Ireland Fellows Programme Frank Ferguson Fellowship in Engineering 2026-2027 for Zambia (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: July 25, 2025

Applications are open for the Ireland Fellows Programme Frank Ferguson Fellowship in Engineering 2026-2027. The Irish Government, in partnership with the Engineering Institution of Zambia and the University of Galway, have established a Frank Ferguson Fellowship award that can fund as much as two awards (one male, one feminine) to profitable Zambian candidates annually to study on a grasp’s degree engineering programme in Ireland. The Engineering School on the University of Galway is ranked in the highest 2% globally and boasts robust analysis assist in one of many world’s most welcoming cities.

This Fellowship award is in recognition of the achievements, and in reminiscence of Frank Ferguson, who was an engineer and innovator who devoted fifty years of his life to selling improvement in Zambia by quite a few excessive-high quality infrastructure initiatives.

The Ireland Fellows Programme is absolutely funded by the Irish Government and is obtainable beneath the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The Programme aligns with the Irish Government’s commitments beneath Global Ireland and the nationwide implementation plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), The Global Island: Ireland’s Foreign Policy for a Changing World, A Better World: Ireland’s Policy for International Development, and Ireland’s International Education Strategy, in addition to Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for Africa to 2025; Global Ireland: Delivering in the Asia Pacific Region; Ireland’s Strategy for Partnership with Small Island Developing States; and Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2025. The programme is managed by the related Embassy accountable for eligible nations. Programme implementation in Ireland is supported by the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).

Eligibility

To be eligible for an Ireland Fellows Programme – Frank Ferguson Fellowship award commencing firstly of the educational yr 2026, candidates should:

• Be a resident nationwide of Zambia.
• Have a minimal of three years’ substantial work expertise that’s straight related to your proposed programme(s) of study.
• Be a member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia.
• Hold a Degree in Engineering or associated self-discipline with Merit or greater from an accredited and authorities-recognised greater schooling establishment.
• Have achieved the required tutorial commonplace to be accepted onto a Master’s degree programme of learning in Engineering on the University of Galway.
• Not already maintain a qualification at grasp’s degree or greater. Not at present endeavor a programme at grasp’s degree or greater, or be attributable to begin a programme at grasp’s degree or greater in the educational yr 2025/26.
• Be making use of to begin a brand new programme at grasp’s degree in Ireland no prior to August 2026.
• Be capable of display the next: management skills and aspirations; a dedication to the achievement of the SDGs inside your personal nation; and a dedication to contribute to constructing optimistic relationships with Ireland.
• Have recognized and chosen two programmes related to your tutorial {and professional} background from the checklist of engineering programmes on the University of Galway.
• Have a transparent understanding of the educational and English language proficiencies required for all programmes chosen.
• Must not have utilized to the Ireland Fellows Programme on a couple of earlier event.
• Be in a place to take up the Fellowship in the educational yr 2026/2027.

Eligible Courses

Applicants should choose from the next checklist of programs provided by the University of Galway:

• Master of Civil Engineering (MENG-MEC)
• ME in Energy Systems Engineering (MENG-MEES)
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering (MSC-MSME)
• ME in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (MENG-MEEE)
• MSc in Marine and Freshwater Resources: Management (MSC-MFR)

Application

The application course of consists of three levels:

• Stage 1: Preliminary Application;
• Stage 2: Detailed Application (together with analysis proposal);
• Stage 3 Interviews.

For extra data, see Guideline note and go to Frank Ferguson Fellowship.