Partially Funded Master and PhD Scholarships at the University of Mauritius

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

University of Mauritius

Area

Africa

Host Country

MAURITIUS ISLAND

Deadline

30 Oct 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships

Specialities

Engineering , Information technology and computer science , Science

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

The University of Mauritius is offering an MPhil/PhD Scholarship as part of the funding provided by the Higher Education Commission for the project titled “A mesoscopic simulator for the optimization of Light Rail Transit Systems”.

Programme Objectives:-

One of the objectives set for the aforementioned project is to conduct PhD level research for the development of a novel multi-objective nature-inspired model/algorithm for the optimisation of operations (scheduling, cost, emission, Light Rail Vehicle Motion, passenger flows at stations) for light rail transit (LRT) systems.
The beneficiary of this scholarship will have to undertake the following core activities during his/her MPhil/PhD study:
- Carry out profound literature reviews in the field of multi-objective optimisation algorithms, Nature Inspired
- algorithm, Constrained Optimisation, Computational Intelligence, and light rail transit.
- Conduct experimentations, observations, and surveys.
- Analyse models, datasets and simulation results.
- Develop, test and validate a novel optimisation algorithm/model for LRT operations.
- Publish research papers in internationally peer-reviewed journals during the scholarship.
- Do oral presentations at seminars/workshops/conferences.
- Prepare and submit progress reports, MPhil transfer report and PhD Thesis.

Eligibility:-

Applicants must hold at least an Upper Second-Class Honours Degree in Computer Science/ Information Systems/ Applied Computing/ Software Engineering/ Mathematics/ Physics/ Engineering, or related fields, from a recognised institution.

Funding:-

The Scholarship covers an annual tuition and registration fees up to a maximum of Rs 75,000 and a monthly stipend: MPhil – Rs 16,500; PhD – Rs 18,300.

Duration:-

The beneficiary will be granted a maximum period of 3 years to complete his/her MPhil/PhD study.

About Mauritius University:-

The University of Mauritius is the national university of Mauritius. It is the oldest and largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered. The University of Mauritius includes six faculties in addition to a Centre for Innovative Lifelong Learning (CILL), a Centre for Information Technology & Systems (CITS) and a Centre for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research (CBBR).

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