The scholarship programme will run for five years and provides full funding for one student per year to study for a MSc in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft. Scholarship winners will be selected based on their academic merit and potential.
Eligibility
- Scholarship candidates will be interviewed and selected in a process that will run concurrently with the FirstRand Foundation’s International Postgraduate Scholarship programme.
- Criteria include academic excellence, leadership ability, community involvement and the candidates’ potential to be destiny changers.
- Before applying for the scholarship, prospective students first need to apply and be admitted to the MSc in Water and Sustainable Development from IHE Delft.
Benefits
The scholarship will provide full funding to study for MSc in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.
Application
FirstRand will conduct the interviewing and selection process, which will run concurrently with the FirstRand international postgraduate scholarship programme. Candidates will be assessed based on academic excellence, leadership ability, community involvement and their potential to be a destiny changer.
Candidates have to apply and be accepted for any of the four thematic tracks of the MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development:
- water, food and energy
- water hazards, risks and climate
- water and health
- water resources and ecosystem health