Booking.com Delft Global Scholarships for Female Students from Sub-Saharan Africa 2018

Application Deadline: 1st February 2018 (23:59 CET)

Eligible Countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South-Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

To Be Taken At (Country): The Netherlands

About the Award: The Booking.com | Delft Global Scholarships give talented, motivated and broadly interested female students from Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to study at the Delft University of Technology. Recognizing an under-representation of women in under-graduate and advanced STEM-related areas of study, booking.com aims to ensure equal access and opportunity for all in the technology sector. The TU Delft, in particular TU Delft | Global Initiative, aims to support capacity building in the Global South and to advance future leadership focusing on sustainable global development. The UN Sustainable Development Goals are a guiding principle for the TU Delft.

Fields of Study: Admitted to one on the following TU Delft’s MSc programmes:

• Computer Science
• Embedded Systems
• Systems and Control
• Computer Engineering
• Applied Mathematics

Type: Masters

Eligibility: 

• Female student;
• A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 80 percent or higher of the scale maximum in your bachelor’s degree.
• A degree from an accredited university in one of the above mentioned countries.

Number of Awards: 5

Value of Award:

•  Full tuition fees for a TU Delft MSc programme and living expenses for 2 years. Membership to the Scholarship club giving access to personal development, workshops, seminars, etc.
• A MSc thesis topic which relates to the Sustainable Development Goals and TU Delft / Global Initiative. Be our ambassador for Sub-Saharan Afrika.

Duration of Program: 2 years

How to Apply: 

Check if you’re eligible for this scholarship.
Complete your application for a Non EU. Check the admission requirements.
Complete, in addition to all the regular documents for a MSc programme, the Application Form for the Booking.com | Delft Global scholarship.
Upload your MSc application and the Application form for the Booking.com | Delft Global scholarship before 1 February 2018.

Visit the Program Webpage for Details

Award Providers: Booking.com

Important Notes: 

• Only students who have been granted a scholarship will be informed by TU Delft via email by begin-April 2018.
• Receiving the scholarship is conditional on the student fulfilling all admission criteria.