With an aim to encourage students’ research and writing on African topics and to promote the study of African cultures and societies, the African Studies Centre Leiden has decided to award the African Thesis Award for the academic year 2022-2023.
The ASC Leiden is offering this scholarship application exclusively to research students that possess a completed master thesis on an African continent or in the Netherlands. Selected candidates will be entitled to receive € 500 and have their winning thesis published in the ASCL’s African Studies Collection.
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Summary
Nice chance for students to get financial assistance in Netherlands.The African Studies Centre is a scientific institute in the Netherlands. The center is an interfaculty institute of Leiden University, which is ranked 24th in the world and top in the Netherlands in the World University Rankings 2022. ASC Leiden undertakes social-science research on Africa with the aim of promoting a better understanding of historical, current, and future social developments in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Why choose to study at the African Studies Centre Leiden? The ASC Leiden is an interfaculty institute whose aim is to gain a better understanding of Africa in a rapidly changing world. It is the only multidisciplinary academic knowledge institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa and also has an extensive library that is open to the general public.
Established in 1575, Universiteit Leiden (Leiden University) is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the large town of Leiden (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), South Holland. This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): The Hague. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederland (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands), Universiteit Leiden (LEI) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 25,000-29,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Universiteit Leiden (LEI) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 444 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on students' past academic record and grades. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.