The Master’s Degree Scholarship in Disability Rights at University of Pretoria inSouth Africa
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria is offering a limited number of scholarships that are available for African citizens, who wish to continue their higher education and obtain their Master’s degree (LLM/MPhil) in Disability Rights. The two-year program is offered as a hybrid teaching approach comprising online interaction and residential face-to-face weeks in Pretoria. Two face-to-face sessions will be scheduled every year (four sessions over the period of two years). The course duration is two years from December 2018 to December 2020.
Eligibility
To be eligible to study LLM/MPhil (DRIA) at Pretoria and for the scholarships, you must be an African citizen, in addition to the following for each program:
[1] For the LLM degree (Advanced law certification): The Master’s degree LLM in Disability Rights in Africa degree is open to individuals with an LLB degree or equivalent.
[2] For the MPhil degree: the MPhil degree is open to non-lawyers with at least an honors degree in an academic discipline relevant to disability rights in Africa. Or any other qualification in an academic discipline relevant to disability rights in Africa that allows admission to a master’s program at the institution where the undergraduate qualification was obtained. If that qualification has a duration of less than 4 years, substantial proven practical or professional experience in disability rights in Africa is further required.
Other relevant requirements: foreign qualifications are subject to South African Qualifications Authority requirements. Applicants must have excellent academic credentials and demonstrate human rights experience or interest.
Funding
Three successful applicants will receive full scholarships that will cover the costs tuition fees at Pretoria. 2019 cost estimation for class registering in 2019 is up to 38,000 South African Rand for Non-Southern African students, this cost will be covered to scholarships awardees.
About the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria
The Centre for Human Rights is both an academic department and a non-governmental organisation, and works towards human rights education in Africa, a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights of women, people living with HIV, indigenous peoples and other disadvantaged groups across the continent. The Centre was established in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in 1986, as part of domestic efforts against the apartheid system of the time. In 2006, the Centre for Human Rights was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education, with particular recognition for the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition and the LLM in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa.