Apply for full scholarship at INES RUHENGERI

Sponsorship: Ywca

Category: Undergraduate

Deadline: Aug. 15, 2025, 5 p.m.

Allowed departments

• Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

INES Ruhengeri, in partnership with the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Rwanda, is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for eligible female students in STEM, funded by the Scottish Government through Oxfam. Through this collaboration, YWCA will provide support the female students from the following ten Districts where the project is operating Now: Kicukiro, Nyarugenge, Bugesera, Kayonza, Kamonyi, Muhanga, Gicumbi, Musanze, Rubavu, and Ngororero.

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Program to apply for:

• Biomedical Laboratory Science

Eligibility Criteria:

• Be a Rwandan
• Applicants must hold an Advanced Certificate in one of the following combinations: MCB, PCB, BCG, Biochimie, Latin-Science, Latin-Biochimie, Laboratory, or Associate Nursing Program.
• Applicants must have obtained a minimum grade of A to C in both Biology and Chemistry.
• Be a female between 18–25 years of age (for persons with disabilities, the age limit is extended to 30 years).
• Must have graduated from secondary school between the academic years 2019 and 2023.
• Only first-year students who are not enrolled in any other higher learning institution are eligible to apply.
• Girls with any form of vulnerability including disabilities, early motherhood (not married), or single mothers aged 18–30 years are strongly encouraged to apply.

Required Documents:

• Notarized copy of the secondary school certificate
• National ID
• Two recent passport-sized colour photographs
• Medical proof of disability
• Proof of economic vulnerability, signed and issued by a recognized local authority

Application Process:

All application documents must be submitted online through the following link: https://www.ines.ac.rw/    no later than 15-August-2025.

For More Information:

Contact YWCA’s focal point, Ms. Mitali Lydia, at 0788 353 712 or by email at [email protected] for details on scholarship requirements.
For INES-Ruhengeri-specific inquiries, please contact: Registrar at [email protected],  Phone: 0786356510 or Admission officer at 0728732986

Mission & Vision

Contribute through the interactive conjunction between civil society, private sector and public sector to the national and regional development, by providing specialized university education enhanced by research, in order to create competitive enterprises and well paid employment.

According to the statutes of INES-RUHENGERI, the mission is expressed as follows:

And The vision of INES is expressed in the following phrases:

Universality in each individual; Knowledge in order to unite and better serve the world.

This mission and vision of INES-RUHENGERI are what made it choose to strategically be a specialized Institution in Applied Fundamental and Social Sciences. This means that INES-RUHENGERI in its learning methodology seeks to balance theories and practical in order to give to students, responsive competences i.e. competences that they can use to provide sustainable solutions to various day-to-day problems of the society.

Moto: Scientia et Lux

Core values

• Supernatural Vision
• Excellence and Competitiveness
• Diversity and Inclusiveness
• Customer Centeredness
• Integrity and Attention to Detail
• Teamwork

This is done using several tactics. Among them we can state:

The choice of programs which are really practical oriented and problem solving like:

Respect of MINEDUC regulations

Promotion of research on the market needs and possible answers to be given

Organization of special programs according to specific needs of the society

Promotion of partnerships with public, private and civil society organizations