Wits-TUB Urban Lab Interdisciplinary Bilateral Postgraduate Studies Programme - The South African Planning Institute
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Wits-TUB Urban Lab
Interdisciplinary
Bilateral Postgraduate
Studies Programme
Application
5 Master Scholarships Deadline:
For studies in the School of Architecture 30.09.2018
and Planning, Wits University,
Johannesburg, January 2019 - December 2019
Background
use, build and govern our urban
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable environments.
Development and the Paris
Agreement have highlighted the The bilateral Wits-TUB Urban
fundamental roles played by cities Lab programme supported by the
and local urban stakeholders in Federal Ministry for Economic
achieving sustainable development. Cooperation and Development
The Habitat III process and the (BMZ) and German Academic
New Urban Agenda (NUA), agreed Exchange Service (DAAD) seeks
in Quito in October 2016, are a to improve graduate education in
unique opportunity to strengthen urban fields across sub-Saharan
the urban narrative globally and Africa. Both lead partners, the
provide an enabling framework for Habitat Unit at the School of
cities and local urban stakeholders Architecture of the Technische
to achieve SDG goals. Universität Berlin, and the School
of Architecture and Planning at
By recognising that cities and University of the Witwatersrand
their inhabitants safeguard global offer a new urban-oriented
common goods, such as climate, graduate and postgraduate training
economic prosperity, social and capacity building programme
integration, democratization and that would effectively address the
political stability, a profound change challenges and needs outlined
in policy responses is needed to above.
enable truly transformative actions,
motivating changes in the way we
*supported by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Wits-TUB Urban Lab focus Please note that once completed,
The programme includes bilateral the degree certificates are issued by
exchange activities, workshops and Wits University. They are not joint
conferences implemented through degrees as such.
the Wits-TUB Urban Lab and will
focus on four innovation areas that Value, period and conditions of
address SDG implementation in the Scholarship
urban areas: The masters scholarship covers
• Politics and policy of the the duration of one academic
urban year. Successful candidates will
• Understanding complex urban be expected to sign a contract
systems stipulating the conditions of the
• Managing change processes scholarship.
• Coproducing knowledge The scholarship includes:
between theory and practice • Full tuition fee
(Wits-TUB Urban Studio) • Monthly stipend (living
The scholarship recipients will expenses including:
benefit from guest lectures, joint subsistence expences,
supervision scheme and a summer accommodation, other costs)
school at Wits University. • Travel from home country/
place of origin is covered.
Supported Masters programmes • Costs of Summer/Spring
The masters scholarships apply School in Berlin
to the following 1 year full time
degrees at Wits University in Eligibility Criteria
Johannesburg, supported by a Scholarships are open to :
bilateral programme with TU Berlin: • South African citizens
• MSc Development Planning • Citizens from other countries
(MSc DP) in sub-Saharan Africa
• Master of Urban Studies • Applicants must possess the
in the field of Sustainable requisite qualifications to be
Energy Efficient Cities - MUS granted the scholarship.
(SEEC) There is no age limit applying
• Master of Urban Studies to the scholarships for study
in the field of Housing and purposes. However, at the time
Human Settlements - MUS of the application, no more than 6
(HHS) years should have passed since an
• Master of Urban Studies applicant graduated from his/her
in the field of Urban Politics previous bachelor or master studies.
and Governance (MUS - All scholarship applicants must have
UPG) applied for admission to the relevant
• Master of Urban Studies degree (as per above list) at Wits
in the field of Urban
Management - MUS (US)
University and be in possession of - Each degree has a particular
a ‘person number’ which is issued requirement regarding admission
by Wits University upon application assignment and/or motivation letter
for admission into a degree. and CV. Please see details for
each degree under:
How to apply to the Degree http://www.wits.ac.za/archplan/
Programmes? academic-degrees/
Every applicant has to fill in the first - Once admitted for their degree,
basic application form before they international students will apply
can access the full form. for a study visa from the South
The whole application process African consulate or embassy in
(including online access to the their country. This process must be
application form) is found at: started as soon as an admission
https://www.wits.ac.za/applications/ letter is issued.
- The University of the
Witwatersrand is an English How to apply for the scholarship
medium university. International programme?
students from non-English This is a separate application in
speaking countries must provide addition to the Degree Programme
proof of English proficiency. Please application outlined above.
refer to the URL above for further - Once an application for
information. admission into the degree has
- Applications for admission to been submitted, the candidate can
postgraduate degrees at Wits proceed to complete
University for South African and the bursary application form
international students for study in which is either attached or can
2018 close 30 September 2018. be downloaded from https://www.
The ‘person number’ provided wits.ac.za/archplan/postgraduate-
upon application for admission bursaries/
must be included in the scholarship The ‘person number’ that is issued
application form. once you apply for admission to a
- Applicants whose previous masters degree at Wits University
degrees were obtained at a must be included in this form.
university outside South Africa Forms without the ‘person number’
must have their qualifications will not be considered. Applications
evaluated by the South African not using this form, or not adhering
Qualifications Authority (SAQA). to its instructions will not be
This process may happen in considered.
parallel to submission of an
Only scholarship applications
application for admission. The
of those whose applications for
procedure is set out at www.saqa.
admission into the degree was
org.
successful will be considered.
- The closing date for submitting Contact:
applications for the bursary is
If more information is needed,
30 September 2018 (i.e. the
please contact:
same date as the closing date for
applications for admission into Ms Lebo Skhosana
the degrees). Only candidates
lebo.skhosana@wits.ac.za
whose applications for admission
are complete by this date will be However, before making an
considered for the scholarship. enquiry, please exhaust the
information available at:
- The University reserves the right
not to make not to make all or to www.habitat-unit.de
make no scholarship awards.
www.wits.ac.za/archplan/
Please send the completed postgraduate-bursaries/
application form to the following
Principal Investigators of the
email address:
programme:
lebo.skhosana@wits.ac.za
Prof. Fana Sihlongonyane (Wits)
The deadline for applications is
Prof. Marie Huchzermeyer (Wits)
30 September 2018.
Prof. Philipp Misselwitz (TUB)
Application results will be
announced in October 2018.
*supported by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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