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Stellenbosch University Scholarship | Fully Funded

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The Stellenbosch University Scholarship offers a funded Masters opportunity for eligible African candidates willing to study in South Africa. The Scholarship provides full funding to selected candidates to pursue Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence programmes. See other scholarships worldwide.

The Degree is a one-year structured master’s programme at Stellenbosch University. This is designed for students with a strong mathematical and computational background. The scholarship will equip you with the fundamentals of ML and AI. Also a suite of sophisticated techniques and concepts at the research forefront of these fields. Full list of ongoing scholarships in USA.

This article will provide all the necessary details needed to help you apply for this scholarship.

Stellenbosch University Scholarship Details

Host Country: South Africa

Category

Masters scholarships

Eligible Countries

African Countries

Scholarship Requirements:

To be eligible for the Stellenbosch University Scholarship, you must possess any of these qualifications by the time of enrolment:

  • An NQF level 8 qualification deemed equivalent to the above, in a field closely linked to ML and AI.
  • An honours degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Mathematical Statistics.
  • A four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
  • Though not strictly required, it is highly recommended that you should have already completed an introductory course on machine learning.
  • 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.

Required documents:

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.

Application process

Interested applicants should follow the steps below to submit their application

  • Use the button below this page to navigate to 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.

Deadline

August 19th, 2024.

Click here to apply