The Consortium of Development Studies in Southeast Asia (CDSSEA) is awarding scholarships to candidates from Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand who would like to pursue a Master’s degree in development studies in Thailand. Under the CDSSEA scholarship Program, applicants can choose to study on one of three leading development programs, namely:
• The Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS)
at Chulalongkorn University,
• The Master of Arts in Social Science (Sustainable Development)
(MASS) at Chiang Mai University or
• The Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies (MGDS)
at the Asian Institute of Technology.
While studies in development are core to all three programs, they each have distinct
specializations. For MAIDS, the political approach to development highlighting democratization, human rights, confl ict resolution and globalization is included, while the
MASS program centers on social science and anthropological perspectives, with research
interests including environmental and resource management, food security, development
and local livelihoods, migration, ethnicity, transborder issues and health, all under the
context of the regionalization of development. The MGDS program takes a gender perspective with regard to development discussing issues such as economic development, politics, human rights, civil society, migration, urbanization and industrialization.
Eligibility of the Applicants
To apply, students must:
• Be a national of Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam or Thailand.For applicants from Thailand, preference will be given to students from the three provinces in the far south, or from other border areas.
• Be a BA graduate in any fi eld of study (but preferably with a social science background) and with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or with an excellent, general academic record.
• Possess good English profi ciency, with a certifi cate showing a TOEFL and IELTS score or others upon admission requirements of the program an applicant wish to apply for.
• Commit to return to their home country after completion of the program to resume their work, and
• Preferably have 2 to 3 years work experience in the fi eld of development.
Timelines for 2013 Selection Process
• 31st March 2013: Application deadline.
• 20th April 2013: Shortlisted applicants will be notifi ed
• 1st -30th May 2013: Interviews held in each participating country.
Date will vary in each location.
• 10th June 2013: Successful applicants notified.
Contact the Secretariat
MASS program
Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD)
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Tel. +66 53 943595 - 6
Fax +66 53 893279
Email: rcsd@cmu.ac.th, cdssea.cmu@gmail.com
Website: http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th
MAIDS program:
Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University,
Henri-Dunant Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Email: maids@chula.ac.th
Website: http://www.ids.polsci.chula.ac.th/
MGDS program:
PO Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
E mail : gendev@ait.ac.th
Website: http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/
Source: http://cdssea.weebly.com/index.html
