University of Ghana DAAD-RIPS 2022/2023 Scholarship Applications

University of Ghana DAAD-RIPS 2022/2023 Scholarship Applications:

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The Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana (UG) is accepting applications for the award of the 2022/2023 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarships to pursue Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in Population Studies.

The DAAD scholarship will cover tuition, stipends and accommodation for one-year Master of Arts (MA) and four-year Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students.

DAAD scholarships can only be awarded to applicants who:

have successfully completed generally a three/four-year university degree for those applying to MA (duration of MA is one year) with above average results of SecondClass Upper Division or equivalent.
have successfully completed generally one- or two-years MA/MSc./MPH/MFA/MPhil, etc. university degree (for doctoral candidates) with above average results of Second Class Upper Division or equivalent (for First degree)
clearly show motivation and strong commitment
have thorough knowledge of the English language
have generally completed their last university degree not more than 6 years ago at the time of application
are nationals or permanent residents of a Sub-Saharan African country
Women and people working in population-related sectors are encouraged to apply.

Application Requirements
MA applicants’ required documents:

Undergraduate Certificate
Undergraduate Transcript
One-page motivational statement (Heading: Motivational Statement & your Name)
TOEFL/IELTS examination grades not more than two years old at the time of application (if applying as a national or permanent resident of a non-English speaking African country)

PhD applicants required documents:

Undergraduate Certificate
Undergraduate Transcript
One-page motivational statement (Heading: Motivational Statement & your Name)
Graduate Certificate
Graduate Transcript
Research proposal (this must include a project title, problem statement [500-word limit], proposed research objective(s)/question(s) [100-word limit], methodology [900-word limit] and references) (3-page maximum, 1.5 line spacing)
TOEFL/IELTS examination grades not more than two years at the time of
application (if applying as national or permanent resident of non-English speaking African country) (Exemption: if your Master’s dissertation/thesis was written in English).

Admission Process

Your admission process will go through the steps below. Please take note of deadlines.

Candidate’s application submitted to RIPS on or before January 14 th, 2022
RIPS to submit shortlisted candidates to DAAD by February 4 th, 2022.
DAAD will directly contact shortlisted candidates
Shortlisted candidates to submit their applications via DAAD portal by February 17 th 2022
Scholarship awardees to receive notification from DAAD at the appropriate time
All shortlisted candidates will be notified to apply to the University of Ghana for admission when the admission portal for entrance to UG opens.

APPLICATION FORM

Click on https://bit.ly/3mvP2nl for an application form

INSTRUCTION FOR UPLOADING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Your documents should be labelled as follows:

Last name_document name_programme applied for.

For example, Owusu_mphilcertificate_PhD
Kaba_motivational statement_MA

Please note again:

For PhD applicants, we require you to submit the following documents (preferably in PDF format) in addition to your form:

Graduate Certificate
Graduate Transcript
One-page motivational statement
Research proposal
TOEFL/IELTS/ Evidence of dissertation/ For M.A. applicants, we require you to submit the following documents (preferably in PDF format) in addition to your form:
Undergraduate Certificate
Undergraduate Transcript
One-page motivational statement
TOEFL/IELTS examination grades not more than two years old at the time of application (if applying as national or permanent resident of non English speaking African country)

All enquiries should be directed to rips@ug.edu.gh

University of Ghana DAAD-RIPS 2022/2023 Scholarship Applications

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