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HPI Research School at UCT PhD/Postdoctoral Applications 2025

Applications for Admission in February 2025. Deadline is 15 August 2024.

This is the application portal for persons interested in applying for a position as a PhD or Postdoctoral student in the Hasso-Plattner Institute Research School at UCT.

The Hasso-Plattner Research School at UCT in ICT4D, affiliated with the School of Information Technology at the University of Cape Town, is offering fellowships to PhDs and Postdocs in the fields of Computer Science and Information Systems to students from the African continent. More specifically, we seek high-quality applications centered on ideas that revolve around proposing solutions to problems of computing that emerge in the African context. For more information, please see the full call for applications here: http://www.sit.uct.ac.za/sit/research/hpi-scholarships

The school is financially supported by the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering.

There are 10 questions in this survey.
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Applicant Name
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Applicant Email
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Are you applying for a PhD or Postdoctoral Position?
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Previous Degree Institution
This should be the degree of your Masters program if you are applying for PhD positions, and of your PhD program if you applying as a Postdoc.
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Previous Degree Field(s)
Please indicate the field(s) of your prior degrees.
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Research Proposal Title
Provide a provisional title for your research.
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Please list keywords separated by semicolons for the areas of specialisation for your proposed research, as well as areas in which you have significant experience.
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Please upload your application documents as a single PDF file here. This file should include your curriculum vitae (2-3 pages), academic transcripts, TOEFL/IETLS Results (if relevant), and a brief research proposal (2-3 pages) with potential supervisor(s) identified.
The max size of the application is 2MB. If your document is greater than 2MB please reduce the size or provide a link in the comments.
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Select up to three prospective supervisors, and indicate if you have contacted them. Note that only the people listed here are available as supervisors in the HPI Research School at UCT.
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How did you hear about this scholarship opportunity?
 
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