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Application Deadline: January 22nd 2016
The French Embassy and the Campus France-Kenya office in Nairobi will be offering scholarships for Masters and PhD levels for the 2016 academic year.
Who Can Apply?
- Members of staff of Kenyan Universities willing to strengthen their capacities by:
Pursuing a Master or a PhD course in France. - Travelling in the frame of a formalized staff exchange programme (post-doctoral studies can be included)
- Students holding a Bachelor or Master Degree and willing to further their studies in FranceEligibility criteria
- Kenyan citizen
- Employer’s agreement (if any)
- Financial plan indicating co-funding (self-sponsoring, study leave, other scholarship)
- For programmes taught in English language: good knowledge of French language or a letter of intent signed by the applicant’s commitment to follow French classes at Alliance
- Française prior to departure.
- For programmes taught in French language: a minimum level of B2 in French language is required.
- To have taken time to look for a relevant academic program and a French Host University (neither the French Embassy nor the Campus France office in Nairobi will do it for you…).
Priority Areas:
Applications from all academic disciplines will be considered. However, priority will be given to the topics listed below, i.e:
- Biological and Physical Sciences
- Engineering Sciences and Technologies.
- Animation
- Humanities and Social Sciences including French as French Language.Scholarship Worth:
The scholarship includes:
- Round-trip airfare
- Monthly allowances (about 767 €)
- For Masters scholarship holders : from September 2016 up to June 2017 o For PhD sandwich scholarship holders: 4 annual stays in France over a 3 to 4 year period from 2016, three of them of 3 months, and a fourth stay of a couple of weeks intended for the defence.
- For Staff exchange programme: from 1 up to 3 months (between January and December 2016).
- Facilitation of the access to affordable student housing
- Social and health insurance
- Schengen visa fees
Documents:
- phd scholarships application form
- masters scholarships application form
- staff exchange programme application form
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