| Application
deadline : March 31 of the year of admission |
The
SEA-UEMA Project is a partnership between the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) and the Asian Institute of Technology.
Its goal is to contribute to the improvements of urban environmental
conditions in Southeast Asia. It seeks to attain improved
implementation and sharing of sound urban environmental
management policies and practices. The focus of the project
is on three key urban environmental sub-sectors, water and
sanitation, solid waste and air pollution, with poverty
reduction and gender equality as the two crosscutting themes.
The projects two key components are UEM Graduate Education,
and UEM Applications and Networks.
Under
the UEM Graduate Education component, the project provides
full scholarships for graduate level education and research
at master (M.Sc.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) levels (full time
and non-resident). These scholarships from the SEA-UEMA
project are available for selected applicants from countries
of Southeast Asia.
Scholarship
Details
Each
scholarship covers full tuition fees, accommodation and
a monthly bursary towards living expenses as per AIT standards,
for the duration of the study program. The full time master
program funding is for a period of four semesters (22 months)
and the full time doctoral program funding is for a period
of six semesters (36 months). The funding is also available
for non-resident doctoral program.
Over
the project period of 2003-2008, CIDA is providing 55 master
and 10 doctoral scholarships
Criteria
for Awarding CIDA Scholarships