DOST announces 1,640 new slots for Master of Science and 765 slots for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Scholarship

Good News!

In this post, we are sharing the good news from the Department of Science and Technology that the Department is offering more than 2,000 scholarship grants to Filipinos who want to pursue post graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

According to DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña, "the DOST-SEI has 1,640 new slots  for Master of Science and 765 new slots for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) scholarships.” 

For the Foreign Graduate Scholarship Programs, De La Peña said there are 218 MS and PhD scholars who are studying in 25 countries.

 

“These scholars are taking up DOST priority courses in specialized fields which are not yet strong, or are not being offered in the Philippines,” he said.

“These courses include space science and engineering, material science and nanotechnology, virology, data science and analytics, biomedical engineering, and courses in emerging technologies, among others,” he added.

The DOST is supporting 43,493 Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics scholars nationwide.

Of these, 36,452 are in the undergraduate level, 4,603 are pursuing their Master’s Degree, and 2,438 are pursuing their PhD degrees.

For more details visit the official website of the Department of Science and Technology.

https://www.dost.gov.ph/

https://sei.dost.gov.ph/