Deadline: 5-Sep-21
Applications are now open for the Specializing Master Course in Ethiopia to support African Universities by contributing to upgrading their staff and nurturing a qualified generation of skilled young researchers and lecturers.
Africa’s role is central in global policies and will become increasingly strategic along the strengthening of national economies and the population growth. Global challenges have proven to be complex and multidisciplinary, sometimes unpredictable as experienced in 2020.
In this context, academic training and scientific research play a primary role as they can enhance change via innovation and knowledge.
Objectives
The specific objective is threefold:
- to increase the attendants’ knowledge about the global challenges of sustainable development and clarify the implications for the Continent
- to provide the attendants with tools to pursue research and education actions in this field and being able to transfer their knowledge within their home University
- to enforce the partnership between the attendants’ home Universities and Italian Universities
Training Format
- The Specializing Master aims to strengthen transversal knowledge on issues in line with the Agenda 2030 and the Agenda 2063.
- It is designed around 6 didactic modules (1 intro module, 2 transversal modules, 3 technical modules).
- The overall objective is to nurture a qualified generation of skilled young researchers and lecturers on two main issues: teaching innovation projects and sustainability.
- The course includes the assignment of a project work to be carried out in groups. This will allow the attendants to apply the knowledge acquired within the modules by writing a research proposal on a topic of interest for their home University or by designing the programme and the syllabus for a new teaching course aligned with the Specializing Master topics.
Target
- The course is designed for young talents with an academic perspective: young lecturers and junior researchers. Ethiopian Universities will assist the IHEA Foundation in the selection of a highly qualified candidates
Eligibility for Admission
Admission is selective and the requirements are:
- Bachelor or Master of Science in disciplines connected to the topics of the Specializing Master:
- copy of the degree in the original language and its translation into Italian/English/French or Spanish
- copy of the transcripts with the list of exams in the original language and their translation into Italian/English/French or Spanishor Diploma Supplement
- copy of a valid passport
- Curriculum Vitae
- Motivational letter by the candidate
- Letter of support by the candidate’s home University, preferably issued on headed letter by an institutional representative (head of the unit/department of the candidate)
- Moreover:
- To hold a position in a local Universities (lectures, assistant, fellow researchers…) will be an additional asset of merit.
- Good knowledge of written and oral English is requested, a language certification will also be an additional asset of merit
For more information, visit https://www.masterafrica.polimi.it/