Deadline: September 10, 2020
Pan African University (PAU) programms include high qualified masters and doctorates aimed to postgraduated students who want to undergo further studies. The African Union Commission will offer full scholarships to the successful African candidates.
The African Union Commission identified critical themes within the five institutes of the Pan African University, as key to the development of Africa and attainment of the vision of the African Union.
These are hosted in the different PAU Institutes as follows:
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Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change) (PAUWES, Algeria);
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Basic Science, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI, Kenya);
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Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture) (PAULESI, Nigeria);
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Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS, Cameroon);
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and Space Sciences (PAUSS, South Africa).
Admission requirements for Master students:
Candidates must satisfy the following conditions:
- Undergraduate degree from a recognized university, with at least a second class upper division or its equivalent, in a relevant field;
- Certified copies of relevant certificates, transcripts (from university and high school), national I.D. card and passport personal details page;
- Recommendation letters from 2 Professors;
- Clear colored passport size photograph(2cmx2cm);
- Maximum age of 30 years for male and 35 years for female applicants.
- Candidates may be required to undergo a written/oral examination after pre-selection.
- Candidates for the Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation programmes are required to have excellent knowledge of at least two of the African Union’s official languages (Arabic, English, French and Portuguese).
Admission Requirements for Doctoral Programmes:
Candidates must satisfy the following conditions:
- A Masters degree in a relevant field from PAU or any internationally recognized university;
- Certified copies of relevant certificates, transcripts, national I.D. card and passport personal details page;
- A 3 to 4 page research concept note (tentative title, research questions, objectives, significance of the research etc…);
- Recommendation letters from 2 Professors;
- Clear colored passport size photograph (2cmx2cm); and
- Maximum age of 35 years for male and 40 years for female applicants.
Scholarship awardees should be committed to working in Africa after graduation.
Scholarships:
- Each PAU institute will ensure that students’ medical insurance is covered from disbursed stipends.
- The PAU offers full scholarships (covering tuition and living expenses) for all successful applicants in all its institutes.
In the scholarship agreement, PAU Students are required to:
- make an undertaking to serve any African Union Member State for a period equal to at least the duration of the scholarship after the successful completion of their studies.
- not to engage in any income generating activities that will interfere with their academic programmes.
- additionally, student engagement in income generating activities shall be approved by the PAU Rectorate, only if such activities will not interfere with the student’s academic programme.
