IRO PhD Scholarships at KU Leuven, Belgium As one of its contributions to development cooperation, KU Leuven offers each academic year scholarships to deserving students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest university of Flanders, Belgium. The programme is organized and managed by the Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation. The IRO Doctoral Scholarship Programme has supported more than a hundred PhD graduates over the past ten years. After obtaining their doctorates at KU Leuven, these PhD holders are now valorizing their degrees in their home countries either in university academic research or in various sectors of industry. KU Leuven, which is situated at about 20 kilometers from Brussels, the capital of both Belgium and Europe, is the oldest university of the Low Countries. As such, it has a long-standing tradition of hospitality towards students and scholars from abroad. At present, almost 7,000 international students (about 15% of the total number of students at KU Leuven) have found their home away from home in Leuven. ◾kuleuven.be/iro/ General Eligibility Conditions 1.The applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries on the OECD DAC table that are listed under the following categories: Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries or Low Middle Income Countries. 2.The time period between the date of completion of your MA degree and the date of submission of your scholarship application can be no more than ten years. 3.Excellent academic results 4.Excellent research project 5.Proof of embedness in the South and motivation in the framework of development cooperation 6.Excellent recommendations Fields Offered are ◾Humanities and Social Sciences ◾Science, Engineering and Technology ◾Biomedical Sciences kuleuven.be/iro/research_topics.html Selection timetable ◾The call is open form 01 November 2013 until 15 January 2014. ◾January-April 2014:�Selection of the candidates. ◾April-May 2014:�The International Admissions and Mobility Unit of KU Leuven will prepare and send the official admission letters and scholarship attestations to the selected candidates. ◾May-August 2014:�Selected candidates apply for their Belgian student visas and prepare for their travel to Leuven. ◾1 October 2014 at the latest:�Arrival in Leuven. ◾ ◾For more details ◾kuleuven.be/iro/ Regards Waqar waqarbaig85[AT]gmail[DOT]com Also you can join https://facebook/groups/scholarships.pk and https://facebook/scholarships.pk
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