Scholarship Program

Scholarships are open to candidates in Cameroon from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Candidates from conflict and post conflict areas of Africa residing in Cameroon are also encouraged to apply. The applicant has to be in position to qualify for admission into undergraduate and/or postgraduate programmes at The University of Bamenda. All applicants should read and thoroughly understand the admission criteria for the relevant programmes at The University of Bamenda. Students already having a scholarship of any kind are not eligible to benefit from this scholarship opportunity. Anyone with a double scholarship if found will automatically be discontinued. Beneficiaries of TAGDev scholarships are not eligible to apply.

• • Be a national of Cameroon or a refugee resident in Cameroon to benefit from the national respective scholarship quota.
  • Be economically disadvantaged, marginalized communities, and/or coming from conflict and post conflict areas in Cameroon.
  • Be less than 30 years for undergraduate and less than 35 years for masters studies at the time of application.
  • Should have completed secondary school and/or diploma for a Bachelors degree application not more than four years (2021 2024) from the time of this call.
  • The applicant should meet admission criteria to be eligible programmes in The University of Bamenda.
  • For admission into University of Bamenda for an undergraduate degree programme applicants must have attained General Certificate of Education, Advanced Level (G.C.E. A/L) in at least two (2) subjects obtained in one sitting or its equivalent (e.g., WAEC, university

    entry examinations/qualifications for East or Southern African countries, Baccalaureate) General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level (GCE O/L) in at least four (4) subjects or its equivalence (e.g., Probatoire etc).

NB: Candidates without a pass in English Language at “Ordinary Level” and “Probatoire” are allowed to apply and take an English Language Proficiency Test organized by The University of Bamenda after the offer of provisional admission. Students without Ordinary Level Mathematics can still apply for admission in the various undergraduate programmes. They will be admitted in case they meet up with their choice programme’s requirement but will be required to take a remedial Mathematics course.

For Masters Programmes, the candidate should have obtained- BSc in the relevant domain of studies with good grades

• • Demonstrate interest in agriculture, agribusiness and entrepreneurship
  • Demonstrate leadership qualities
  • Have commitment to working in agriculture and agricultural value chains
  • Have a strong commitment to community transformation
  • Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

This is a full board comprehensive scholarship that covers: tuition fees, research costs, workshop and conference costs, living expenses including stipend and hostel, laptop, internship attachment, community engagement and field attachment, and entrepreneurship training. Consequently, considering the level of investment, successful applicants will be required to become high achievers, highly engaging and focused students/ graduates and change makers contributing to outreach services in the communities, capable of creating enterprises that create jobs for themselves and others and have personal satisfaction and dynamism.

In addition to other scholars benefits, RDPs and PWDs will recieve the following support:

1. 1. RDPs will be supported with travel documents
   2. PWDs will recieve assistive devices to support learning and movement during the course of studies

This is a comprehensive scholarship with direct and indirect costs that will be covered by the TAGDev 2.0 programme through the implementing university where the student will be studying. Indirect costs such as participation in the international conference will be directly covered by the RUFORUM Secretariat. The following further apply:

1. 1. Direct costs for student training will be transferred to the university as a grant payable to the university. The students will receive their respective services and entitlements from the university as the implementer and where necessary from RUFORUM.
   2. All scholarships will be on a rolling basis implying that, the scholarship will be renewed on annual basis subject to satisfactory academic performance at grade B level of University of Bamenda.
   3. Retaking more than four courses will lead to the withdrawal of the scholarship awarded to the candidate.
   4. Applicants who may be discovered to have falsified information in order to gain advantage of the scholarship shall be disqualified on confirmation of the falsification and/or forgery.
   5. Any misconduct (breaching university rules especially examination malpractice, violence towards others) on the part of the successful applicant shall lead to automatic disqualification and loss of the scholarship.
   6. Successful applicants will be expected to become champions and transformative leaders, entrepreneurs and change makers at various levels and shall remain communicating with RUFORUM and the Universities as part of the Programme Alumni.