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KAFD PhD Scholarship

supported by the King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)

The KAFD PhD Scholarship offers an exciting opportunity for a student from Jordan to study at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

The scholarship is offered to a value of tuition fees plus £14,000pa maintenance allowance for four years, and is available to a Jordanian student studying on the MRes/PhD programme in Economics.

 

How to apply

Applicants interested in this scholarship should first make a formal application to LSE. More information can be found at www.lse.ac.uk/collections/graduateadmissions/apply

Once holding an offer of a place, eligible students are invited to apply for the KAFD PhD Scholarship via the Financial Support Office at LSE. This scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and the information submitted on the Postgraduate Research Scholarship Application Form.

 

King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD)

The King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD) is an organisation which aims to achieve developmental goals in Jordan and elevate the citizens’ socio-economic standards of living. KAFD’s strategies are based on establishing pioneering projects and capitalising on citizens’ capabilities and potentials, in response to their needs and priorities.

On the backdrop of a true partnership with the public and private sectors, and civil society institutions, KAFD has been contributing to programs designed to empower the targeted segments, especially the youth, to engage them in productive activities and encourage their creativity.

KAFD has established a financing window to foster youth talents, whereby it provides funding for scientific R&D activities of innovative youth, as well as scholarships for excelling students at different educational levels.

Department of Economics – http://econ.lse.ac.uk

The Department of Economics at LSE is amongst the most successful and best known economics departments in the world. This is reflected in its excellent standing in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise results which recognise it as the top economics faculty in the country. 60 per cent of the department’s research has been classified as world leading with a further 35 per cent being deemed internationally excellent. In worldwide rankings of departments, based on publications in leading journals and peer review, the department is consistently placed in the top 20, ahead of any other department in Europe.

It is one of the world’s largest academic economics departments and covers all the main areas of economics research including development, monetary and financial economics, econometrics and industrial organisation. Former students are employed as economists in a wide range of academic institutions, national and international organisations, in government, business and finance. There is a cosmopolitan feel to the department; well over half the faculty were born or educated outside the UK, and nearly threequarters of students come from overseas.

The MRes/PhD programme is grounded in a rigorous two-year coursework component with a strong research element, followed by a thesis which normally takes a further three years to complete. The department offers an environment with an excellent research infrastructure and ample opportunities for informal interaction, in which students are integrated into research groups in their area of interest