European Union TESIECS Intra-Africa Mobility 2026 Scholarship.

The TESIECS Intra-Africa mobility project facilitates long-term and short-term student and staff mobilities among its African partner institutions to promote creative, locally contextual solutions to environmental challenges.

The project is designed to facilitate capacity enhancement of academic, administrative and technical staff, and train cohorts of postgraduate students to be environmental thought leaders and sustainability champions.

Benefits

The scholarship covers           

• Tuition
• Medical Insurance
• Travelling to the country of study
• Accommodation and Subsistence

Requirements

• Target group one: Students currently registered at, admitted to or who have obtained a degree (or equivalent) from one of the four TESIECS participating institutions namely: the University of Johannesburg, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Botswana, and Namibia University of Science & Technology.
• Target group two: Students of any other public university in Africa. Students in this category may apply to any of the five TESIECS institutions.

NB: Each individual mobility has to be hosted in an African country, different from the country of nationality and of residence of the scholarship holders at the time they apply for the scholarship.

At the time they apply for a scholarship, candidates must be national of and resident in an African country.

Scholarship holders cannot benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme (e.g., Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees) to implement the same activity during their Intra-Africa mobility period.

Students will have to reimburse the financial support in case of incomplete or false declaration.

MA, MSc and PhD Study Minimum Requirements

• MA and MSc degree programmes according to the prerequisites of the relevant institution.
• PhD degree programmes according to the prerequisites of the relevant institution.

Short-Term Credit Seeking

• Any student who is enrolled or will enrol in a structured MA, MSc or PhD programme in their home country in the relevant fields of study from any recognised university in Africa.

Staff Capacity Development

• Any active, permanent member of academic, administrative or technical staff.

Traineeships or Internships

• Registered students at any level of study.

Please Note

• You need to be a citizen of an African country and have a valid passport.
• For whichever mobility scholarship you apply, you will have to move from the country in which you are a citizen, or where you may be studying or working. (The scholarship requires that you cross a border in order to take up the TESIECS opportunity.)
• You need to apply simultaneously for the TESIECS student study scholarship and, for degrees and accredited short courses, to the relevant university so that you do not miss the university application deadline
• Students applying to the University of Johannesburg and the University of the Western Cape for degrees or accredited courses must obtain a SAQA Certificate of Evaluation of Foreign Qualifications. This should be applied for as soon as possible since it takes up to six months to obtain. Other institutions will indicate the qualification authority from whom certification will need to be obtained. Click on the links for certification at the relevant mobility opportunity.
• Acceptance/Granting of one application does not guarantee acceptance/granting of the other relevant applications.

Method of Application

Click Here to Apply

• Select mobility scholarships
• Select expression of interest read the guidelines
• Select the mobility you want to apply for – Degree Seeking/ Credit seeking
• Fill in your personal information and attach all the required documents and submit
• Make sure you also apply for admission to the consortium institutions. Only students admitted in our institutions will be eligible.

Contact Persons:

• University of Johannesburg:
  • Dr. Sinethemba Sidloyi Email address: tesiecs@uj.ac.za
• University of the Western Cape:
  • Prof. Fatima Moolla Email address: tesiecs@uwc.ac.za
• University of Zimbabwe:
  • Dr. Nyasha Mutsindikwa Email address: tesiecs@uz.ac.zw
• Namibia University of Science & Technology:
  • Dr. Hilma Amwele Email address: tesiecs@nust.na and hamwele@nust.na
• University of Botswana:
  • Dr Latang Sechele Email address: tesiecs@ub.ac.bw and sechelelt@ub.ac.bw

For More Information,

Visit the Official Webpage

Application Deadline: June 1, 2026.