Dept of Higher Education: Hungarian Government Scholarships 2018 / 2019 for South Africa
HUNGARY: Stipendium Hungaricum for South
Africa
Dept of Higher Education and Training / Hungarian Government
invites qualifying students to apply for Scholarship
Programme 2018/19 academic year
Scholarship application deadline is
16 Febraury 2018
Scholarship provider: Dept of Higher
Education and Training / Hungarian Government
Programme outline
The Hungarian Government is offering 100 scholarships to
South African students to study at participating public
university in Hungary.
Most of the available courses are taught in
English.
Degree level
Bachelors (30)
Masters (60)
PhD (10)
Deadlines
The application process is open from 11 December 2017 – 16
February 2018 from Tempus Foundation.
Eligibility
- Be a South African citizen in good health;
- Have a strong academic record:
- Bachelor’s applicants require a minimum average of
70% in their NSC (excl LO);
- Postgraduate applications require a minimum of 65%
in their previous studies
- Bachelor’s applicants require a minimum average of
- An interest in studying in Hungary and demonstrated
commitment to the development of South Africa;
- Available to study in Hungary from September 2018
(postponements will not be granted);
- Meet the entry criteria for their selected programme in
Hungary;
- Meet the minimum academic requirement for entry into a
similar programme at a South African university.
Fields of study
Bachelors: (30) natural sciences
and sustainable environment, engineering and information
technology, agricultural science and food science.
Scholarships for medical degrees are not available under
this programme.
Masters: (20) natural sciences
(especially biotechnology, bioenergetics and renewable
energy), (10) engineering (especially mining engineering,
information technology); (10) economics, business and
management studies and tourism; (10) agricultural science
and food science; (5) physical education and coaching,
and adult education, and human resources development; (5)
international relations and European studies; and
Hungarian language studies.
PhD: All fields of study (10)
A list of available courses and institutions is
available here
Information about studying and living in Hungary is
available here
Application process
The applications must be submitted online, with all
supporting documents: https://apply.stipendiumhungaricum.hu/
(11 December 2017 to 16 February 2018).
Only application submitted on the Tempus Foundation
website will be assessed by the South African Department
of Higher Education and Training for nomination.
South African applicants do not need to undertake an
English language proficiency test.
PHD applicants are required to visit the Hungarian
Doctoral Council website on http://www.doktori.hu/
before submitting their application. The website provides
information about the Hungarian doctoral schools,
available research field and research topics as well as
the supervisors of the doctoral students. Thesis topic
proposals are also available here.
Review process
Stage
one:
Your documents will be screened by both Tempus Foundation
and the DHET, applicants who meet the minimum requirement
will be considered for the scholarship.
Only candidates who meet minimum requirement will be
requested to complete a DHET form, which will be emailed
only to those who are eligible on 27 February 2018. The
deadline for submission of the DHET form will be 5 March
2018.
Stage
two:
Your DHET application, along with all the documents
submitted online will be sent to two reviewers for
assessment.
Stage
three:
Applicants who pass Stage 2 will be invited to attend an
interview, which will be held in Pretoria, Cape Town,
Durban and Port Elizabeth (or via Skype in special
circumstances)
from
19 March to 27 March 2018.
Stage
four:
Nominated candidates will be informed that they have been
nominated for the scholarship by 5 April 2018. Their
documents will then be reviewed by their first choice of
institution
that they have identified in their application. They will
be contacted directly by the institution for assessments
and/or telephone interviews.
Applicants who are not nominated for the scholarship will
be notified by email.
Successful candidates will be informed on three different
dates:
- 31 May 2018 (80%)
- 14 June 2018 (15%)
- 19 July 2018 (5%)
Successful candidates are required to attend the
orientation which is scheduled to take place from 24 to
26 July 2018 in Pretoria.
Queries
Queries can be submitted to
[email protected] (South African
applicants only)
Documents and links
Guide for the Hungarian
online application
website
List of available courses
and institutions
website
Website to apply for language preparatory
course website
Information for PhD candidates website
PhD these topic
proposals website
Information about studying and living in
Hungary website
For latest South African Government Departments,
Municipalities, Parastatals Jobs / Vacancies visit
workforgov.co.za
No comments