University College London (UCL) and the
Africa Educational Trust (AET) have agreed to collaborate in a scheme to enable
students from Africa, who are financially unable to study in the UK, to pursue
full-time undergraduate studies at UCL. With this scheme UCL supports
the aims of AET to help the people of Africa to help themselves.
Under the scheme, two full bursaries
are available annually for AET-nominated students who have accepted offers of
places at UCL.
Eligibility
Requirements
To be considered for a Bursary you
must:
- be a national of any African country (including Madagascar), currently living in an African country, and have one or both parents living in an African country, or are orphaned.
- be currently attending school or have recently completed school in an African country.
- have before or by January applied to UCAS for admission to a full-time undergraduate degree programme of study at UCL starting the following September, which they intend firmly to accept UCL (as the insurance offer choice does not satisfy the conditions of the bursary).
- be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to Overseas students, as assessed by UCL.
- lack the financial means necessary to pursue undergraduate degree studies at UCL.
Selection Criteria
Scholarships are awarded on financial
hardship and academic merit, based on the aims of the scholarship.
Value: Benefits and
Duration
Each bursary consists of full tuition
fees and a maintenance allowance for the duration of the student’s programme of
study, as well as economy air travel to/from the UK at the beginning and end of
the bursary-holder’s degree programme. The maintenance allowance will normally
rise each year in line with inflation but at the absolute discretion of UCL.
(Please note that the bursary is calculated to be sufficient for the applicant
only.) In addition, the bursary includes an allowance (on request and up to a
specified maximum sum per bursary holder) to permit two members of the
bursary-holder’s family to attend their graduation ceremony. Annual renewal of
the bursary is subject to good academic progress by the student.
Applications Deadline
and Procedure
If you fulfill ALL the eligibility
requirements above, please email Ms May Omona at m.omona@africaeducationaltrust.org with
details of your financial circumstances, your academic history, and proof
that you have applied to UCAS for undergraduate
admission to UCL. If you have not applied to UCAS for admission to study at UCL
and cannot provide a valid UCAS application number, you need not apply for a
bursary; your application is incomplete without a valid UCAS application
number.
AET will provide eligible applicants with
an electronic application form, which must be completed and submitted
electronically to Ms May Omona by 15 March. Late applications cannot be
considered for funding.
AET will select 10 applicants from
eligible applications received – with attention to the financial circumstances
of the applicants. The 10 short-listed applicants will be contacted by AET in
April (by email), and asked to write and submit a 500-word essay on a topic
set each year by UCL. Shortlisted applicants will also be required to submit
documentation as proof of the information provided in the application form.
Essays
and supporting documentation to complete the application must reach AET
by 15 April.
Candidates who fail to provide essay and/or documentation are
excluded from the competition.
Official scholarship website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships/undergraduate/ug_outr_aet
