{"id":2000118072,"date":"2026-07-04T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000118072"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:27:35","slug":"over-40-rwandans-secure-scholarships-for-postgraduate-studies-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/over-40-rwandans-secure-scholarships-for-postgraduate-studies-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 40 Rwandans secure scholarships for postgraduate studies in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 43 beneficiaries will study at various Brazilian universities, where they are expected to strengthen their expertise and later contribute to Rwanda\u2019s development priorities through knowledge and skills transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 2, the Higher Education Council (HEC), through its Director of the Bursary, Loan and Fund Management Unit, D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Gacinya, took part in a pre-departure orientation session for the scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The briefing equipped the students with guidance on academic expectations, cultural adjustment, financial management, and settling into life in Brazil ahead of their studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil\u2019s Ambassador to Rwanda, Irene Vida Gala, said the cohort represents a milestone in bilateral academic relations, noting that they will play a key role in strengthening cooperation between institutions in both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I arrived here not too long ago, my main concern was to build stronger connections between universities in Brazil and Rwanda, as well as with the Higher Education Council. I believe we have made significant progress within one year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She expressed confidence that the students will return with valuable expertise, research networks, and partnerships that could benefit both Rwanda and Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ambassador Vida Gala also highlighted ongoing efforts to deepen university-to-university collaboration, saying progress had been made since her arrival in Kigali in late 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship beneficiaries said they are eager to take up the opportunity and contribute to Rwanda\u2019s development upon completion of their studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pre-departure orientation session for the scholars was held on July 2, 2026.
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Brazil\u2019s Ambassador to Rwanda, Irene Vida Gala, said the cohort represents a milestone in bilateral academic relations, noting that they will play a key role in strengthening cooperation between institutions in both countries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The 43 beneficiaries will study at various Brazilian universities, where they are expected to strengthen their expertise and later contribute to Rwanda\u2019s development priorities through knowledge and skills transfer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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More than 40 Rwandan students will pursue Master\u2019s and PhD programmes in Brazil under a new scholarship initiative marking the first academic cooperation of its kind between Rwanda and the South American nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000118088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000118072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000118088,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/download-40.webp","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/webp","width":996,"height":481,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/download-40.webp","width":996,"height":481},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/download-40.webp","width":996,"height":481},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/download-40.webp","width":996,"height":481},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/download-40.webp","width":996,"height":481},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/download-40.webp","width":996,"height":481}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000118072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000118072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000118072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000118092,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000118072\/revisions\/2000118092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000118088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000118072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000118072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000118072"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000118072"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000118072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}