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Mahidol University IHRP Scholarships For Myanmar Graduate Students

Name: Mahidol University IHRP Scholarships For Myanmar Graduate Students
Start: 2021-06-28T00:00:00+07:00
End: 2021-06-28T23:59:59+07:00
Location: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

28 June, 2021

Mahidol University, in cooperation with the Global Campus of Human Rights Asia Pacific, is pleased to offer scholarships for twenty (20) Myanmar graduate students who will study at Mahidol University’s Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies under one of the following master’s programs:

MA Human Rights—MAHR

This program is entirely based at Mahidol University campus. Students will study for two semesters at Mahidol IHRP from August 2021 till May 2022. Students will undertake research and write a thesis which will count towards the graduation and being awarded the MA degree. A description of the MAHR program can be found here.

MA Human Rights and Democratisation—APMA

This program is based at IHRP Mahidol University for the first semester (August – January 2022). Students then study second semester at one of the partner universities Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines), Gadjah Mada Unviersity (Indonesia), Kathmandu School of Law (Nepal), and the University of Colombo (Sri Lanka) from February till July 2022. Students will research and defend a thesis at the partner university. A description of the APMA program can be found here.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for scholarship, applicants must:

Hold a bachelor’s degree in any field. Students in the last year of undergraduate studies can apply provided they can produce evidence that they expect to graduate before 31 July 2021;

Have proof of English proficiency or be able to pass submit this proof before the start of the academic year;

Experience or interest in human rights, democracy, and peace studies an advantage but not required;

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the scholarship, applicants must submit the following documents:

Application form DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM
Curriculum vitae
Personal statement
Research concept note
Academic records: certificate of graduation and official transcript of bachelor’s degree
English language test certificate
Scanned copy of passport
Two letters of recommendation DOWNLOAD REFERENCE FORM

We recognize the difficulties in acquiring all the documents for your application, particularly if you are currently residing in Myanmar. Details about applying without these documents are given in the Application form. If you have concerns regarding this, please email ihrpoutreach@mahidol.edu to discuss the situation.

SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS