Ireland Fellows Programme Kader Asmal Fellowship 2026-2027 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: July 25, 2025

Applications are open for the Ireland Fellows Programme Kader Asmal Fellowship 2026-2027. The Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme is a flagship programme of the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa provided to South African college students. The Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme is focused at early profession professionals in South Africa with management potential.

The scholarship broadly helps management for the Sustainable Development Goals and supporting the event of girls’s management capability and ladies’s participation in STEM are key priorities. In addition, the Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme goals to assist college students who wouldn’t in any other case have the OPPORTUNITY to pursue Master’s stage training in Ireland, and graduates of Universities of Historical Disadvantage and Universities of Technology specifically are inspired to apply.

The Ireland Fellows Programme is totally funded by the Irish Government and is obtainable underneath the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The Programme aligns with the Irish Government’s commitments underneath 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 within 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 international locations. Programme implementation in Ireland is supported by the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).

Benefits

Ireland Fellows Programme awards are totally funded. The award contains the fee of educational charges; visa application charges; medical and journey insurance coverage; financial system flights to and from Ireland; and the Irish residence allow payment. Allowances embody the next:

• A settling-in allowance in direction of gadgets wanted on arrival in Ireland;
• A completion and departure allowance on the finish of the study interval;
• A month-to-month dwelling stipend of €700 (topic to evaluate);
• Student lodging organized and paid for trimesters 1 and a pair of (usually September to May), and in trimester 3 a month-to-month lodging stipend of €800 – €1000 relying on location in Ireland (topic to evaluate)

Eligibility

• Be a resident nationwide of South Africa.
• Have a minimal of two years’ substantial work expertise that’s straight related to your proposed programme(s) of study.
• Hold a bachelor’s stage educational qualification from an accredited and authorities-recognised increased training establishment, with a minimal grade level common of three.0 (4.0 scale) – i.e. a first-class honour, or second class honour, Grade 1 (a second class honour Grade 2 could also be accepted if the applicant has substantial straight related work expertise). It should have been awarded in 2014 or later (i.e. inside the final 12 years).
• Not already maintain a qualification at grasp’s stage or increased. Not presently endeavor a programme at grasp’s stage or increased, or be as a result of begin a programme at grasp’s stage or increased within the educational 12 months 2025/26.
• Be making use of to begin a brand new programme at grasp’s stage in Ireland no before August 2025.
• Be in a position to display the next: management talents 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 three programmes related to your educational {and professional} background from the Directory of Eligible Programmes.
• Have a transparent understanding of the tutorial and English language proficiencies required for all programmes chosen.
• Must not have utilized to the Ireland Fellows Programme on multiple earlier event.
• Be ready to take up the Fellowship within the educational 12 months 2026/2027.

Application

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For extra info, go to Kader Asmal Fellowship.