The Centre for Development Research offers generous three year DAAD merit scholarships for PhD students in Development Studies, Public Policy or Public Administration at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town.
The Call for Scholarship Applications for the 2021 intake is now OPEN!
Deadline: 20 June 2020.
Please understand that we don't have the capacity to answer those questions via email, that can be answered by reading the Call text on the Website carefully. So please refer first to the information given in the "How to apply sections" of each Programme, before asking questions via email.
Entry requirements:
Application procedure for Scholarships:
The following documents are required, and must be uploaded to an electronic-application form.
Of course we screen all proposals with an anti-plagiarism software and in case that a proposal is only copy pasted from available literature the application is not eligible!!!
The online application form can only be submitted ONCE, so please make sure that your application is complete before submitting it!!!
You can access the online form here: PhD ONLINE FORM!
Wherever possible, please have all documents verified by a Commissioner of Oaths.
Relevant documents have to be scanned and saved in formats as indicated in the electronical application form.
Please prepare as well
Moreover, certificates and transcripts that are in another language other than English or Afrikaans must be submitted together with an English translation thereof that has been certified by a Public Notary.
Successful applicants will study at the UWC but will also have the option to take part in courses at the IEE, the Institute for Development Research and Development Policy at the Ruhr-University, Bochum in Germany, the academic partner of UWC.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held about 6-8 weeks after the espiration of the application deadline, either face-to-face or telephonically or via Skype. Please ensure that you will be available during this period if contacted for an interview.
All applicants will be informed about their applications until end of august.