The third call for applications for the ACADEMY project will be launched on 1 November 2019 as agreed by the consortium at the meetingof the selection committee.

The deadline is 29 February 2020.

CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

FOR MASTER, DOCTORAL AND STAFF MOBILITY

To the following universities:

Université de Tlemcen (Algeria)

University of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Kenyatta University (Kenya)

University of Ibadan (Nigeria)

University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).

To find more on how to apply, visit the website:https://academy.univ-tlemcen.dz/

 About ACADEMY

ACADEMY (African Trans-Regional Cooperation through Academic Mobility), awarded in 2017 is a five-year project. It is designed to provide resources and opportunities for student and staff mobility from four regions of Africa, offering support for Masters, Doctoral and short research, teaching and administrative visits between the consortium partners.

Coordinated by the University of Tlemcen, and financed by the European Commission under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, the project ACADEMY gathers four other African Higher education institutions namely; University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Kenyatta University (Kenya), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), as well as a European technical partner, namely University of Porto (Portugal), in addition to two associate partners; Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research-MESRS (Algeria) and the Pan African University for Water and Energy Sciences (Algeria).

ACADEMY contributes to the promotion of cross-regional continental integration, sustainable and inclusive development. It intends to create an open Platform as a key instrument for innovation, knowledge sharing and dissemination of good practices within the participating institutions.

ACADEMY focuses on the mobility of students, academic and administrative staff between the partner universities, as well as from all the other universities across the African continent.

ACADEMY encourages creating and sustaining Communities of Practice by students, academic and administrative staff, as well as developing opportunities for mutual learning, intercultural understanding, and exchange of know-how and best practices.

ACADEMY addresses the challenges of the African continent that arise from the rapid increase in the number of students, the need for improving the quality of higher education, shortage in job creation and brain drain, gender equality, environmental sustainability and poverty.

Eligible Fields of study

ACADEMY will offer scholarships related to five thematic areas:

• Business, administration and law,
• Natural sciences,
• Information and Communication Technologies,
• Engineering, manufacturing and construction,
• Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants for all types of scholarships must:

• Be nationals and residents in any of the eligible African countries.
• Have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction of courses in the host country.
• Fulfil the criteria of one of the target groups below:

Important: Students having previously benefitted from a scholarship under the Intra-ACP or the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Schemes are NOT eligible.

   - Target Group 1 (TG1)

• For credit-seeking mobility applicants: Students must be registered in one of the five partner universities: Université de Tlemcen (Algeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Kenyatta University (Kenya), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
• For staff: Staff must be working in one of the five partner universities.

   - Target Group 2 (TG2)

• For credit-seeking mobility applicants: Students must be registered in any African Higher Education Institution.

Scholarships

The ACADEMY Programme will offer for this call 53 mobility opportunities: 38 at Master level, 7 at Doctorate level and 8 staff mobility opportunities.

The available scholarships are:

• Master

Credit-seeking mobility: 6 months

Applicants must be enrolled in a Master programme at one African Higher Education Institution.

• PhD

Credit-seeking mobility: 6 or 10 months

Applicants must be enrolled in a Doctorate programme at one African Higher Education Institution.

• Academic and Administrative Staff

Mobility: 1, 2 or 3 months

Applicants must be working in one of the five partner universities.

The Scholarship covers

• Monthly subsistence allowance for the entire mobility period.
• Settling in allowance (for students only).
• Roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs.
• Comprehensive insurance (Health, Accident and Travel) .
• Participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable (paid directly to the hosting institutions).
• Research costs for students on mobility for 10 months (based on actual research needs and dependent on a request submitted by the students).

* (Per academic year only for mobility equal to 10 months)

For further information, see:

https://academy.univ-tlemcen.dz/

academy@univ-tlemcen.dz

https://www.facebook.com/The_Academy-416787032096007/