Liechtenstein ELIGIBILITY AND HOW TO APPLY

Scholarships are awarded on basis of financial need,

REED Scholarship academic excellence, commitment to community
renewable energy access in the country as well as
Master of Science in Sustainable Energy contribution to cultural and social diversity goals.

Successful candidates will be awarded support for living

QUALIFIED STUDENT SUPPORT FOR THE expenses in order to help complete the program within
ENERGY ACCESS – LEARNING the standard MSc program period. To apply, you must
PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE AT meet the admission requirements of participating
MALAWI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND university and its relevant masters program, and submit
the admission application form plus the required
APPLIED SCIENCES
material stipulated below.

CALL FOR 2025 APPLICATIONS

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
The Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development
• Completed scholarship application – contact the
with support by the Government of Liechtenstein is
university’s Admissions Office for the PDF form.
proud to present this Scholarship at selected universities
across Africa, in support of a number of UN Sustainable • Two letters of recommendation, by university
Development Goals - including #7: affordable and clean professors, supervisors and/or employers;
energy for all.
• A Letter of Motivation of no more than four pages
The Liechtenstein Renewable Energy Enterprise (up to 1,600 words) to explain your academic and
Development (REED) Scholarship supports pre-selected professional goals and illustrate how these relate
students in the master program of the participating to future career plans in renewable energy access.
university.
The letter must describe: a) your background; b)
The program aims to develop the next generation of why the scholarship is important to you; c) goals
African experts to grow the renewable energy access and academic and/or career plans; d) why the
sector across the country’s industries, cities, towns and master course was chosen; and e) wider
communities. community and societal implications of renewable
energy based engineering programs in providing
The Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development is
sustainable energy access for all.
dedicated to the integration and proliferation of
renewable energy in infrastructure, urban and regional • Establishment of financial need – As many of the
development internationally. Its Liechtenstein REED following as possible:
Scholarship is supported by the Government of
o Certified copy of your most recent tax return
Liechtenstein’s international development program.
or pay slip,
Web site: https://www.eurisd.org.
o Certified copy of your bank statements for the
past six months,
o Certified copy of your parents’ most recent tax
return if you are not employed,
o Other forms of documentation (corroboration
by local administration etc.)

Please send required documents in a single

PDF file to [email protected] with a
copy to [email protected]
and [email protected], with a file
size of below 10 MB.

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13 August 2025

AWARD INFORMATION

The scholarship is awarded for a maximum duration of a

standard MSc program length, renewable each term
subject to merit and maintenance of an acceptable level
of academic performance.

The scholarship is designed to supplement living

expenses such as accommodation, food and/or other
related educational expenses at the recipients’
discretion. The amount is related to the national Cost of
Living index. A scholarship is granted once the
application with its required documents has been
approved, and an award agreement has been signed.
Selections are made by a committee including LISD and
University representatives.

A recipient of the scholarship for a given term does not

automatically receive it in the following. To receive the
award for the next consecutive term, recipients will
need to maintain their grade average, meet any other
required criteria and submit required renewal materials
for additional payment. Payments are made at the
beginning of each semester or term.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Scholarship awardees are required to:

• complete all mandatory courses in time,

• maintain good grades and high performance

standing,

• submit a first-year statement of insights and

academic progress as application for the final
semester or term, and

• present a final report on experience, lessons

and final academic results.

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MORE INFORMATION

Head of Mechanical Engineering Department

Email: [email protected]
Cell: +265 997 648 856 / +265 881 939 860

http://www.mubas.ac.mw/programmes/master-of-
science-in-sustainable-energy

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