SKILL offers the opportunity for junior university staff members of Historically Disadvantaged Groups without a master's degree to obtain this degree at a Dutch university. The SKILL programme offers funding for their travel to the Netherlands, their stay and the tuition fee. The programme offers funding for the replacement at the South African university as well.

The master's degree may be in any academic field, there are no restrictions on this point. The only requirements regarding the master are the entry requirements set by the Dutch university offering the master's degree. A successful application with a Dutch university can only be accepted for the SKILL programme provided replacement at the South African university is arranged! This replacement cannot be filled by a current colleague, the replacement must be filled by someone liaised to the faculty solely for that purpose.

As the number of places on offer is limited and the application deadline of April 1st is approaching, we would kindly like to ask you to encourage possible candidates to apply!

The participating universities for this year are:
Wageningen University and Research Center (www.wur.nl/ukhttp://www.wur.nl/uk),
Delft University of Technology (www.tudelft.nl/<http://www.tudelft.nl/>),
Maastricht University (www.maastrichtuniversity.nl<http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl>)
and VU University Amsterdam (www.vu.nl/en<http://www.vu.nl/en>).

If a candidate plans to apply for a master's degree, he/she must first inform SAVUSA. SAVUSA will then assist with the replacement arrangements.

We hope to welcome new candidates starting their complete master's this September!