Two university scholarships in total will be available for the citizens of the Republic of South Africa who want to enrol in 2015 to the following academic program:

Follow-up Master´s and Doctoral Programmes in power engineering and agriculture taught in English.

While the scholarship is comprehensive and includes tuition and personal allowances, it does not cater for airfare to and from the Czech Republic. Upon arrival in the Czech Republic students must be also prepared to pay initial expenses of CZK 3,000 to 5,000 (1,600 - 2,700 NS) for administrative fees related to the studies, translations, legalizations etc.

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Only applications made through the following online registration system will be accepted (no paper-based applications accepted):

http://registr.dzs.cz/registr.nsf

The deadline for the applications is 30 September 2014.

If the application is accepted, in October the selected applicants will be requested to attend an interview. The two most successful applicants will be awarded the scholarship.

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Prospective applicants can find further information at:

http://registr.dzs.cz/registr.nsf/dispozice_eng_2014.pdf

http://www.msmt.cz/mezinarodni-vztahy/stipendia-vlady-ceske-republiky-rozvojove-zeme-1

Additional information about Czech government scholarships, Czech universities and general conditions and regulations pertinent to studies in the Czech Republic can be obtained from the following webpages:

Information about studies at higher education institutions in the Czech Republic:

www.studyin.cz

Information about entry and residence in the Czech Republic:        

www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/information-for-schools-and-students.aspx

The visa application will be processed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria, www.mzv.cz/pretoria

Centre for International Cooperation in Education:

www.dzs.cz

Prospective students from the Republic of South Africa are also advised that they contact the Directorate Global Partnerships of the Department of Higher Education and Training of the Republic of South Africa for any potential additional funding provided by the South African government institutions.

Department of Higher Education and Training of the Republic of South Africa

Prospective students from the Republic of South Africa are also advised that their requests towards additional funding (airfares) can be forwarded to the Department of Higher Education and Training of the Republic of South Africa for the attention of the Global Partnerships Director: International Relations, Ms Beata Mtyingizana, through the email address: Internationalscholarships@dhet.gov.za or call: 012 312 6027.