2025 DAAD Masters Wits-TUB-UNILAG Scholarship

African scholars, take advantage of the ongoing application process for the prestigious 2025 DAAD Masters Wits-TUB-UNILAG Scholarship! This exceptional opportunity offers a comprehensive package, covering monthly stipends for accommodation, health, and travel expenses, as well as full tuition fees, travel, and medication expenses.
The WITS-TUB-UNILAG Programme is offering Masters Scholarships for studies at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand!
The DAAD Masters scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to continue your academic education with a postgraduate course of study.
The scholarships apply to the 1 year full time degree of Master of Urban Studies in the field of Urban Management MUS (UM) at Wits University in Johannesburg, supported by the Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab programme.
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Requirements
To be considered for the DAAD Masters Scholarships, you must note the following:
- The programme is interdisciplinary, but we place a special emphasis on a portfolio that is intertransdisciplinary, cutting across the fields of development planning, housing, sustainable urban development, urban management, and urban design.
- Candidates in architecture and urban planning as well as in the humanities, cultural studies, urban geography, or social sciences with a focus on urban studies and planning as well as candidates in related fields such as landscape architecture are also welcome to apply
- There is no age limit applying to the scholarships for study purposes. However, at the time of the application, no more than 6 years should have passed since an applicant graduated from his/ her previous studies.
- Award of the scholarships is based on a combination of merit, distribution across the continent and, gender balance.
- Study into the MUS programme is on a full-time basis for 11 months. Selected students will not participate in any form of employment during this period.
- Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree that is equivalent to a honours degree (NQF level 8) in the South African Qualification System (SAQA). There is no need to apply for SAQA if your bachelor’s degree was obtained in a South African university.
- Wits University is an English medium university. The programme language is English. Proficiency in any other language necessary for their proposed geographic location of their fieldwork is recommended.
Benefits
The masters scholarship covers the duration of one academic year. The scholarship includes:
- Full tuition fee
- Monthly stipend covering living expenses
- Travel from home country/place of origin
- Student medical aid (12 months)
How To Apply
To apply for the 2025 DAAD Masters Wits-TUB-UNILAG Scholarship, interested and qualified applicants should apply for admission to the Master of Urban Studies in the field of Urban Management MUS (UM) at Wits University in Johannesburg.
Apply for the DAAD funding scholarship by downloading the form. Fill out the form and attach all relevant supporting documents.
Applications must be submitted by e-mail to Ms Taki Sithagu, [email protected] by 30 September 2024.