Stellenbosch University invites applications for the ACU Summer School for International Students in South Africa for the 2023/24 academic session.
This is a fascinating opportunity for you to learn about the political, social, and economic forces that shaped 20th Century South African politics, including apartheid, with your peers from around the Commonwealth.
Worth of Award
The cost of full participation in the program will be covered, including:
- Accommodation on campus
- Transport
- Meals on campus
- Social activities and excursions
- Economy return flights/travel from your home country and travel to the university for students travelling from outside South Africa
The following costs are not covered:
- Visa (please note that some nationalities do not need a visa to enter South Africa)
- Food/spending on excursions
Eligibility
- Applications from current postgraduate students (both master’s and PhD) and final-year undergraduate students at ACU member universities are welcome.
- The ACU Summer School is aimed at students studying a subject that explores themes related to truth and reconciliation and/or with a personal interest in the same.
- Students who have not traveled outside their home region are encouraged to apply. This does not apply to students studying in South Africa or ACU scholars.
- Similarly, applications from students who come from backgrounds under-represented in international higher education are welcome. This includes students with a disability and students who identify as indigenous. That is students who have not traveled outside their home geographic region, work, study, or leisure.
- Note that students who have previously attended an ACU Summer School are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply
As part of the online application, you are required to submit a detailed academic reference. This reference should be from a lecturer or supervisor at your current university of study who is familiar with your recent academic work.
This must be submitted on official university headed paper, be signed and dated after December 5, 2022 and refer to your suitability to attend the ACU Summer School.
You are also required to submit responses to the following questions:
- Describe your motivation for wishing to participate in the ACU Summer School 2023 and what you will contribute to and gain from the event.
- Explain how your interests and/or achievements, work experience, volunteering experience and studies fit with the themes of peace, truth and reconciliation in your context.
- Choose the UN Sustainable Development Goal which best relates to the subject you are studying or researching and explain why it is important that this goal is achieved using an example from your own country.
- Describe how you plan to share the knowledge and experience gained at the ACU Summer School with your university and community after the event.
Deadline: The application deadline for ACU Summer School for International Students is Monday, January 30, 2023, 11:00 am UTC