Applications are invited for Solution Space Scholarships at UCT Graduate School
of Business in South Africa. The scholarships are aimed at supporting
mid-career professionals and entrepreneurs who have shown a commitment to local
development.
The MTN
Scholarships’ overarching mission is to build exceptional leadership capacity
in Africa as well as creating over time a n
etwork of next generation TMT
leaders across the continent.
The medium of
instruction and examination at UCT is English. International applicants for
whom English is a second language have to pass specific language tests.
Course
Level:
The scholarship only applies to the MBA or MPhil studies at the University of
Cape Town’s, Graduate School of Business.
Study
Subject: Scholarships
are awarded in the Business Administration as well as Philosophy.
Scholarship
Award:
An MTN Scholarship is awarded for one or maximum of two years and covers the
full cost of tuition and registration fees at UCT GSB, as set by the business
school.
The Scholars can
also apply for several types of funding on a discretionary basis. For example
an economy-class travel allowance for Scholars traveling from their home
country to the business school at the beginning and back home at the end of
their degree programme, a stipend, or to attend additional conferences or
workshops, or conduct fieldwork and pilots.
Number of
Scholarships: Not
Known
Scholarship
can be taken in South
Africa
Eligibility:
To be
considered for an MTN Scholarship:
- Applicants
must be a citizen of an African country and a Permanent Resident for at
least 1 year. - Applicants
should apply to pursue either the MBA or the MPhil in Inclusive Innovation
programme at the UCT GSB. Applicants will only be able to take up the MTN
Scholarship if successfully admitted to the UCT GSB programme. - Financial
Need Criteria
Financial Need must be illustrated as follows:
- Full
declaration of all details required must be recorded in the space provided
on the Affidavit for the MTN Scholars Program at the University
of Cape Town - Details
of all property and assets of any nature must be declared on
the Affidavit provided. - UCT
reserves the right to request that applicants furnish evidence of
answers/statements on the application form. If it is found that the
provided information is false or untrue, the University further reserves
the right to disqualify an application and/or to cancel and recover any
scholarship funds that may have been paid out to an awardee.
Nationality: Students from African
Countries (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast,
Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe) are eligible
to apply for this scholarship programme.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirements: Applicants must have their previous degree.
English Language
Requirements: The medium of instruction and examination at UCT is English.
International applicants for whom English is a second language are required to
submit one of the following:
- A
recent score (obtained within 3 – 5 years before application for
admission) of at least 570 (paper-based test) or 230 (computer-based test)
on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - A
recent overall band score of 7.0 (with no individual element of the test
scoring below 6.0) on the International English Language Testing System
(IELTS). - Or,
noting that this may only be written at certain designated venues within
South Africa, a score of at least 65% on the university’s Placement Test in
English for Educational Purposes (PTEEP).
How to
Apply: It
is not possible to apply for an MTN Scholarship without applying to the
business school.
Applicants must
first be eligible and apply for the academic programme at the UCT GSB (via the
Admissions Office). For full details about the MBA programme or MPhil
Inclusive Innovation programme, criteria and how to apply to the business
school click here.
- Applicants
must submit the MTN Scholarship Application online
form together with their UCT application number received from the UCT
GSB Admissions Office. Required supporting documents include a CV and
completed Affidavit. - Applicants
are then notified if they are selected for an interview. - The
final decision and award of the MTN Scholarship will be made by a
Scholarship Selection panel, following which applicants will be informed
by mid-December 2015. Applicants will only be able to take up the MTN
Scholarship if successfully admitted to the UCT GSB programme.
It is the
applicant’s responsibility to ensure they submit all documents required so they
can be considered for both admission and an MTN Scholarship.
Application
Deadline:
Scholarship application deadline is October 31, 2017.
