Call For Applications: TU Delft African Water Corridor Scholarship 2025-2026

Starting in 2025-2026, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) will offer the African  Water Corridor Scholarship for two excellent Sub-Saharan Africa students in the Master programme Environmental Engineering, track Water Resources Engineering.

TU  Delft is proud to establish the African Water Corridor Scholarship for talented and ambitious MSc students from Sub-Saharan Africa. They are especially encouraging students from Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania to apply for this opportunity.

The two-year master scholarship will be established at the TU Delft Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG). In the master programme Environmental Engineering you learn how to cope with shortage and abundance of resources such as water and waste, the effects of climate change on liveability in cities, air pollution and the depletion of natural resources, such as groundwater. These challenges are of utmost relevance in a world under change that is experiencing population growth and demanding more clean resources than ever. As an Environmental Engineer you will study these challenges and develop engineering solutions in the fields of air quality, hydrology and water resources management, water technology and urban water infrastructure, fields in which TU Delft has a long-standing history.

Scholarship

• The scholarship comprises full tuition fees for this 2-year TU Delft CEG Master programme based on the statutory fee or institutional rate and contribution for the living expenses.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Excellent Sub-Saharan Africa applicants admitted to the two-year MSc programme Environmental Engineering, track Water Resources Engineering.
• With a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 80 percent or higher of the scale maximum in the bachelor’s degree from an internationally renowned university outside The Netherlands.
•  Students from any of the following regions: Sub-Saharan Africa

Application Process

• Complete your MSc application  (check the admission requirements)
• Upload the Scholarship Application Form
• Upload or request TWO reference letters:
  • You can upload your reference letters during your MSc application (as one PDF document), according to the indicated requirements and/or
  • You can request the reference letters from your referee(s). Fill out the information about your referee/s and invite them by using the ‘send invitation button’. The referee(s) will receive an automatic email inviting him/her to upload a reference for you.
  • You can combine both procedures. E.g. 1 upload and 1 referee request.
  • Reference letters will not be considered if you have already submitted your application.
  • Reference letters will not be accepted after the Scholarship deadline.
• Upload the English language certificate
  • Note that Non-EU/EFTA students must include their English test with their application (if required).

Deadline: January 15, 2025

Click HERE to Apply