Asian Peacebuilders Scholarships for young Asian professionals
View(s):Applications have been invited under the Asian Peacebuilders Scholarship (APS)- a Dual Degree Master of Arts Programme. It is a shared initiative of The Nippon Foundation, the UN Mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU). The deadline ends on August 11.
The objective of the programme is to train young Asian professionals to become peace building practitioners, ready to take up leading positions in organisations across the globe. In particular, the programme serves to strengthen the representation of Asian professionals with expertise in Asian issues, the Higher Education Ministry said.
The programme offers intensive, specialised language training to facilitate participation of professionals with lower levels of English proficiency, study in Costa Rica and the Philippines, as well as hands-on design and implementation of an intensive field project in Asia. Scholars obtain 2 MA Degrees, 1 from UPEACE, in an area related to peace building and the 2nd from AdMU in Political Science, majoring in Global Politics.
Successful recipients of full APS are provided tuition, airfare, transit and some visa costs for all programme components, and a monthly stipend. The programme facilitates up to 30 students per cohort. The APS takes the format of a Dual-Degree, 18.5-21.5 months (subject to entry English proficiency) intensive academic study programme targeted for young professionals from Asia. Academic study takes place in Costa Rica and The Philippines, and is made up of the following elements: (1) An intensive Language-learning component (2) MA at UPEACE (3) MA at AdMU in Political Science, majoring in Global Politics (4) Implementation of a Field Project.
The Higher Education Ministry or, http://www.upeace.org has details of the programme