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Monday, October 19, 2009

Belgium: VLIR-UOS Master Scholarship of Human Settlements at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Overview

VLIR-UOS (Flemish Interuniversity Council – University Development Cooperation) is responsible for managing and making policy on the university development cooperation funds of Belgium’s Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGDC). VLIR-UOS funds and facilitates academic cooperation between Flemish higher education institutions and their partners in developing countries through programmes and projects that share and develop knowledge and expertise.

Programme content

This intensive programme of advanced education is a two-semester degree, starting in September. It leads to the degree of Master of Human Settlements.

This intensive programme focuses on issues of housing, building and spatial planning in a context of development under scarce resources and pressing social and environmental constraints.


The programme has the following main components:

• a core package of compulsory courses dealing with human settlements in development, developmental and managerial aspects of sustainable development, design projects, study tours and thesis;

• a pool of courses out of which to choose minimum 10 credits, focusing on subjects as Architecture and Urban Studies, Rational Design and Construction or Urbanism and Strategic Planning

• further optional courses to select from a wide offer. In addition to the regular faculty, an international visiting staff supports the programme.

A specific research-oriented trajectory can serve as a pre-doctoral track for the Ph.D. A trajectory that focuses on urban design, landscape and spatial planning, on the other hand, may lead to admission to the third semester of the Master of Urbanism and Strategic Planning degree, which is a four-semester degree. Please note that VLIR scholarships are only available for the Master of Human Settlements, not for the possible continuation in the Master of Urbanism and Strategic Planning.

Admission requirements

Master programme: applicants must hold a degree of Bachelor or Master of Architecture or Architectural Engineering (with a minimum of five years academic study). Other applicants must have a proven interest and experience in the field of Human Settlements. Job experience is preferred. Among other selection criteria, an excellent academic record is essential, as well as fluent English and a letter of motivation.

Number of VLIR-UOS Scholarships: 10

Target countries

Only residents and nationals of the following countries are eligible for a VLIR-UOS scholarship:

Africa

Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Asia

Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Palestinian Administered Areas, Philippines, Vietnam


Latin America

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru, Surinam

You can apply for this scholarship by clicking hereApplication for this scholarship is possible from 01/10/2009 until 01/02/2010


Note: If you apply through this link (you have to fill in all fields), VLIR-UOS will prescreen your file. When the evaluation is negative you will receive an e-mail with the reason why. When the evaluation is positive you will receive an e-mail with a link to the application form from the host university where the programme is organised. More detailed information and some documents are asked through this form for the second evaluation. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE E-MAIL WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU FILLED IN THIS PRE-SCREENING FORM. Notice that YOU CAN APPLY FOR ONLY ONE Training OR ONE Master Programme FOR THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, so choose carefully!

Contact:
Mrs M. Slootmaekers
Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
T +32 (0)16 32 13 91
F +32 (0)16 32 19 84
maura.slootmaekers@asro.kuleuven.be
http://www.asro.kuleuven.be/mahs


Application Period: 01/10/2009 until 01/02/2010

Source: http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/index.php?navid=479&actionchoice=detailscholarship&scholarship_id=28&returnlink=1


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