2024 Stellenbosch University Scholarship (Fully Funded)
The Stellenbosch University Scholarship offers a funded Masters opportunity for interested and eligible candidates of African origin willing to study in South Africa.\
The Stellenbosch University Scholarship will provide full funding to selected candidates to pursue Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence programmes at the university in 2024.
In this post, Scholarship Region will discuss the details, requirements, benefits, and the step-by-step application procedure for interested applicants.
Stellenbosch University Scholarship Summary
- Host Country: South Africa
- Eligible Countries: African Countries
- Reward: Full Scholarship
- Deadline: August 15, 2024
Stellenbosch University Scholarship Details:
Stellenbosch University is offering fully funded Masters scholarships to students interested in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
The MSc in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence is a one-year structured master’s programme at Stellenbosch University, designed for students with a strong mathematical and computational background.
The scholarship will equip you with the fundamentals of ML and AI, plus a suite of sophisticated techniques and concepts at the research forefront of these fields.
2024 Stellenbosch University Scholarship Requirements:
To be considered for the 2024 Stellenbosch University Scholarship, you must have one of the following qualifications by the time of enrolment:
- An honours degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Mathematical Statistics;
- A four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering;
- An NQF level 8 qualification deemed equivalent to the above, in a field closely linked to ML and AI.
- You should also have existing and demonstrable proficiency in Python or an equivalent programming language, and be comfortable with numerical linear algebra, vector calculus, basic probability theory and statistics.
- Though not strictly required, it is highly recommended that you should have already completed an introductory course on machine learning.
Stellenbosch University Scholarship Duration and Reward
- A number of full scholarships available for students from Africa. If you complete an application for the programme before 15 August, you will also be considered for a scholarship.
- Successful applicants will be notified in September.
Required Documents for Stellenbosch University Scholarship
To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;
- Application Form
- A comprehensive CV
- A letter of motivation
- A statement of research interest
- The letter of motivation can be short (1 page), on why you want to complete this programme, what you hope to get out of it, and what you might want to do after the programme.
- The statement of research interest can be a short (1 page) letter on any specific interests you currently have within the fields of ML and AI.
To apply for the 2024 Stellenbosch University Scholarship, interested and qualified applicants should;
- Click on the button below to visit the scholarship webpage
- Go to the applicant portal on SUNStudent, create a profile if you haven’t already, and log in.
- Click on “Programme selection”.
- Faculty: “Faculty of Science – Stellenbosch”
- Programme type: “Postgraduate”
- Programme: “MSc (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence)”, full-time or part-time
- Complete the required information from the menus on the left panel.
- Successful applicants will be notified in September.
