Tanzania Scholarships for Distance Learning MSc in Mgmt & Info Systems: Manchester University

IDPM student funding opportunities

The Institute of Development Policy and Management is a top destination for postgraduate students and offers an array of funding opportunities, including strategic use of our own resources.

Equity and Merit Scholarships for Study by Distance Learning

Equity and Merit Scholarships aim to assist talented but economically disadvantaged students from some of the world’s poorest countries. The scholarships, established on an initiative of the President of the University, cover all tuition and examining fees and course material costs.

We currently accept applications from Tanzania and Uganda for the following IDPM distance learning programmes:

MSc Human Resource Management and Development

This is a unique distance learning programme, founded on the key development-oriented tenet that human resources are the most valuable asset that a nation and its constituent organisations possess, and that teaching, learning and research in this area can contribute directly to human and socio-economic development.

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MSc Management and Information Systems: Change and Development

This course develops the hybrid mix of management and information systems skills that we know from experience is essential to the successful and strategic application of information and communication technologies by today's organisations.

Designed for participants in developing and transitional economies, this course is suited to both functional managers who wish to take greater control over, and make a more direct contribution to, change in their organisations via the development and implementation of information systems, as well as information systems professionals who wish to improve the success rate of the information systems they develop or use, and who may also wish to upgrade their management skills and knowledge.

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These two MSc programme are available through distance learning so that practitioners can study while continuing to work in their ongoing development-related professional roles, in the public, private and civil society sectors, or in roles in international organisations, agencies or NGOs.

How to apply for this scholarship

Applications for January 2014 IDPM courses are now open. 

• Find out if you are eligible for the scholarship and see full details of the application process

IDPM Development Leadership Scholarships

Applications are invited for the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) Development Leadership Scholarships from holders of offers for masters programmes in IDPM.

A maximum of four full tuition fee waivers will be offered to successful applicants for the scholarship.

How to apply for this scholarship

To qualify to apply for the scholarships, applicants must hold a first class honours first degree or equivalent and an overall score of 7.0 in IELTS, with 7 in writing and no other subsections below 6, or the equivalent. Applicants should not have studied at masters level or at any level within the European Union previously.

To apply, applicants should provide a 500 word statement detailing how they will apply their learning to develop a credible career track into development leadership by email to Michael Ruppli at IDPM-MGD-Admissions@manchester.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 30 June 2014.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application in July 2014.