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FIRSTRAND IHE DELFT WATER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR AN MSC IN WATER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT IHE DELFT

FirstRand Empowerment Foundation (FREF) has entered into a five-year partnership with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the largest international graduate water education facility in the world, to allow for an outstanding South African student to undertake postgraduate study at IHE Delft in the Netherlands. This will be the third year of the partnership.


APPLICATION DATES

Applications will open on
Friday 1 November 2024 and close on Thursday 20 February 2025.


For more information and to apply for any of the four tracks of the one-year (68 ECTS) MSc in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft visit:

https://www.un-ihe.org/education/master-programmes


Candidates may email Marlies Baburek, Fellowship and Admission Officer at IHE Delft

m.baburek@un-ihe.org

Applications can be submitted online only. FirstRand and IHE Delft are looking for the best applicants who will truly benefit from the opportunity and contribute to South Africa on their return.

The scholarship will provide full funding for one student a year to study for an MSc in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.

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:

  • water, food and energy
  • water hazards, risks and climate
  • water and health
  • water resources and ecosystem health

The closing date for applications is Thursday 20 February 2025 .





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