Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Full Scholarships for Master and PhD study in UEM

ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AIT)

Full Scholarships for Master and PhD study in UEM

Application deadline : March 31 of the year of admission

The SEA-UEMA Project is a partnership between the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Asian Institute of
Technology. Its goal is to contribute to the improvements of urban
environmental conditions in Southeast Asia. It seeks to attain
improved implementation and sharing of sound urban environmental
management policies and practices. The focus of the project is on
three key urban environmental sub-sectors, water and sanitation, solid
waste and air pollution, with poverty reduction and gender equality as
the two crosscutting themes. The projects two key components are UEM
Graduate Education, and UEM Applications and Networks.

Under the UEM Graduate Education component, the project provides full
scholarships for graduate level education and research at master
(M.Sc.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) levels (full time and non-resident).
These scholarships from the SEA-UEMA project are available for
selected applicants from countries of Southeast Asia.

Scholarship Details

Each scholarship covers full tuition fees, accommodation and a monthly
bursary towards living expenses as per AIT standards, for the duration
of the study program. The full time master program funding is for a
period of four semesters (22 months) and the full time doctoral
program funding is for a period of six semesters (36 months). The
funding is also available for non-resident doctoral program.

Over the project period of 2003-2008, CIDA is providing 55 master and
10 doctoral scholarships

Criteria for Awarding CIDA Scholarships

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The applicant has to fulfill AIT admission criteria
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The applicant must be from canadian ODA eligible southeast Asian
countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Timor-Leste,
Thailand and Vietnam). Applicants from other developing countries of
Asia are eligible for other sources of funding
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Preference would be given to applicants having UEM related work
experience.
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Preference would be given to qualified women applicants.

Entry date for the UEM Field of Study : August

For enquiries & application forms,please email at:
uemapplications@...
Tel/Fax: 66-2-5245699

Dr. L.A.S. Ranjith Perera
Director, SEA-UEMA Project and
Coordinator, Alumni Demonstration Projects Component
Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications
(SEA-UEMA) Project
School of Environment, Resources and Development
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Tel: 66-2-5245619, 02-5245777, Fax: 66-2-5246380, 66-2-5248338
E-mail:uemapplications@...
Website:www.sea-uema.ait.ac.th

http://www.sea-uema.ait.ac.th/schol.htm

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