Water-People-Agriculture offers PhD scholarships for highly qualified and
motivated MSc graduates who are interested in starting a scientific career on
water-related research topics at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.
National and international applicants are eligible to apply for this
scholarship programme.
Water-People-Agriculture offers PhD scholarships for highly qualified and
motivated MSc graduates who are interested in starting a scientific career on
water-related research topics at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.
National and international applicants are eligible to apply for this
scholarship programme.
Scholarship
funds, at a basic rate of 1300 Euro/month are available for a period of 36
months. WPA additionally offers the opportunity to support the successful
research projects with limited research funds.
funds, at a basic rate of 1300 Euro/month are available for a period of 36
months. WPA additionally offers the opportunity to support the successful
research projects with limited research funds.
Individual
and unique: this is how the University of Hohenheim as a highly specialised and
the oldest university of Stuttgart. Today, the University of Hohenheim in
Germany no. 1 in Agricultural Research and Food Sciences, as well as strong and
unique in nature, economic, social, and communication sciences. The
combination allows solutions from a single source for many global
challenges. Therefore, the University maintains a global network of many
strong partners.
and unique: this is how the University of Hohenheim as a highly specialised and
the oldest university of Stuttgart. Today, the University of Hohenheim in
Germany no. 1 in Agricultural Research and Food Sciences, as well as strong and
unique in nature, economic, social, and communication sciences. The
combination allows solutions from a single source for many global
challenges. Therefore, the University maintains a global network of many
strong partners.
Scholarship Description:
- Application
Deadline: October 31, 2018 - Course
Level: Scholarship is available to pursue
PhD programme. - Study
Subject: Scholarship is awarded to students
who are interested in starting a scientific career on water-related
research topics. The scholarship is awarded for the topic “integrative
solutions to water issues and conflicts”. The scholarship is awarded
various research topics. Applicants can choose from the list of topics. - Scholarship
Award: Scholarship funds, at a basic rate
of 1300 Euro/month are available for a period of 36 months. WPA
additionally offers the opportunity to support the successful research
projects with limited research funds. - Number
of Scholarships: Not Known - Nationality: National,
as well as international applicants - Scholarship
can be taken in Germany
Eligibility for the Scholarship:
- Eligible
Countries: National, as well as international
applicants, are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme. - Entrance
Requirements: The applicant
for a WPA PhD scholarship must - Submit
a high quality proposal addressing one of the research topics open for
application. Follow this link to see the “List of research topics” open for
application ; - Be
accepted as PhD-Student by the responsible faculty at the University of
Hohenheim in order to take up your WPA scholarship. You do NOT need the
admission as a PhD student before you submit your proposal to WPA but the
scholarship cannot be awarded in case the faculty reject you as a PhD
student. - Foreign
students must provide English language certificates to the faculty during
the PhD admission process (this can be done in case your PhD proposal was
selected for funding). If you cannot prove the required English language
abilities to the faculty, the WPA scholarship cannot be awarded. - select
the WPA doctoral school “water for life” as PhD study program after
admission as a PhD student; - Be
able to conduct innovative research; - Be
an outstanding personality and have excellent interpersonal skills and
team spirit; - Be
able and willing to work well in an interdisciplinary, multicultural
environment with individuals from different scientific, societal and
cultural backgrounds and with organizations from the public, private and
civil society sector; - Be
available for the entire period of the PhD program. - English
Language Requirements: Foreign students
must provide English language certificates to the faculty during the PhD
admission process (this can be done in case your PhD proposal was selected
for funding). If you cannot prove the required English language abilities
to the faculty, the WPA scholarship cannot be awarded.
Application Procedure:
How
to Apply: Please send WPA all documents of your
application in one e-mail. None of the documents should exceed a file
size of 5 MB. Please compile all documents into two PDF files:
to Apply: Please send WPA all documents of your
application in one e-mail. None of the documents should exceed a file
size of 5 MB. Please compile all documents into two PDF files:
- File
1: completed application form; - File
2: scanned cover letter and scanned copies of all relevant certificates
obtained and passport photo; - the
two recommendation letters should be sent separately (scanned) by the
referees!!!
Please
name all files in a systematic way: <applicant’s last name – WPA – file
number>. To transform the documents into PDF one can download “FreePDF” as
freeware.
name all files in a systematic way: <applicant’s last name – WPA – file
number>. To transform the documents into PDF one can download “FreePDF” as
freeware.
Please
submit all these documents to water4use-at-uni-hohenheim.de (only to this mail
address!), no later than the announced deadline at the homepage.
submit all these documents to water4use-at-uni-hohenheim.de (only to this mail
address!), no later than the announced deadline at the homepage.