The Ireland Fellows Programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries, with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building. It offers selected students the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-year master’s level programme at a higher education institution (HEI) in Ireland.
WORTH
- The award covers programme fees, flights, accommodation and living costs.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for a Seán MacBride Fellowship award commencing at the beginning of the academic year 2022, applicants must:
- Be a resident national of Namibia.
- Be in a position to take up the Fellowship in the academic year 2022/2023.
- Must not have applied to the Ireland Fellows Programme on more than one previous occasion.
- Have a clear understanding of the academic and English language proficiencies required for all programmes chosen.
- Have identified and selected two programmes relevant to your academic and professional background from the list in Section C of the Directory of Eligible Programmes.
- Be applying to commence a new programme at master’s level in Ireland no sooner than August 2022.
- Not already hold a qualification at master’s level or higher. Not currently undertaking a programme at master’s level or higher, or be due to start a programme at master’s level or higher in the academic year 2021/22.
- Hold a bachelor’s level academic qualification from an accredited and government-recognised higher education institution, with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale) – i.e. a first class honour, or second class honour, Grade 1 (a second class honour Grade 2 may be accepted if the applicant has substantial directly relevant work experience). It must have been awarded in 2010 or later (i.e. within the last 12 years).
- Be working with the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation in Namibia.
- Have a minimum of two years’ substantial work experience that is directly relevant to your proposed programme(s) of study.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2021.
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