SCHOLARSHIP FOR MSC AND PHD PROGRAMS AT SUA, MUHAS, UG,

EMU AND UNZA

Our reference: INTRA-ACP 1/1.1 Date: 3 March 2014
RE: Call for applications for postgraduate training at Sokoine
University of Agriculture (SUA); Muhimbili University of Health
and Allied Sciences, (MUHAS), University of Ghana (UG) and
University of Zambia, (UNZA) for the academic year 2014/15.
Sokoine University of Agriculture in partnership with MUHAS,
UNZA, UG and Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU) is inviting
applications for MSc and PhD scholarship support for training in
the following programmes which were approved by The
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Agency of EU. This
project provides scholarship support for candidates wishing to
pursue fulltime training or short-term placements in institutions
in foreign partner countries ie not in ones' own country. This
entails supporting Tanzanian candidates to pursue studies at
UNZA, UG and EMU; Zambian candidates to pursue studies at
SUA, MUHAS, UG and EMU; Ghanaian candidates following
studies at MUHAS, SUA, UNZA and EMU and candidates from
Mozambique seeking for placements at MUHAS, SUA, UNZA and
UG.
The scholarship covers three cost lines ie (i) monthly stipends of
600 and 900 euros for MSc and PhD candidates respectively;
payable for placements of at least 6 months, (ii) air travel and
(iii) participation/tuition/bench fee of 3500 and 4000 euros for
MSc and PhD candidates; payable in as one installment only
when a candidate moves for at least 9.5 months.
Eligibility: This applies for candidates who are (i) already
pursuing MSc or PhD studies at SUA, MUHAS, UNZA, UEM or
UG and wishing to do part of their studies in other project
partner countries and (ii) ongoing undergraduate students and
graduates of project partner institutions wishing to pursue
fulltime MSc or PhD training in another country.
The approved programmes are:

Approved programmes for SUA (8 programmes)

(i)MSc One Health Molecular Biology
(ii) MSc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
(iii) MSc Epidemiology
(iv) MSc Applied Microbiology
(v) MSc Biochemistry
(vi) MSc Natural Products and Value Addition
(vii) Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine
(viii) PhD programme in Veterinary Medicine and Allied
Sciences
Approved Programmes for EMU
(i) MSc Biotechnology
Approved programmes for University of Ghana (5 programmes)
(i) MPHIL in Applied Health Social Sciences
(ii) MPHIL in Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control
includes Veterinary Public Health)
(iii) MSc Health Informatics
(iv) MSc Public Health
(v) PhD in Biomedical Sciences Approved Programmes for
MUHAS (3 programmes)
(i) MSc Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme
(FELTP)
(ii) MSc Public Health
Interested candidates are encouraged to visit the websites of the
project partner institutions
(www.suanet.ac.tz;www.uem.mz; www.muhas.ac.tz; www.unza.
zm and www.noguchimedres.org) for further information about
the programmes.
Those wishing to embark on MSc or PhD studies at SUA,
MUHAS, UNZA or UG are therefore encouraged to submit their
applications and all relevant certified supporting documents
such as certificates and transcripts for admission consideration
to respective university authorities. Candidates in need of the
project's support will also be required to submit same
documentations to the undersigned by the 30th April May 2014
and to fill in an online application form available on the project's

website (www.academic-net.ac.tz). This form can also be

downloaded and submitted to the undersigned electronically. A
separate announcement for scholarship support for the EMU
programme will be out in August 2014.Those wishing to apply
for admission at UNZA and UG should do it now as deadline is in
May 2014.
For further enquiries please contact the undersigned or the
institutional contact persons ie Prof Mecky Matee,
mateemecky@yahoo.com (MUHAS); Dr Martin Simuunza,
martin.simuunza@unza.zm (UNZA); Dr Custidio Bila,
custidio.bila@uem.mz (UEM); Dr Phyllis Addo;
paddo@noguchi.mimcom.org (UG); Dr Matiko Mirende,
matikok@yahoo.com
--Prof Dominic Mukama Kambarage
Project Leader
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Box 3000, Morogoro. Tanzania. dkambarage@yahoo.co.uk