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AIMS South Africa has opened applications for its AI for Science Master's Program 2026-2027. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Opportunity Details
AI for Science is a stream in AIMS South Africa's Master’s degree in Mathematical Science, made possible through a partnership with Google DeepMind. The program sits at the exciting intersection of AI and the Sciences. This exciting program started with its first intake of students in September 2023. It is a fully residential one-year taught masters with a research component. Applications are open to students from across Africa who are passionate about mathematics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. We are looking for students who gaze at the stars and the world around them in wonder, and who want to use their talents to accelerate scientific discovery.
Funded by a Google DeepMind donation, supporting 40 scholars per year for four years (starting 2023).
Covers full scholarships, equipment, and computation costs.
Scholars are recognized as Google DeepMind Scholars and gain mentoring opportunities with DeepMind researchers and engineers.
Applicants must:
Be residents in Africa at the time of application.
Be citizens of any African country.
Have completed a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year degree with an honours year by August 2025 (or December 2025 for southern African applicants).
Not have held a previous scholarship to study at an AIMS centre.
Register & Upload the following documents there before 11:59 PM on 6 March 2025:
Your curriculum vitae
A motivation letter of around 500 words
Academic transcripts
Representative examples of work that you’ve done in the mathematical sciences (to be found on the application site)
Coding problem (to be found on the application site)
