EnrolLment Out of a total of 2114 applicants, 118 students were enrolled into the Norad Fellowship Programme. The majority of the applicants to the programme came this year from Ethiopia, Uganda, Nepal and Tanzania. Ethiopia and Uganda topped the list with 21 and 17 enrolled candidates respectively.
41.5% of the enrolled applicants were women, which is an increase since 2004 when the percentage was 37,1%. However, women should still be encouraged to apply, so as to again reach the top year of 2002 when the percentage of female applicants for the first time reached 50%.
Enrolled Norad Fellows 2005 (by nationality and gender) Country Bangladesh China Eritrea Ethiopia Guatemala India Indonesia Malawi Maldives Mozambique Nepal Nigeria East Timor Pakistan The Palestinian Territory Sri Lanka South Africa Tanzania Uganda Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe Total number of enrolled students
Female
Male
Total
% Of Female Students
5 1 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 4 5 8 3
4 0 0 17 1 0 4 4 1 0 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 5 13 2 3 1
9 1 1 21 1 1 6 6 1 4 4 2 2 2 1 3 2 12 17 7 11 4
55,6% 100% 100% 19% 0% 100% 33,3% 33,3% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 66,7% 0% 58,3% 23,5% 71,4% 72,7% 75%
49
69
118
41,5%
For the past few years, institutions have experienced that first choice candidates have refused scholarships at the last moment, creating problems for suitable recruitment of candidates to the study programme. For example, the MA in International Fisheries Management at the UiT had to recruit four out of five new candidates to fill up the available places. A probable explanation is that top students from the South apply for several programmes of study abroad and then select the most suitable offer.
An important development that has facilitated the registration process of applicants and enrollment to study programmes has been the transfer of all relevant data to a common programme used by all NFP institutions in the North, the Common Student Database (Felles Studentsystem “FS�).
NFP ANNUAL REPORT 2005/ 11