The Pan African University Calls for Applications from Suitable Candidates for the Academic Year 2019/2020
By Samuel Abuya
The Pan African University has invited young, qualified, talented and enterprising applicants from African countries and the African Diaspora to apply for Masters or PhD degree programmes at any of the following four PAU institutes:
- PAU Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya.
- Pan African University Institute for Life and Earth Sciences – including Health and Agriculture (PAULESI), at the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria.
- Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS), at the University of Yaounde II and the University of Buea, Cameroon.
- PAU Institute for Water and Energy Sciences -including climate change (PAUWES), at the University of Tlemcen, Algeria.
Candidates with potential, motivation and who desire to play transformative leadership roles as academics, professionals, industrialists, innovators and entrepreneurs are particularly encouraged to apply.
The PAU is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network whose mission is to provide quality postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa.
The African Union Commission will offer full scholarships to the successful African candidates. Candidates may be required to undergo a written/oral examination after pre-selection.
The call for applications is open from May 14, 2019 to June 27, 2019. Any applications that will be received after the deadline will not be considered, according to the announcement.
Applications should be completed online at www.au-pau.org and suitable candidate should mail any of their concerns to pau.scholarships@africa-union.org in order to any information that a candidate may feel is not sufficient in the announcement.
It is expected that the scholarships will go a long way in helping, especially, bright but needy students from various African countries.
Source: African Union
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