Netherlands Master Scholarships in Education and Teacher Training

Overview

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are designed to promote capacity building within organisations in 61 countries by providing training and education to mid-career staff. The NFP is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the budget for development cooperation. The overall aim of the NFP is to help alleviate qualitative and quantitative shortages of skilled manpower within a wide range of governmental, private and non-governmental organisations. This is done by offering fellowships to mid-career professionals to improve the capacity of their employing organisations.

The Dutch higher education institutions offer many international master’s degree programmes. The Dutch Scholarships allow candidates to receive a postgraduate education and earn one of the following Dutch degrees: Master of Arts, Master of Science, or a Professional Master’s degree

Target Group (Developing Countries -NFP country list)

Afghanistan	Eritrea*	Nicaragua
Albania	Ethiopia	Nigeria
Armenia	Georgia	Pakistan
Autonomous Palestinian Territories	Ghana	Peru
Bangladesh	Guatemala	Philippines
Benin	Guinea-Bissau	Rwanda
Bhutan	Honduras	Senegal
Bolivia	India	South Africa
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Indonesia	Sri Lanka
Brazil	Iran	Sudan
Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast**	South Sudan
Burundi	Jordan	Suriname
Cambodia	Kenya	Tanzania
Cape Verde	Kosovo	Thailand
Colombia	Macedonia	Uganda
Costa Rica	Mali	Vietnam
Cuba	Moldova	Yemen***
DR Congo	Mongolia	Zambia
Ecuador	Mozambique	Zimbabwe
Egypt	Namibia
El Salvador	Nepal

Eligibility

A candidate applying for an NFP fellowship for a master’s degree
programme must:

– be a mid-career professional with at least three years’ relevant work experience;
– be a national of, and working and living in one of the developing countries on the NFP country list valid at the time of application
– be nominated by his or her employer, who pledges to continue paying the candidate’s salary and guarantees the candidate will be able to return to the same or an equivalent position at the end of the fellowship period;
– have been unconditionally admitted by a Dutch institution to one of the master’s degree programmes on the course list 2012-2013. This means that the candidate must have met all the requirements set by the Dutch institution ;
– not already have received an NFP master’s degree fellowship;
– not be employed by:
• a multinational corporation (for instance Shell, Unilever etc.)
or
• a large national and/-or commercial organisation or
• a bilateral donor organisation (for instance USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid etc.) or
• multilateral donor organisation, (for instance a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB, etc.) or
• international NGO’s (for instance Oxfam, Plan, Care, etc.)
– have completed and submitted an NFP master’s degree programme fellowship application including all the required documentation before the applicable NFP fellowship application deadline;
– be employed in an area to which the study will make a relevant contribution;

– have a clear-cut, functional relationship with a relevant organisation and be in a position to introduce the newly acquired skills and knowledge into that organisation;
– be available for the entire period of the programme and be physically and mentally able to take part in the entire programme;
– endorse the objective and the aim of the NFP. The aim of the NFP cannot be reached if the fellowship holder does not return to his or her own country. Nuffic would like to urge fellowship holders to return to their home country upon finishing the course or programme to meet the NFP aim in the most effective way.

The fellowship

An NFP fellowship is intended to supplement the salary that the fellowship holder must continue to receive (at least partially) during the study period. The allowance is considered to be a contribution towards the cost of living for one person, whether in the Netherlands or in another country. The fellowship can cover the costs of tuition fees, visas, travel,
insurance and thesis research.

List of Master Scholarships in Education and Teacher Training:

Leiden University
P.O. Box 9500, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Phone: 31 – (0)71-527 1111
E-mail: study@leidenuniv.nl Internet: www.leiden.edu

Education and Child Studies

Leading to: MSc
Course duration: 1 year
Next course begins: 1 September 2012; 1 February 2013
Academic application deadlines: 1 December 2011; 24 April 2012
Fellowship application deadline: 7 February 2012; 1 May 2012
Educational requirements: BA in Education and Child Studies or a related field. See www.mastersinleiden.nl for details.
Gender category: 4. Subject is not gender-oriented

University of Groningen
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences / Educational Sciences
Grote Rozenstraat 38, 9712 TJ Groningen, The Netherlands
Phone: 31 – (0)50-3636480 Fax: 31 – (0)50-3636521
E-mail: j.a.m.evers@rug.nl msc.education.gmw@rug.nl
Internet: www.rug.nl/internationalmasters

MSc in Educational Sciences

Leading to: MSc
Course duration: 12 Months
Next course begins: 1 September 2012
Academic application deadlines: 31 January 2012
Fellowship application deadline: 7 February 2012
Educational requirements: BA- or BSc in Education or social including methodology, statistics and educational psychology.
Gender category: 3. Gender-oriented modules are available

University of Groningen
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Grote Rozenstraat 38, 9712 TJ Groningen, The Netherlands
Phone: 31 – (0)50-3636480 Fax: 31 – (0)50-3636521
E-mail: j.a.m.evers@rug.nl msc.education.gmw@rug.nl
Internet: www.rug.nl/internationalmasters

Pedagogic: Communication and Congential Deafblindness

Leading to: MA
Course duration: 1 year
Next course begins: 1 September 2012
Academic application deadlines: 31 January 2012
Fellowship application deadline: 7 February 2012
Educational requirements: Relevant bachelor’s degree
Gender category: 3. Gender-oriented modules are available

Official scholarship website: http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organisations/docs/nfp/nfp-brochure-2012-2013.pdf

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