UDSM DAAD Postgraduate Scholarship 2017 – 2018

The University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is pleased to announce postgraduate (Master and PhD) scholarship opportunities to all Tanzanians and Citizen of Sub-Saharan Africa 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

In addition to the specific application requirements of the study programme/course you are applying for (which are found in the Postgraduate Prospectus in the UDSM website), please note the following application requirements:

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

b)Citizenship of a country in Sub-Saharan Africa.

c)Masters applicants must posses a bachelor degree qualification with GPA of 3.5 and above while PhD applicant must have a Masters degree recognized by TCU and the University of Dar es Salaam.

d)For PhD scholarships, applicants must 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.PhD applicants must submit a PhD research proposal including a detailed work plan (10 to 15 pages) and will be subjected to plagiarism test.

5.PhD applicants should also 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.

A complete soft copy must be sent to the:

University of Dar es Salaam

Directorate of Postgraduate Studies

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

Email: admission.dpgs@udsm.ac.tz

Phone: +255-22-2410500-9 Ext: 2010

Fax: Fax: +255-22-2410078

The application deadline to the University of Dar es Salaam is 20th February 2017. For

further information please contact the Directorate of Postgraduate Studies.