Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme: 2020 ACADEMY Project

Candidates are invited to apply for the 2020 Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme. The Academic Mobility Scheme supports higher education cooperation between countries in Africa. The scheme aims to promote sustainable development and ultimately contribute to poverty reduction by increasing the availability of trained and qualified high-level professional manpower in Africa.

This Academic Mobility Scheme’s objective is to improve the skills and competences of students and staff through enhanced mobility between African countries. Strengthening cooperation between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Africa will increase access to quality education and will encourage and enable African students to undertake postgraduate studies in the African continent

Program Details

• Host institution: Université de Tlemcen (Algeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Kenyatta University (Kenya), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).
• Fields of Study: Available programmes at partner universities.
• Number of Awards: Not specified.
• Duration : up to 10 months.
• Eligible countries: Open to citizens of the following african countries: Northern (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco); Eastern (Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania); Central (Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe); Western (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo); Southern (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme Benefits

Selected candidates will receive following coverage:

1. Monthly subsistence allowance for the entire mobility period
2. Settling in allowance (for students only)
3. Roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs – for mobility equal to or longer than two academic years, two round trip tickets will be provided (arranged by the coordinating institution on behalf of students)
4. Comprehensive insurance (Health, Accident and Travel) (arranged by the coordinating institution on behalf of students)
5. Participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable (paid directly to the hosting institutions)
6. Research costs for students on mobility for 10 months or more (based on actual research needs and dependent on a request submitted by the students)

Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme Eligibility

To apply for the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, applicants must:

• Be nationals and residents in any of the eligible African countries (listed above).
• Have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction of courses in the host country.
• Fulfill the criteria of one of the target groups below:

Students having previously benefited from a scholarship under the Intra-ACP or the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Schemes are NOT eligible.

Target Group 1 (TG1)

• For Master and PhD credit-seeking mobility applicants: Students must be registered in one of the five partner universities: Université de Tlemcen (Algeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Kenyatta University (Kenya), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).
• For staff: Staff must be working in one of the five partner universities.

Target Group 2 (TG2)

For credit-seeking mobility applicants: Students must be registered in any African Higher Education Institution.

You may also be eligible for the:

1. University of Jinan Scholarship for International Students;
2. Slovak Government Scholarship for International Students;
3. International Academic Scholarship in Switzerland;
4. Government of Mauritius Africa Scholarship;
5. Adelaide Scholarships International (ASI).

Application instructions

Interested applicants who would like to apply for the programme, must click on the apply button below and follow instructions to submit their applications.

The deadline to apply is March 31, 2020. For more detail on the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, please visit the official page. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.