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AIMS South Africa Structured Master's Scholarship (Mathematical Sciences)

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa, South Africa

Scholarship overview

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa, based in Muizenberg, Cape Town, runs a one-year intensive Structured Master's in Mathematical Science, accredited through the University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape. It has two streams, Mathematical Sciences and AI for Science.

The programme is residential and taught in three-week blocks, two courses at a time, with 30 contact hours per course. Semester 1 holds compulsory skills courses, Semester 2 review courses (2 of 3 in each block, 11 in total, with communication skills and computing compulsory), and Semester 3 is a three-month research project with a supervisor, which need not be original work to pass.

Accepted students receive an AIMS scholarship. The academic year runs from September to the end of June.

Award Information

  • Citizen of any African country.
  • Resident in Africa at the time of application (not required for students displaced by war).
  • Completed a four-year undergraduate degree, or a three-year degree plus an honours year (in the French LMD system, an M1 year), by August for the September intake or by December for the South African January intake.
  • Degree in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering or another discipline with a strong computational and mathematical component.
  • Has not previously held a scholarship to study at an AIMS centre.
  • Flights to and from South Africa and airport transfers
  • Medical insurance
  • Tuition and research fees
  • Stipend of R2,200 per month, paid into the student's South African bank account
  • On-site accommodation at AIMS (6 Melrose Road, Muizenberg)
  • Three meals a day at the AIMS canteen

Scholarship funds are managed by AIMS, which pays all expenses other than the stipend directly.

  • September intake (Mathematical Sciences and AI for Science): applications open January to March.
  • January intake (Mathematical Sciences, South African applicants): applications open August to October of the preceding year.
  • Academic year: September to end of June.
  1. Choose your stream: Mathematical Sciences through the AIMS application portal, or AI for Science through its own application page.
  2. Complete the online application form.
  3. Upload undergraduate and postgraduate transcripts, a CV, a cover letter and sample work.
  4. Submit the application.
  5. Shortlisted candidates are invited to an online interview before final selection.

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Documents you will need

  • Undergraduate and postgraduate transcripts
  • CV
  • Cover letter
  • Sample work

How selection works

Applications are shortlisted and shortlisted candidates attend an online interview before final selections are made.

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