University of Edinburgh Julius Nyerere Masters Scholarships 2025 for Tanzanians to study in the UK (Funded)

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Application Deadline:  28^th January 2025. 

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 University of Edinburgh Julius Nyerere Masters Scholarships. The Nyerere Scholarship supplies funding for a proficient Tanzanian graduate to observe in Julius Nyerere’s footsteps and study at the University of Edinburgh. The profitable candidate will obtain funding for a one-year postgraduate scholarship in the multidisciplinary MSc in Africa and International Development programme. Applicants have to be Tanzanian residents domiciled in Tanzania, who’ve graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam inside the final three years (i.e. 2022-2024) or will likely be graduating from the University of Dar es Salaam in 2025. 

Eligibility Requirements

• The award will likely be made to a Tanzanian citizen domiciled in Tanzania who has graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam inside the final three years (i.e., 2022-2024), or will likely be graduating from the University of Dar es Salaam in 2025, and who’s accepted on the full-time MSc Africa and International Development programme.

Award

• The scholarship will cowl Tuition Fees and an annual stipend at the UKRI fee (quantity to be suggested; for reference, that is £19,237 in 2024/25). The annual stipend will likely be paid in month-to-month instalments following full matriculation. Payments are made into the awardee’s UK checking account.
• Awards are made for one 12 months solely. 
• The award can’t be held alongside another scholarship funding.

Application Process

1. Submit your utility to the MSc programme following the utility course of steerage. Please make sure you embrace your: CV, diploma certificates, remaining/interim transcript(s), transcript grading scale(s), English language proof, and tutorial references. 
2.  Submit your utility to the scholarship by way of the on-line scholarship utility system (see Applying part beneath).    This includes finishing the following in your Personal Statement (up to 500 phrases/3500 characters together with areas): 

(i) – List two books that you’ve got learn in the final 5 years which have had an affect on you. List the title and creator of the books, and clarify briefly what every e-book is about and why it has made an impression on you. 

(ii) – Why do you would like to do additional research? How would a MSc in Africa and International Development facilitate your profession targets? 

(iii) – What do you assume is one of the most urgent issues in Tanzania that wants analysis? How would you go about researching it? Who would have an interest in or profit out of your findings? How and why? 

(iv) – What are Tanzania’s main benefits in international growth? Why and the way are they advantageous? Who advantages from them? 

Notification

• The CAS Selection Panel will meet in February to assessment the scholarship functions. All scholarship candidates will likely be contacted with the final result by the finish of March 2025.

For More Information:

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