Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence MSc
Scholarships
Sub-Saharan
Africa Excellence Scholarships
These
scholarships give talented, motivated and broadly interested students from
Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to study at the Delft University of
Technology. The TU Delft | Global Initiative aims to support capacity
building in the Global South and to advance future leadership focusing on sustainable
global development. The UN Sustainable Development Goals are a guiding
principle for the TU Delft.
For the 2022-2023 academic year, TU Delft | Global Initiative offers
four Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships for a two-year MSc programme.
From the students we expect that they are willing to act as our ambassadors
during their studies and after graduation.
Eligibility
country/ Citizenship for Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships
Ø Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina
Faso, Burundi,
Ø Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo,
Ø Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte
d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Ø Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, The
Gambia, Ghana,
Ø Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
Lesotho, Liberia,
Ø Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Ø Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Ø Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia,
Ø South Africa, South-Sudan, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Eligibility
Criteria and procedure for Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships
Excellent
international applicants (conditionally) admitted to one of the 2-year regular
TU Delft MSc programmes.
Cumulative
grade point average (GPA) of 80 percent or higher of the scale maximum in the
bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in one of the above mentioned
African countries.
Procedure for Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence
Scholarships
1. Check if you're eligible for this scholarship
2. Complete your MSc application (check the admission requirements)
3. Upload the Scholarship Application Form
4. Upload two reference letters (in one PDF document), according to indicated
requirement and before the application deadline indicated above
To be considered for a scholarship, upload your reference
letters before you submit the application and before the scholarship deadline
or have your referee/s send the letter/s before the scholarship deadline.
Reference letters will not be considered if you have already submitted your
application or if uploaded/received after the scholarship deadline.
5. Upload the English language certificate
Please note that Non-EU/EFTA students must include their
English test with their application (if required).
All documents required for the scholarship must be submitted together with the
MSc Application. After submission no additional documents can be uploaded
To be considered for this scholarship you must
•
Be (conditionally) admitted to the MSc programme
•
have submitted a complete application before the scholarship deadline
Admission Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree and CGPA
A bachelor’s
degree with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 75% of the
scale maximum, unless specific requirements are defined. The degree must be
comparable in level to a bachelor’s degree from a research university in the
Netherlands and must be closely related to your MSc programme of choice. In
addition, scores for key subjects must also be good.
Individual
programmes may have specific requirements in addition to the general
requirements. Please check the study programme of your choice on the MSc programme
page.
Specific
requirements may apply depending on where you obtained your degree. Check here for detailed information
.
English Language Proficiency
All TU Delft
MSc programmes are taught in English. In order to be considered for an MSc
programme, you must prove your English proficiency to be at a sufficient level.
The
following English language certificates and corresponding scores are accepted*:
Ø A TOEFL iBT with an overall band
score of at least 90 and a minimum score of 21 for each section. TU Delft does
not accept TOEFL MyBest scores; the required scores should be obtained in one
single test.
Ø An IELTS (academic version) with an
overall Band score of at least 6.5 and a minimum of 6.0 for each section.
Ø A Cambridge Assessment English. Only
the following certificates are accepted:
ü C1 Advanced (Certificate of Advanced English)
with an overall score of 176 and a minimum of 169 for each section.
ü C2 Proficiency (Certificate of
Proficiency in English) with an overall score of 180 and a minimum of 169 for
each section
Extent of
Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships
Full tuition
fees for a TU Delft MSc programme based on the statutory fee or institutional
rate, according to the registered nationality, AND contribution for the living
expenses.
A MSc thesis
topic which relates to the Sustainable
Development Goals and TU Delft | Global Initiative.
Granting
Only
students who have been granted a scholarship will be informed by TU Delft via
email by March 2022.
Receiving the scholarship is conditional on the student fulfilling all
admission criteria.
Application deadline
Application deadline for Sub-Saharan Africa Excellence Scholarships is 12 December
2021 (23:59 CET)