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Prerequisites
To be eligible to apply for the AI for Science program, you have to:
be a resident in Africa at time of application*,
be a citizen of any country in Africa,
have completed a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree with an honours year by August 2024 (or December 2024 for southern African applicants; see FAQ),
not have held a previous scholarship to study at an AIMS centre.
Your undergraduate degree could be in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering or any other discipline with a strong computational and mathematical component.
The requirement of having completed either a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree with an additional honours year is a requirement for enrolling as a Master’s degree student in South Africa.
* The residency requirement is not applicable to students who are displaced by war.
Applications for the 2024-25 academic year will open in January 2024.
Applications and selection will happen in two rounds:
Online selection round
Register at apply.aims.ac.za and upload the following documents there before 11:59 PM on 29 March 2024:
Your curriculum vitae
A motivation letter of around 500 words
Academic transcripts
Written mathematics questions (to be found on the application site)
Coding problem (to be found on the application site)
The online application includes a dozen short mathematics questions and one coding problem. It’s not an exam, but the questions give the selection panel some insight into how you approach problems. A full application can’t be completed at the last minute, and we encourage prospective DeepMind Scholars at AIMS South Africa to start applying early!
Interviews
The final round consists of short online interviews in May 2024.
