- Masters and doctorate Students Mobility
To be eligible for a scholarship, master and doctorate students must comply with the following criteria set out below at the time of the application.- Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Programme.
- Be registered or admitted in or having obtained a HEI degree or equivalent from:
- For Target Group I: Be registered or admitted in or having obtained a HEI degree or equivalent from one of the HEIs included in the partnership as a partner.
- For Target Group II: Be registered or admitted in or having obtained a HEI degree or equivalent from a HEI not included in the partnership as a partner but established in an eligible country.
- Have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host countries.
- Students can only benefit from one scholarship within the same project under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme-2020 regardless of the type of mobility or the funding project.
- Students having benefited from scholarship(s) under the previous Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme cannot receive scholarships under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.
- No mobility flows for students between institutions located within a single country of the partnership are eligible.
- Academic and Administrative Staff Mobility
The staff mobility, academic and administrative staff, offers additional opportunities for personal and professional development through the possibility of doing practical training, researching and teaching in a partner institution with the duration of 1 or 2 months of effective work. This type of mobility always involves the active participation in teaching, research and in the daily life of office activities. By submitting his/her application the applicant must be aware not only of the eligibility criteria but also of the tasks that the mobility will demand.In order to be eligible for a scholarship academic and administrative staff must comply with the following criteria at the time of the application for a scholarship:- Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the Programme.
- Work full-time in one of the partner universities.
- Have not benefited in the past from an Intra Africa scholarship for the same type of mobility.
- Academic and administrative staff can only benefit from one scholarship within the same project under the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme regardless of the type of mobility or the funding project.
- No mobility flows for staff between institutions located within a single country of the partnership are eligible.
- Have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries.
Individual mobility for students and staff
There are two target groups and three different types of individual mobility
| Targe Group | Participants | Types of mobility | Minimum/Maximum duration |
|
Target Group 1 |
Students registered/admitted in or having obtained a degree from one of the HEIs that is involved in the partnership (including that lead applicant) | Master | 6/24 months |
| Doctorate | 6/48 months | ||
| Staff working for one of the HEIs that is involved in the partnership (including the lead applicant) | Staff | 1/6 months | |
| Target Group 2 | Students registered/admitted in or having obtained a degree (or equivalent from a HEI not included in the partnership but established in Africa | Master | 6/ 24 months |
| Doctorate | 6/48 months |
Recognition of studies
The MoU, containing learning agreement/research plans describing the programme of study abroad and a credit transfer system or other equivalent mechanisms, will be established & signed among the partners in order to recognise different types of mobility including credit-seeking, degree-seeking mobility flows and research/teaching period. The consortium will develop a grade conversion tool for situations where there are differences in academic grading systems among partners (e.g. from research only programmes and course and research-based programmes) by including the grade conversion tool as part of the learning agreement. Student learning agreements, which explain credit transfer rules before the mobility takes place, will be signed by the student, home, and host universities (including Target Group 2 students). This will be facilitated in collaboration with the highest authorities of the registrar’s office from partners and by involving the national/regional qualification authorities. The consortium will develop standard processes of curriculum compression checklists among programmes of the partners. Bilateral/multilateral agreements between/among partners will include credit transfer agreements to recognize credit-seeking mobility and procedures for follow-up on recognition after mobility. The sample of the learning agreement and transcript of records are available on the Downloads page.