University scholarship in Innovation Design in Belgium

1. Stock market data:

• Country: belgium
• Organization: Several universities
• Name of scholarship: ARES scholarships
• Year: 2022-2023
• Level: master
• Specialties: Social innovation design
• Target Countries: South Africa, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Uganda, Peru, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Guinea (Conakry), Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
• Target Group: For all groups.
• Amount of the Grant: € 1,200
• Deadline to Apply: January 28, 2022

2. The conditions of participation and the conditions of admission

The Specialized Master in Social Innovation Design (MS_DIS) is part of the theme of social and sustainable innovation to design a city of tomorrow that is both resilient and inclusive, and this in an approach of pooling skills and ‘experiences from cities in the South as well as in the North.

The themes on which the students are working in a workshop project are multiple, the idea not being to focus on a problem but rather on an approach making it possible to tackle various sustainability issues.

It is about bringing together professionals from the creative professions in the broad sense, who will be able to work together with technicians, economists, scientists, and other experts.

This specialization master’s degree is aimed at holders of a master’s degree issued in the creative disciplines of Plastic, Visual and Space Arts, such as design (textile, product, industrial, urban, systems, etc.), architecture , town planning, interior design, graphics, etc.

Candidates are professionals with a minimum of 2 years of professional experience, in any sector (private, public, associative, academic …), active in practices associated with the challenges of urbanization and the management of cities in the broad sense. .

The introduction of a scholarship application must be done according to the introduction procedures and meet the admissibility criteria described below.

The selection of scholarship holders is carried out by a selection panel for each training course after analysis of their administrative admissibility by ARES.

All files received between the first and the last day of the call will be treated equally.

ARES encourages female candidates, with equal quality, female candidates will be preferred.

Admissibility criteria

Applying for an ARES scholarship is completely free.

ARES does not charge any fees at any stage of the application or selection process whatsoever.

For his request to be admissible, the candidate must:

1. Has nationality, resides and works in one of the countries mentioned above.
2. Have a diploma comparable to a Belgian 1st cycle diploma
3. Evidence of a relevant professional occupation
4. Complete the file in the language in which the training is given and can attest to a good written and spoken knowledge of it.
5. Apply for only one training.

Selection criteria

The selection phase is carried out by a deliberating jury organized for each training.

ARES grants the selection panel the right to assess the compliance of the files with the common selection criteria described below, taken individually or in combination with one another.

Here are the main selection criteria:

1. The quality of the academic career
2. The benefit of previous scholarships
3. Professional experience
4. Belonging to a partner institution
5. The potential of people to be agents of change in their own society
6. The nationality criteria.