IUCEA 2020 EAC Scholarship Programme for Masters Students

IUCEA hereby invites the citizens of the East African Community to apply for cohort 2 of the KfW- funded Scholarships, to pursue Master’s studies in the EAC Partner State other than their own.

The EAC Scholarship Programme is an initiative of the East African Community (EAC), the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and German Development Bank-KfW. The project has begun in 2018 when the EAC and IUCEA entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with KfW geared towards the training of students within the EAC Region. This Project aims at creating future change agents, who identify themselves with the integration agenda of the EAC and are willing to share economic and development-oriented expert knowledge. The goal of this initiative is to contribute towards training leaders that will foster the EAC Regional integration. 

• Table of Content
• About Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
• IUCEA Scholarship Programme
• Aim and Benefits of IUCEA Scholarship Programme
• IUCEA Scholarship Programme Courses
• Requirements for IUCEA Scholarship Programme Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)

In East Africa regional higher education interactions and cooperation originates from the pre-independence era when Makerere University College was the only higher education institution in the region serving students from Kenya, the then Tanganyika, and Zanzibar in East Africa as well as from the then Rhodesia and Nyasaland in central and southern Africa, which now consist of Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Later in 1963, university colleges were formed in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam as constituent colleges of the then University of East Africa that had been established during the era of... continue reading

IUCEA Scholarship Programme

Aim and Benefits of IUCEA Scholarship Programme

he project offers financial support to academically skilled and disadvantaged Master’s students with the main focus on priority areas. Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to join the programme.

The scholarship covers:

1. University tuition fees: payable directly to the university according to an official invoice;
2. Stipend: EUR380 per month to support living expenses including housing, food, utilities, local transportation and settlement expenses;
3. Allowances for study materials and research: EUR 1,500 one-off allowance;
4. Medical insurance; and
5. Extracurricular events: at least one event per year.

IUCEA Scholarship Programme Courses

• Business Science
• Engineering
• Informatics
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• Technology

Requirements for IUCEA Scholarship Programme Qualification

The minimum requirements for qualification for the programme are:

1. Be a citizen of a partner state of the East African Community;
2. Possess the required academic qualifications for admission to the programme (at least at the level of Upper Second Class Honours or “Distinction” as applicable;
3. Submit a motivation letter in English (with not more than 500 words) as follows:

• well written (grammatically and professionally)
• Demonstrates a convincing motivation for wanting to pursue the Master’s Programme chosen          
• Adequately demonstrates the applicant’s foreseen professional engagement in the EAC Integration agenda after completing the Master’s Programme
• Demonstrates how they expect to apply the acquired skills and knowledge from the Master’s Programme to contribute to the EAC Integration Agenda
• Demonstrates where they anticipate to see themselves professionally and academically in 5 and 10 years.

Note: This has to be one letter

i. Be below 35 years of age; and
ii. Have obtained an admission from a university in another country in the EAC Region other than their own.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit IUCEA  website.