1. VLIR/UOS grantees : up to 15 scholarships will be granted to candidates who have submitted the full VLIR/UOS scholarship application form (download link : Lib@Web Application Form). Such applicants should come from the Belgian Development Co-operation list of co-operating countries and not be employed by VLIR/IUC partner universities; the selection will aim at a gender balance (50-50), a good spread over South-East Asia, Africa and Latin-America but with special emphasis on Sub-Sahara African countries.
2. Other applicants who pay for their participation fee (about 2400 euros) themselves or by other sponsors.

-       Applicants should hold a university degree (BA or MA), ideally in Information & Library Science, Computer Science or a related discipline.

-       Applicants ideally are in between 25-35 years old. Candidates over 40 years old will not be accepted.

-       Applicants have at least 2 years of professional experience in a scientific/academic library or similar information-intensive job.

-       Applicants must show strong institutional support from their employer. The applicant’s employer should state his support with an official letter.

-       Applicants must be proficient in English. Those who received a university education in English must provide an official certificate confirming this. Other applicants must submit one of the following test results: TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): minimum score of 550 for paper-based test, or 79 for internet-based test (see www.toefl.org) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System): minimum score of 6.0 (see www.ielts.org)

 Application procedure and deadlines

The application form, together with all required documents, should be sent directly to the promoter of Lib@Web, prof. Dr. Egbert de Smet /University of Antwerp (Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium). Applications that are incomplete, illegible or reach the admission office after the deadline will be automatically rejected. Electronic applications are not accepted. Applications sent to VLIR-UOS Scholarship office shall not be considered.

Applicants applying for both admission and VLIR-UOS scholarship must meet both the academic admission requirements and the scholarship criteria )(see : www.scholarships.vliruos.be) . Applicants applying for admission only, simply need to consider the admission requirements.