the qualification criteria, and should also provide a connection between the project themes and your envisaged topic.
- A CV
- A copy of all degree certificate and official academic transcripts indicating marks for
all degrees. - A bachelor’s degree obtained outside of South Africa should be accompanied by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) certificate ranking the applicant’s bachelor’s degree at NQF level 8.
All the above documents must be submitted by e-mail to Ms Taki Sithagu, [email protected]
Deadline: Due date to apply for the scholarship is September 30, 2022.