African Scholarships for Junior Researchers and Young Lecturers
The mission of this Specializing Master course is to support African Universities by contributing to upgrading their staff and nurturing a qualified generation of skilled young researchers and lecturers.
The specific objective, is threefold:
- to increase the attendants’ knowledge about the global challenges of sustainable development and clarify the implications for the Continent
- to provide the attendants with tools to pursue research and education actions in this field and being able to transfer their knowledge within their home University
- to enforce the partnership between the attendants’ home Universities and Italian Universities
The course includes the assignment of a project work to be carried out in groups. This will allow the attendants to apply the knowledge acquired within the modules by writing a research proposal on a topic of interest for their home University or by designing the program and the syllabus for a new teaching course aligned with the Specializing Master topics.
Eligibility
Admission is selective and the requirements are:
1) Bachelor or Master of Science in disciplines connected to the topics of the Specializing Master:
- copy of the degree in the original language and its translation into Italian/English/French or Spanish
- copy of the transcripts with the list of exams in the original language and their translation into Italian/English/French or Spanish or Diploma Supplement
- copy of a valid passport
- Curriculum Vitae
2) Motivational letter by the candidate
3) Letter of support by the candidate’s home University, preferably issued on headed letter by an institutional representative (head of the unit/department of the candidate)
For all scholarship details visit; https://www.masterafrica.polimi.it/
