FYI
As one of its contributions to development cooperation, KU Leuven offers each academic year scholarships to deserving students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest university of Flanders, Belgium. The programme is organized and managed by the Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation.
The IRO Doctoral Scholarship Programme has supported more than a hundred PhD graduates over the past ten years. After obtaining their doctorates at KU Leuven, these PhD holders are now valorizing their degrees in their home countries either in university academic research or in various sectors of industry.
KU Leuven, which is situated at about 20 kilometers from Brussels, the capital of both Belgium and Europe, is the oldest university of the Low Countries. As such, it has a long-standing tradition of hospitality towards students and scholars from abroad. At present, almost 7,000 international students (about 15% of the total number of students at KU Leuven) have found their home away from home in Leuven.
General Eligibility Conditions
- The applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries on the�OECD DAC table�that are listed under the following categories: Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries or Low Middle Income Countries.
- The time period between the date of completion of your MA degree and the date of submission of your scholarship application can be no more than ten years.
- Excellent academic results
- Excellent research project
- Proof of embedness in the South and motivation in the framework of development cooperation
- Excellent recommendations
Selection timetable
- The call is open form�1 November 2013�until�15 January 2014.
- January-April 2014:�Selection of the candidates.
- April-May 2014:�The International Admissions and Mobility Unit of KU Leuven will prepare and send the official admission letters and scholarship attestations to the selected candidates.
- May-August 2014:�Selected candidates apply for their Belgian student visas and prepare for their travel to Leuven.
- 1 October 2014 at the latest:�Arrival in Leuven.
If you are selected but are unable to accept the scholarship because of circumstances acceptable to the KU Leuven, you may re-apply the following year. Your re-application will be considered as a new application and will be evaluated as such together with the others. If you were not selected you may re-apply only once.
Application procedure
1. Online application:
If you meet the eligibility conditions, you will need to complete the�online application form�accurately and fully. Please read the instructions carefully on how to download, fill in and send the application form. Please note the instructions about uploading PDF documents and sending the certified copies of diplomas and transcripts of records in hard copy.
Please note that the system only accepts one application form per faculty. Even though your research topic may be different and your prospective promoter may be different within the same faculty, you still can submit only one application for the first research topic and promoter, and you will have to contact the�case administrator�to inform her that you want to apply for a second topic and with a different promoter within the same faculty.
2. Documents to upload and submit:
- The�elaboration form�of your�Research Proposal�signed by the appropriate professors. (Applicants who are already enrolled in a doctoral programme at KU Leuven will only need to prepare the detailed progress report as defined in their Doctoral School. The report must be signed by the promoter and the members of the examination committee of the doctoral student.)
- Your�personal motivation�and the�development relevance�of your research proposal making use of this�form. Herein the applicant must explain how the research proposal can be approached and treated in a manner relevant to development cooperation.
- Two�letters of recommendation�by persons other than your (prospective) promoter and local co-promoter, who are qualified to assess your academic capabilities. The two letters of recommendation should be submitted in sealed envelopes and sent directly by the referees to International Admissions and Mobility, KU Leuven, Atrecht College, Naamsestraat 63 - bus 5410, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium before January 15.
- Certificate of English proficiency, for instance a TOEFL score or an IELTS score or results of an equivalent test (only for�new�students who have�not�yet been enrolled at KU Leuven). The TOEFL or IELTS score should be sent to International Admissions and Mobility by ETS or by The British Council, respectively, before January 15.
- Only for applicants for the doctoral programme in economics or applied economics:�a GMAT or GRE score (for a�GMAT�score, please contact�GMAC�[code JQH7X51] and arrange for an original score card to be sent directly to International Admissions and Mobility by ETS or GMAC, respectively, before January 15.
- Copies of applications for other scholarships, if any.
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