Postgraduate Scholarships in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy

Australia. University of New South Wales.

The Australian Government has signed an agreement with the University of New South Wales to provide financial support for a project under the APP (Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate) entitled: Building Expertise in Solar Energy Engineering. The project aims to educate and train postgraduate coursework (Masters of Engineering Science/ MEngSc) and research (PhD) students in Photovoltaics Engineering in order to overcome barriers of insufficient expertise in this field and to encourage accelerated uptake of photovoltaics manufacturing and applications in the Asia Pacific region.

For the Masters by coursework the scholarships covers covers 50% of tuition fees for 40 Masters students in 2008 and 40 in 2009. Limited places are available in 2008 and 2009 for sponsorship recipients to undertake UEEC (University English Entry Course) language program at UNSW’s Institute of Languages, the tuition fees of which will be fully covered by the APP Sponsorship. For the PhD by research the scholarships covers full tuition fees for up to 7 standard semesters, or 3.5 years.

Applications are open to international students who are citizens of Peoples Republic of China, India and Republic of Korea and are proposing to undertake full-time MEngSci in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy (Program Code 8538, Plan Code: SOLAAS8538) or PhD study (Program Code 1655) in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy at UNSW. Entry to the programs requires a relevant four-year degree in engineering or science.

For further details you may visit the official site or contact:

Dr Richard Corkish (Head of School)

School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy, Engineering
The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052

Phone: +61 02 9385 4068
Fax: +61 02 93857762

To apply, you must apply via MyUNSW. Deadline for 2nd semester of 2008 applications is 30 May 2008.