SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE MSC IN ONE HEALTH MOLECULAR BIOLOGY COURSE SCHOLARSHIPS/APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Applications are hereby invited for admission to Higher Degrees at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) for the academic year 2011/2012. Candidates for Masters’ Degree programmes are admitted once every year for an academic year that starts in September of each year. The deadline for this round of applications for Masters Degree programmes will be the 30th April, 2011. Successful candidates will be informed by June, 2011 and will be expected to be ready to embark on studies in September, 2011.
Candidates meeting the prescribed minimum qualifications are invited to apply for admission
One of the programmes on offer is the novel MSc in One Health Molecular Biology, which is a regional course catering for students from Africa and beyond.
About the course
This course focuses on practical skills and a thorough understanding of how to apply molecular biology to One Health – An emerging discipline which promotes collaboration between the veterinary and medical professions.
One Health is a scientific concept whose mission is to establish closer professional interactions, collaborations, and educational opportunities across the veterinary and medical professions, together with their allied sciences, in order to improve public health and animal health. It also encompasses inter-sectoral collaboration in disease surveillance, epidemic disease preparedness and response as well as development of enabling policy platforms, across the human, animal and eco-health sectors.
This course has been designed to train a new generation of world class scientists who will serve to address the heavy burden and threat of emerging infectious diseases in Africa that greatly hamper public health and animal health and thus socio-economic development of developing countries.
The curriculum has been developed in collaboration with the UK’s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Royal Veterinary College in London.
The course is run by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of SUA in close collaboration with the Schools of Medicine and Public Health of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and benefits from support from other SACIDS consortium universities in Southern Africa as well as the LSHTM, RVC and other internationally reputable institutions.
Minimum admission qualifications:
The following shall be eligible for registration for the MSc One Health Molecular Biology degree programme:
Holders of honours Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited University in human or veterinary medicine or other biological sciences.
Candidates who hold unclassified degrees should have a credit or a distinction in molecular biology, biotechnology, immunology or biochemistry.
Application Form
Application forms can be requested from the undersigned or downloaded from our web sites www.sacids.org and www.suanet.ac.tz. Such dully-filled forms can be returned physically or mailed to undersigned not later than 30st April 2011 together with a money order of Shs. 20,000/= (USD 40 for foreigners) as application fee.
For the Application fees applicants should deposit money in the following A/C Name; SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, STUDENT UNIVERSITY FEES, A/C NO: LOCAL; 01J1076769836, FOREX: 02J1076769841;
CRDB BANK, MOROGORO
Sponsorship
Thanks to financial support by Wellcome Trust, The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) has funds to sponsor up to 12 candidates from SADC member countries. The sponsorship will include travel, tuition fees, accommodation, and subsistence allowance.
NB: Only candidates who have been offered university admission will be considered for sponsorship by SACIDS.
About the sponsor
SACIDS is a One Health consortium of southern African academic and research institutions involved with infectious diseases of humans and animals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. Initially this programme is funded through a Wellcome Trust African Institutions Initiative Grant to the SACIDS, and UK institutions coordinated by the London International Development
Centre (LIDC).
To download the forms please visit our website: www.suanet.ac.tz/drpgs then click Application
For further information, please contact:
The Director,
Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies,
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
P. O. Box 3151, Chuo Kikuu,
Morogoro, Tanzania
Telephone: +255 (0) 23 2604388
Fax: + 255 (0) 23 2604388
E-mail: drpgs@suanet.ac.tz
Website: www.suanet.ac.tz/drpgs OR www.sacids.org
