Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students| About ESIMSAD
ESIMSAD is an abbreviation for Electrochemical Science and Innovative Materials for Sustainable Africa Development organized by the four HEIs in Africa and one EU Technical partner.
ESIMSAD is the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme project funded by the European Union in collaboration with Africa Union.
The program is directly managed by the European Commission through the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, under the supervision of the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development and in collaboration with the African Union Commission Department for Human Resources, Science and Technology.
Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students| ESIMSAD Project Objective(s)
The overall objective of the ESIMSAD Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students is to enhance human capital development in Africa, while strengthening intra-African collaboration as called for by Agenda 2063.
The program’s specific objectives are to:
- increase the employability of students;
- improve the quality of higher education in Africa and its relevance to Africa’s development vision;
- strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African higher education institutions, and
- promote the development of an African higher education and research space
Mobility of students and staff between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is expected to help them acquire stronger knowledge and skills and contribute to improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning through exchanges of practices. Within the African Union vision, this is also essential for developing higher education capacity to generate African solutions to African challenges and to build an African higher education and research space.
In addition, the scheme will contribute to strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation strategies of HEIs through the establishment of mechanisms to manage the mobility flows. This will in turn increase HEIs’ capacity to forge partnerships with other institutions to undertake joint collaboration and research.
Furthermore, the ESIMSAD Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students is bringing together HEIs from different regions which will have to set up adequate mechanisms to organize the exchanges, such as arrangements to compare curricula and recognize the study periods abroad. It is therefore expected that the program will enhance harmonization and standardization of higher education in line with the African Union Strategy for Harmonization of Higher Education. It will provide specific lessons for the implementation of the Pan African Quality and Accreditation Framework and make a substantial contribution to regional integration.
Call for Postgraduate Scholarships For African Students
ESIMSAD Project Fifth Round Scholarship Application is open.
Scholarship application deadline is 15 June 2024
Postgraduate Scholarships for African Students| Types of individual mobility offered by ESIMSAD Project
Students To be eligible for a scholarship in the ESIMSAD project, master students, as well as doctoral candidates, must comply with the below criteria at the time of the application for a scholarship:
- Being nationals of a member state of the African Union and being resident in Africa
- Being registered/admitted in or having obtained an HEI degree (or equivalent) from: – one of the HEIs involved in the partnership (Addis Ababa University (AAU-Ethiopia), the Witwatersrand University (WITS- South Africa), University of Nigeria (UNN- Nigeria), Cairo University (CU-Egypt), Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU, Ethiopia)(this is called Target Group I) or
- An HEI not involved in the partnership but established in Africa (this is called Target Group II)
- Have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host countries
Students can only benefit from one scholarship under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme (regardless of the type of mobility or the funding project). Students who have benefitted from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarships under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.
Academic and Administrative Staff
In order to be eligible for a ESIMSAD Project scholarship, (i.e. financial support to third parties), academic and administrative staff, hereafter referred to as “staff”, must comply with the below criteria at the time of the application for a scholarship:
- Being nationals of a member state of the African Union and being resident in Africa and
- Working for an HEI involved in the partnership (Addis Ababa University (AAU-Ethiopia), the Witwatersrand University (WITS- South Africa), University of Nigeria (UNN- Nigeria), Cairo University (CU-Egypt), Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU, Ethiopia)
Important message to international students: Please be cautious when receiving any publicity inviting you to apply for an Intra-Africa scholarship or a message to pay a fee to be selected as a scholarship holder. We have been informed of numerous attempted scams. Before giving out any personal data, please always verify that the information comes from a trustworthy source. Please also note that candidates do not have to pay any fees to benefit from an Intra-Africa scholarship.
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