2024 University Of Pretoria TILA LLM Scholarship for African Students
University Of Pretoria TILA LLM Scholarship in International Trade and Investment Law in Africa is the first of its kind to be offered in Africa.
It establishes a higher education and training programme based in and focused on, Africa with full exposure to the international world of trade and investment.
Summary
- Host Country: South Africa
- Study Abroad: Study in Africa
- Category: Postgraduate Scholarships | Masters Scholarships
- Eligible Countries: All African Countries
- Reward: Full Scholarship
Details:
The degree was developed under the auspices of the Centre for Human Rights and is presented by the University of Pretoria and the University of the Western Cape(UWC) in partnership with Makerere University in Uganda, American University Washington College of Law in the USA and the University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University in the Netherlands.
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria is pleased to announce that from 2017, its prestigious LLM in International Trade and Investment Law in Africa will commence in January 2017 instead of July as was the case in previous years. This change has been made in order to enrich the LLM programme and to make it more responsive to new developments in international trade and investment law, including the growing body of international norms and standards dealing with business and human rights and the growing recognition by business of their social and environmental responsibilities.
Requirements:
To be considered for the scholarship, you must:
- This is a one-year, full-time programme and inter-disciplinary in presentation.
- The programme is divided into two semesters. In the first semester, the students participate in an intensive custom-designed curriculum of course work. In the second semester, the students’ formal requirement is to write a mini-dissertation.
- Applicants must have excellent academic credentials and should demonstrate interest in International Trade and Investment Law.
Duration and Reward
The LLM students will now have the opportunity to interact with the students and lecturers of other master’s programmes in the Centre for Human so that both groups can understand the evolving international approaches to human rights, social and environmental responsibilities of business and their implications for international lawyers.
Method of Application
Please note: The LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa) programme will be taking place at the University of the Western Cape in 2024. Prospective students must apply at the University of the Western Cape for the 2024 intake and applications for the 2025 intake at the University of Pretoria will open on 1 April 2024.
Applications to be submitted to:
Prof R Wandrag
Faculty of Law
UWC
Private Bag X17
Bellville
7353
OR emialed to mwandrag@uwc.ac.za
