As one of its contributions to development cooperation, every academic year KU Leuven selects exceptional students from developing countries as scholarship candidates to obtain their PhD from the largest university of Belgium.
ELIGIBILITY:
- The applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries indicated in the VLIR-UOS scholarship country list.
- The applicant may not possess a citizenship from an EU country. The applicant may not possess a long-term EU residence permit.
- The candidate’s latest master’s degree must have been awarded no more than ten years
- The candidate must hold an academic qualification at least equivalent to a high distinction. Degrees obtained with a final score equivalent to second class second/lower division will not be taken into consideration.
- The research project must have excellent academic quality, with a special focus on the development relevance of the proposal.
- The candidate must be formally affiliated to a university in the home country as an employee. In case the candidate has no such affiliation yet, he/she is eligible to apply to this scholarship programme but will only be granted the scholarship once such an affiliation is obtained.
- The applicant’s home university must demonstrate sufficient support for the doctoral project, guaranteeing that the candidate can dedicate himself/herself sufficiently to conducting doctoral research during the periods spent at that home institution.
SCHOLARSHIP VALUE: Full funding
DURATION: 48 months
DEADLINE: 22 February 2024
HOW TO APPLY: In order to be eligible to apply for a KU Leuven Global Minds PhD Scholarship, candidates should obtain admission to a doctoral or predoctoral programme.
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