The Graduate School of Business at UCT offer five
annual Bertha MBA Scholarships to students that have met the requirements for
the MBA programme and who are driven by their pursuit in social or green
ventures.
The focus will be on encouraging selected MBA
students to fully realise projects and business ideas that make a real positive
impact on society and Bertha Scholars will have access to communities and to
mentors to build on their ideas and create companies.
The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and
Entrepreneurship has been established at the GSB as a result of a partnership
between the GSB and The Bertha Foundation. In addition to the Bertha
Scholarship, the Centre will drive research in, and promote the practice of
social innovation and entrepreneurship and will provide a mix of courses and
practical learning for any interested MBA students attending UCT GSB, called
the Social Innovation Lab.
Scholarship
value
The Bertha Scholarship covers full costs of the
MBA programme at the UCT Graduate School of Business for candidates committed
to social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Eligibility
The criteria used for selection of Bertha Scholars
are:
Candidates must be a resident of an African
country.
Candidates must have started or worked in an
entrepreneurial social or green venture, or have worked on sustainable social
business strategies within an organisation for at least 1 year.
Candidates must demonstrate a strong moral
character, strong entrepreneurial drive, a track record of action, leadership
qualities, traits of social activism and a commitment to the sustainable
development of emerging economies.
Through the submission of an essay, candidates
must show how the MBA at this stage in their career will help to accelerate
their impact and how it will contribute to the wider creation of value for
society.
Candidates must demonstrate some need for the
scholarship, through either previous work experience, personal background or
demonstrated commitment to start a social venture, which make self-funding the
MBA a significant burden.
Scholarship
apply
Candidates must first be eligible and apply for
the MBA of the UCT Graduate School of Business. See www.gsb.uct.ac.za/mba for full details
about the MBA programme, eligibility, criteria and how to apply to the business
school.
Interested candidates should submit the Bertha
Scholarship Application Form together with their UCT MBA application number
received from the GSB Admissions Office, contact details and CV to berthacentre@gsb.uct.ac.za by 15
October 2013.
Candidates will be notified if they are selected
for interview by November 2013.
Interviews will take place during the week of
November 2013.
The final decision and award of the scholarship
will be made by a Scholarship selection panel, following which candidates will
be informed by so" November 2013. Candidates will only be able to take up
the Bertha Scholarship if admitted to the MBA programme
