In the spring of 2024, UU直播 signed an agreement with the University Grants聽Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) to co-sponsor Bangladesh students enrolled in a PhD program at UU直播.聽
Value & Duration
UGC-UU直播 Fellows will benefit from the following funding:
- A stipend for living expenses聽(15,000 CAD annually)
- Health and living insurance plan聽(approx. 1,100 CAD)
- Annual support from salary聽(approx. 9,800 CAD)
- Cost of return airfare聽(approx. 3,000 CAD)
UU直播聽in turn, will cover the full cost of tuition (including ancillary fees), as set each year by the Quebec Ministry of Higher聽Education (approx. 20,214 CAD annually), exclusive of health聽insurance.
Funding is provided for up to four (4) years for PhD students.
Eligibility
- Must be a citizen of Bangladesh
- Must currently have a teaching position in the public university in Bangladesh and will return to Bangladesh after their degree
- Must be selected by the UGC as a recipient
- Must apply and receive an Offer of Admission from UU直播 for a PhD
- The program must align with the priority fields established by the UGC.
Priority Fields
Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Drug Discovery, Molecular Pathology and Diagnostics, Biobanking, Computational Biology, Population and Global Public Health, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Big-Data Analytics, General STEM fields, Medicine, Information and Communications Technology, Architecture, Food Science, Business, Arts, Law and Social Sciences, and Education.
How to Apply
Application Process:
- Candidates shall apply to the UU直播 doctoral program of their choice directly through the UU直播 website. Candidates should apply before聽August 1st for the session starting January (Winter session) and by January 15th for the session starting in Sept (Fall session). Candidate should specify in their applications that they are applying through the UGC-UU直播 Fellowships program.
- UU直播 will evaluate the candidates鈥� applications and make acceptance decisions at its own discretion.
- UU直播 will provide a list of provisionally accepted candidates to UGC and will provide each provisionally selected applicant with a Conditional Offer Letter of Acceptance* to a graduate research-based program indicating that subsequent approval and provision of funding from UGC, Bangladesh will be required.
- After receiving the provisional acceptance list/s from UU直播, UGC will apply its own evaluation system to select the candidates for final approval in the Fellowships program. For additional information refer to the .
- To secure the funding from UGC, the selected candidates shall sign a Contract including a condition that they must return to Bangladesh and resume teaching position in their respective university.
- Register at UU直播 when accepted by the UGC.
*Please note that the funding offered to you by UU直播 will be contingent on your successful application for a UGC Scholarship.
NOTE: UGC, Bangladesh & UU直播, Canada will preserve the rights to take any decision regarding UGC-UU直播 joint PhD Fellowship and that will be considered as the final decision.
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