Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students
Each year, J-PAL Africa runs a three-part webinar series providing information on pursuing graduate study abroad. The first webinar provides guidance on how to prepare for a graduate program in Economics abroad while the second and third webinars provide information on how to put together a competitive application for a Masters or PhD program in Economics, Public Policy or related fields in North America and Europe.
Applications for the North America and Europe and UK editions of our "Putting Together a Successful PhD Application" webinar are now open! Apply here, by September 15, 11:59 pm GMT+2.
Please see below the dates and times for each of the upcoming webinars:
Webinar 2: Putting Together a Successful PhD Application: North American Universities
19 September 2024: 3:30-5pm GMT+2
Webinar 3: Putting Together a Successful PhD Application: UK & European Universities
10 October 2024: 3:30-5pm GMT+2
The first webinar in the 2024 series took place on 21 February 2024. You can access the webinar recording here.
Webinar 1: How to prepare for graduate study abroad
This first instalment in the series targets Africans who would like information on pathways to acquire the skills and experience that sets one up for graduate study abroad and strengthens one's application. This year our webinar featured Dr Monica Lambon-Quayefio, J-PAL invited researcher and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Augustin Tapsoba, Assistant Professor of Economics at Toulouse School of Economics, Linda Maokomatanda, PhD student at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Dr Marina Ngoma, recent PhD graduate from Tufts University and Economist in the World Bank's YPP program.
Webinar 2: Putting together a successful application, North America edition
The second instalment of the Pre-PhD webinar series targets prospective African students who are preparing to apply to PhD programs in North America starting in the fall of 2025. This year's edition will feature a panel of admissions faculty from a number of schools including McGill University, Princeton University, Tufts University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Delaware, Yale University, University of Virginia, and Cornell University. At the end of the webinar, breakout sessions will give attendees a chance to ask questions directly of admissions faculty. This year's webinar will take place on 19 September 2024, 3:30-5 pm GMT+2. You can apply for the webinar here - applications will be accepted until 15 September.
Webinar 3: Putting together a successful application, Europe and UK edition
The third and final instalment of the Pre-PhD webinar series targets prospective African students who are preparing to apply to Masters or PhD programs in Europe starting in the fall of 2025. This year's edition will featured a panel of admissions faculty from University of Louvain, Trinity College Dublin, Stockholm University, NOVA School of Business and Economics, CERDI at the University Clermont Auvergne, University of Potsdam, Oxford University, Tinbergen Institute and ETH Zurich. At the end of the webinar, participants will have a chance to ask questions directly of admissions faculty in breakout groups. This year's edition will take place on 10 October 2024, 3:30-5 pm GMT+2. You can apply for the webinar here - applications will be accepted until 4 October.
Resources
Below we provide links to a number of written resources that may be helpful in the application process. They were last updated in February 2024 and may not be comprehensive, but we hope they will serve as a useful starting point in your PhD application journey.