Deadline: April 1, 2022.

Applications are open for the 2022-2023 Africa Health Research Institute/UCL MSc Scholarship.

This scholarship is a singular award for the UK academic year September 2022 to September 2023. It is funded by UCL’s Division of Infection and Immunity. The scholarship is administered via AHRI and is for applicants whose academic background and interests are aligned with the programmes of research at AHRI.

This opportunity is open to applicants who permanently reside in South Africa. Applicants must have a high-quality academic record to be considered for this opportunity.

Candidates will go through a competitive round of selection at AHRI and the successful candidate will be nominated to go through to the UCL selection. Application for acceptance onto a MSc taught course is separate, and the AHRI nominee will be guided through this process.

ELIGIBLE COURSES

Please see below a list of UCL’s Masters courses related to AHRI’s research areas. This includes but is not limited to:

Global Health and Development MSc 

Health and Society: Social Epidemiology MSc

Health Economics and Decision Science MSc

Health Informatics

Health Data analytics

Health data science (CODING)

Health Psychology MSc

Infancy and Early Childhood Development MSc

Infection and Immunity

Medicine MScs (includes Infection and Immunity)

Paediatrics and Child Health: Global Child Health MSc

Population Health MSc (USA, Japan, Europe)

Prenatal Genetics and Foetal Medicine MSc

Reproductive Science and Women’s Health MSc

Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Women’s Health MSc

ELIGIBILITY

The candidate:

1. Must be permanently based in South Africa at the time of application.
2. Must hold a valid passport at the time of application.
3. Must have an Honours degree equivalent to a Bachelor (Honours) degree with Second Class Division 1 Honours or 70% in an appropriate subject.
4. The successful applicant will need to be in London to start their chosen course in September 2022.

Women are particularly encouraged to apply.

BENEFITS

The Scholarship will cover:

1. Full UCL tuition fees for a one-year full-time taught master’s degree.
2. A round-trip economy air fare to and from the UK.
3. A monthly stipend to cover housing and living costs for 50 weeks.
4. National Health Service (NHS) surcharge and Tier 4 visa costs.

APPLICATION

Please complete the online AHRI/UCL MSc Scholarship application form and provide a copy of your *academic transcript  and CV. 

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