General Admission Requirements
Only residents from selected developing countries are eligible for a VUB scholarship. This list is based on the List of Developing Countries situated in Africa, Asia and Latin-America from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
| Least Developed Countries | Other Low Income Countries (per capita GNI < $935 in 2007) | Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories (per capita GNI $936-$3 705 in 2007) | ||
| Afghanistan Angola Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo, Dem.Rep. Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Kiribati Laos Lesotho Liberia | Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Niger Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Sudan Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Yemen Zambia | Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Kenya Korea, Democratic Republic Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Viet Nam Zimbabwe | Algeria Bolivia Cameroon Congo, Rep. China Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jordan Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nicaragua Niue | Palestinian Administered Areas Paraguay Peru Philippines Sri Lanka Swaziland Syria Thailand Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Wallis and Futuna |
South Africa and Cuba (Upper Middle Income Country) are also eligible for scholarships.
- Candidates must comply with the specific admission requirements for the programme they apply for.
- Calls for scholarships are made for specific Master and/or Advanced Master programmes. Candidates are allowed to apply only once a year.
- Candidates may not be older than 35 years of age at the moment of application.
Selection Procedure
A Scientific Committee, installed for each specific study programme eligible for scholarships, will evaluate the candidate’s academic qualifications and data provided through the application form. The committee will assess candidates’ eligibility for the programme and pre-select a number of candidates. All candidates will be notified of the outcome of this first selection phase.Pre-selected applicants will be asked to send a complete file comprising original or original certified copies of the required official documents. These documents will be screened by the Admission Board of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel to check if they comply with admission requirements.
The Bureau for Development Cooperation takes final decision in the selection procedure, based upon scientific priority ranking and Admission Board’s approval. The selection is submitted for endorsement to the Research Council and rector of the university.
Instructions for Applicants
Applicants MUST use the requested application form.
No later than October 31, 2011 the thoroughly completed online application form should be submitted.
APPLICATION OPENS ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2011.
You will have to upload several documents in this form:
- a passport photo
- a copy of your passport or valid ID
- a copy of your diploma’s and transcripts of records (grade sheets) translated to English or French
Recommendation letters
- Two r ecommendation letters have to be sent by the concerning authors by scan and mail to development.cooperation@vub.ac.be, with reference ‘Your name and first name, application for a VUB-scholarship’.
- If you have no time to complete the application form at once, you can always log in again (until the above mentioned deadline) and edit the pages that were not completed yet.
- Candidates who apply through this on-line form are applying for a scholarship as well as admission to the programme. There is no need to apply separately for an academic admission. The number of scholarships is limited and only the very best students will receive this grant. So it is possible that you will be granted academic admission without scholarship.
All applicants will be informed about the results of the pre-selection of their application by e-mail by the end of November 2011 .
Remark
INCOMPLETE OR LATE APPLICATION FILES WILL NOT BE CONSIDEREDStep 2: Submission of required documents (ONLY by pre-selected applicants)
Pre-selected applicants will be invited to submit additional documents by Januari 10, 2012, the latest.Documents to be submitted by pre-selected candidates:
- Officially authenticated copies of the diplomas you obtained: university degree, equivalent to a Flemish Bachelor’s degree (obtained after minimum 3 years of study = 180 ECTS in an academic curriculum) )
- Transcripts of academic records (grade sheets) of all the academic years under envelope sealed by the university or officially authenticated copies of these transcripts. Applicants who graduated at an African university must request their home university to send the transcripts under sealed envelope to the registrar's address. If these documents are not in English, French or Dutch, OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS (= by a sworn translator) in one of these languages must be added. Copies of degrees and transcripts are not accepted, nor are copies of authenticated copies.
- Certificates of enrollments taken at other Flemish universities (if applicable).
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A comprehensive motivation (1page).
- Two address labels (label with your own address printed on it). These labels will be used for mail purposes.
- Two recent passport photos.
- A copy of a valid ID-card or passport.
- Proof of proficiency in English.
Scores should be sent directly by the examination center to the VUB under sealed envelope to the VUB Registrar's Office. For the TOEFL-test scores, the institutional code ‘3574 – VUB’ can be used by the examination center. Officially authenticated copies are not accepted. - Students from the P.R. China have to obtain a certificate of academic screening issued by the Academic Evaluation Center (APS) of the German Embassy in Beijing before being allowed to enroll at any higher education institution. The certificate is also required to obtain a student visa to Belgium. More information on APS can be found at www.aps.org.cn. An APS-attestation is a mandatory document in the paper application package.
VUB Scholarship
International Relations and Mobility Office
(address can be found on the webpage of the International Office)
Final selection results are communicated to all pre-selected applicants before the end of February 2012.
Selected students will have to start the procedure for visa application to travel and stay in Belgium at the Belgian Diplomatic Office in their home country. (Addresses of Belgian Embassies can be consulted on the website http://www.diplomatie.be/en/addresses/abroad/default.asp.
In order to start visa procedure, you will need to provide at least the following documents to the Belgian Embassy:
- National passport still valid at least for 1 year + 1 copy of the passport
- Certificate of admission to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (will be provided by Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
- Certificate of scholarship (will be provided by Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
- Medical certificate of good health
- Certificate of Good Conduct (also known as "Police Record") issued maximum 6 months before visa application date.
- Proof of health insurance (will be provided by Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
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