Overview
As one of its contributions to development co-operation, K.U.Leuven offers each academic year scholarships to deserving students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest university in Flanders, Belgium.
Also commonly referred to as the IRO scholarships (IRO in Dutch stands for Interfacultaire Raad voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), this scholarship programme has supported more than sixty Ph.D. graduates over the past five years. After obtaining their doctorates at K.U.Leuven, these Ph.D. holders are now valorising their degrees in their home countries either in university academic research or in various sectors of industry.
Essential to the application for the IRO scholarship and to completing a doctoral programme successfully is the choice of a good doctoral research topic and supervisor. New applicants are now provided two alternatives: either by selecting amongst the faculty research topics offered by the doctoral schools or by submitting their own personal research proposal.
What do IRO scholarships include?
The scholarships are only granted for doctoral or pre-doctoral programmes. Scholarships for a pre-doctoral programme are awarded for only one year. The scholarship may be converted into a scholarship for doctoral studies, thus extended for 4 more years, on the condition that you pass the pre-doctoral programme with distinction and are admitted to the doctoral programme.
The maximum period for which you may be awarded a scholarship is thus 5 years: 1 pre-doctoral year and 4 doctoral years. The scholarship is renewable each year and its renewal depends on the annual evaluation by your supervisor. Further extensions are not possible through the Interfaculty Council for Development Co-operation and further scholarships cannot be awarded, since the law permits tax-free doctoral scholarships only for a maximum of 4 years.
Scholarship Amount (per month)
Doctoral student: € 1,299/month
Pre-doctoral Student: € 860/month
General Eligibility Conditions
At the level of the applicant
1.You must be a citizen of a developing country recognised on the list of the Flemish Interuniversity Council for University Development Cooperation . Citizens of Eastern European countries and former Russian republics are not eligible. In addition, it must be financially impossible for you or your family to pay for studies abroad.
2.The age limit is 35 years of age. Priority is given to young students under 30 years of age.
3.Excellent academic results.
4.Women are encouraged to apply for the doctoral scholarship. With all things being equal in terms of academic background, evaluation and ranking by the faculty and the IRO Council with regard to two or more applicants considered for the scholarship, preference would be given to the female candidate.
At the level of the doctoral research topic
1.In case you submitted your personal research proposal, it must be original and innovative. Moreover, the proposal must be clear, goal-oriented and feasible, meaning that it must be possible to complete the research within a maximum of four years. You will need to include a brief motivation explaining how your research proposal can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development co-operation.
2.In case you selected a topic amongst the faculty research topics, you will need to include a brief motivation explaining how the topic you chose can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development co-operation.
Further information about application, please visit: http://www.kuleuven.be/iro/applications.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
As one of its contributions to development co-operation, K.U.Leuven offers each academic year scholarships to deserving students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest university in Flanders, Belgium.
Also commonly referred to as the IRO scholarships (IRO in Dutch stands for Interfacultaire Raad voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), this scholarship programme has supported more than sixty Ph.D. graduates over the past five years. After obtaining their doctorates at K.U.Leuven, these Ph.D. holders are now valorising their degrees in their home countries either in university academic research or in various sectors of industry.
Essential to the application for the IRO scholarship and to completing a doctoral programme successfully is the choice of a good doctoral research topic and supervisor. New applicants are now provided two alternatives: either by selecting amongst the faculty research topics offered by the doctoral schools or by submitting their own personal research proposal.
What do IRO scholarships include?
The scholarships are only granted for doctoral or pre-doctoral programmes. Scholarships for a pre-doctoral programme are awarded for only one year. The scholarship may be converted into a scholarship for doctoral studies, thus extended for 4 more years, on the condition that you pass the pre-doctoral programme with distinction and are admitted to the doctoral programme.
The maximum period for which you may be awarded a scholarship is thus 5 years: 1 pre-doctoral year and 4 doctoral years. The scholarship is renewable each year and its renewal depends on the annual evaluation by your supervisor. Further extensions are not possible through the Interfaculty Council for Development Co-operation and further scholarships cannot be awarded, since the law permits tax-free doctoral scholarships only for a maximum of 4 years.
Scholarship Amount (per month)
Doctoral student: € 1,299/month
Pre-doctoral Student: € 860/month
General Eligibility Conditions
At the level of the applicant
1.You must be a citizen of a developing country recognised on the list of the Flemish Interuniversity Council for University Development Cooperation . Citizens of Eastern European countries and former Russian republics are not eligible. In addition, it must be financially impossible for you or your family to pay for studies abroad.
2.The age limit is 35 years of age. Priority is given to young students under 30 years of age.
3.Excellent academic results.
4.Women are encouraged to apply for the doctoral scholarship. With all things being equal in terms of academic background, evaluation and ranking by the faculty and the IRO Council with regard to two or more applicants considered for the scholarship, preference would be given to the female candidate.
At the level of the doctoral research topic
1.In case you submitted your personal research proposal, it must be original and innovative. Moreover, the proposal must be clear, goal-oriented and feasible, meaning that it must be possible to complete the research within a maximum of four years. You will need to include a brief motivation explaining how your research proposal can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development co-operation.
2.In case you selected a topic amongst the faculty research topics, you will need to include a brief motivation explaining how the topic you chose can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development co-operation.
Further information about application, please visit: http://www.kuleuven.be/iro/applications.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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