Applications for the WASCAL Master Research Programme in Climate Change and Marine Science 2024/2025 are now open. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About WASCAL Master Research Programme in Climate Change and Marine Science
Opportunity Details
WASCAL is a wholly West African international organization with focus on academic and transdisciplinary research, building graduate-level scientific capacity and serving policy makers in West Africa with science-based advice on adaptation to climate change impacts and land use management.
MASTER’S RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN MARINE SCIENCES 2024/2025
The Atlantic Technical University (UTA) is pleased to call for applications for its Master’s Research Programme on Climate Change & Marine Sciences (MRPCCMS) under the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL).
Atlantic Technical University is launching its fifth Master’s Research Programme on Climate Change & Marine Sciences for the 2024-2025 academic year, and scholarship possibilities for at least 12 of 24 selected students.
Benefits of WASCAL Master Research Programme in Climate Change and Marine Science
The best 12 students ranked (one per WASCAL member country) will award a scholarship and research support. The scholarship and research support will be provided following the criteria below:
- Upon admission, students will be required to maintain a graduate level Grade Point Average (GPA) of B or a minimum of B from the course.
- During the course curriculum phase, students will be required to develop a detailed research proposal, including a budget, that will have to be accepted by a committee, consisting of at least four graduate faculty members, and endorsed by the Graduate Council.
- During the project research stage, students are expected to present their progress reports regularly and be evaluated accordingly.
WASCAL Master Research Programme in Climate Change and Marine Science Requirements
Applicants are required to:
- Be a citizen of a WASCAL member country (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, The Gambia or Togo); other ECOWAS member countries may be admitted as self-funded student on an availability basis.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields or any other related fields: Biological Sciences, Oceanography, Fishing or Livestock Engineering, Geography, Sciences of the Atmosphere.
- Have at least an intermediate level in English language.
This programme includes:
- Four months of Language Proficiency courses in English Language for Francophones and Lusophones students at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana; and French Language for Anglophones students, at the University of Lomé, Togo.
- Three semesters of joint Master courses related to marine sciences, coastal and marine management and climate change at the Atlantic Technical University (including national and international lecturers).
- Shipboard training with a local research vessel and/or a German international research vessel (availability and sponsoring pending) for training on ocean observation and data collection for individual student research projects (field training and research projects will be supported by the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo – OSCM).
- Three weeks of scientific trip to the German partner institutions, when applicable.
Application Date and Process
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Application Deadline
15 June, 2024
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