Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector, central management of missions, in cooperation with British cultural center and British Embassy in Egypt announces about opening the door for applying for missions program funded through agreement "Newton- Mosharafa" between United Kingdom Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt by competitive system by applying electronically on website of cultural affairs and missions sector from 5/12/2014 until 31/12/2014.

The competition is according to rare, modern and most contributed specialisms in economic development of Egypt which serve national plan of state and scientific research including:

1)      Renewable Energy

2)      Sustainable food production

3)      Sustainable Water Management

4)      Health care

5)      Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

·         Types of Dispatch:

1)      Mission of Doctorate for three years and it renews maximum for fourth year

2)      Mission of mutual supervision for a year and it is allowed to renew maximum. for another year

·         The basic terms of application:

·         First, mission for Doctorate:

1)      Scholarship should be in higher education institution in United Kingdom of Great Britain

2)      Study should be in one of five specialisms that serve national plan of state and scientific research (mentioned above)

3)      The applicant should be administrator or assistant researcher obtaining Master's Degree or assistant lecturer or assistant researcher in one of authorities listed in missions plan provided if:

A)    Duration of appointment in dispatch authority should not be less than two years of announcement date.

B)    The applicant should not be more than 30 years old in announcement date according to the article No 11 of missions law No 112 of the year 1959 and executive committee is allowed, after taking the opinion of sending authority, to exceed the age relating to public interest (with a maximum of two years).

C)    The applicant should get Master's Degree in mission specialism

D)    The grade of university degree should be very good at least

E)     The applicant should get 550 degree in TOEFL or 79 degree in IBT or 6 degree in IELTS test (language certificate should be presented before 29/12/2014) taking into account the higher linguistic level required by Foreign Universities when traveling

F)     The applicant should do military service or is exempted from it

G)    It is not allowed for the applicant to get mission or scholarship for Doctorate before

H)    Data forms should be accredited from sending authority (accredited and sealed from the faculty and university)

Second, mutual supervision mission:

1)      The scholarship will be in institution of higher education in United Kingdom of Great Britain

2)       The study will be in one of five specialisms that serve national plan of state and scientific research (mentioned above)

3)      The applicant should be administrator or assistant researcher who get Master's Degree or assistant lecturer or assistant researcher in one of authorities listed in missions plan provided if:

A)    Duration of appointment in dispatch authority should not be less than two years of announcement date.

B)    The applicant should not be more than 35 years old

C)    The applicant should get Master's Degree in mission specialism

D)    The grade of university degree should be very good at least

E)     The applicant should get 550 degree in TOEFL or 79 degree in IBT or 6 degree in IELTS test, taking into account the higher linguistic level required by Foreign Universities when traveling

F)     It is not allowed for the applicant to get mission or scholarship for Doctorate before

G)    Data forms should be accredited from sending authority (accredited and sealed from the faculty and university)

·         Material advantages of the Mission:

1)      The British side will bear tuition and research fees

2)      The general administration of missions bears travel tickets, salaries and allowances according to financial schedule of mission of member according to his/her marital status.

·         How to apply:

First, application is done electronically through cultural affairs sector website from 5/12/2014 until 31/12/2014 accompanied with all required documents:

www.mohe-casm.edu.eg

Second, all papers applied electronically should be applied in paper to general management of missions from 7/12/2014 until 31/12/2014 from 9 am until 3 pm in Tahrir complex, the seventh floor (plan management)

·         Required documents:

1)      Certified statement of the first university degree and grade in English

2)      Statement of grades of all subjects in all years and public grade in every year separately

3)      Certified certificate proving a master's or its equivalent in English

4)      Certificate of registration date in case of he/she registered for Doctorate

5)      Modern and certified statement explains the dates of appointment in jobs and vacations of all its types

6)       Valid language certificate (the certificate is valid for two years of exam date) and the applicant should fulfill the term of language for travel prior to the implementation of the Mission.

7)      Certificate explains that the applicant has never received mission or scholarship or scientific mission through missions (internal mission, mutual supervision, external mission, scientific mission, and scholarship for state, one of programs at the expense of missions or any program funded from missions).

8)      Project of  Doctorate study plan certified from dispatch authority

9)       What stating his position of military service

10)  Preliminary approval from one or two professors on research plan taking into account academic rank of university and scientific committee has the right to differential between them.

11)  Approval of employer to apply for these missions certified from the vice president for post-graduation studies and research

12)  Mentioning the names of three professors to whom one can refer when needed with explaining how to contact with them

13)  Data forms certified in Arabic and English

14)  Certified certificate of activities done by the applicant to serve occupation and dispatch authority.

·         Schedule:

1)      Opening the door will be on 5/12/2014 and closing the door will be on 31/12/2014

For more information, please visit:

NewtonMosharafa.PhD@britishcouncil.org

NewtonMosharafa.PhD@mohe-casm.edu.eg