IHE Delft and FirstRand launch scholarship programme for South Africa
The FirstRand Foundation, the corporate foundation of South African financial institution FirstRand Limited is partnering with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education to set up a scholarship programme to enable outstanding South African students to study for MSc degrees at IHE Delft in the Netherlands.
The scholarship programme will run for five years and provides full funding for one student per year to study for a MSc in Water and Sustainable Development at IHE Delft. Scholarship winners will be selected based on their academic merit and potential.
“We are looking forward to working with some of South Africa’s brightest students, thanks to the partnership with the FirstRand Foundation. With a looming water crisis, South Africa, like so many other countries, needs talented future water leaders, women as well as men, who are able to come up with smart water sector policies and solutions,” said IHE Delft Rector Eddy Moors.
We are looking forward to working with some of South Africa’s brightest students, thanks to the partnership with the FirstRand Foundation.
Scholarship candidates will be interviewed and selected in a process that will run concurrently with the FirstRand Foundation’s International Postgraduate Scholarship programme. Criteria include academic excellence, leadership ability, community involvement and the candidates’ potential to be destiny changers.
Before applying for the scholarship, prospective students first need to apply and be admitted to the MSc in Water and Sustainable Development from IHE Delft.
Applications to the scholarship open on Friday 16 December 2022.