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The Rotary Peace Center at the University of Bradford

The Rotary Peace Fellows Programme was started in 2002. Each year, up to 60 Rotary Peace Fellowships are offered on a competitive basis at the Rotary Centers, which operate in partnership with six leading Universities. The Department of Peace Studies of Bradford University  was named as one of these Centers when the programme was established in 2002.  The other centers are the University of North Carolina and Duke University USA; the University of Queensland Australia: the International Christian University, Tokyo Japan; and the Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires Argentina

The Rotary Peace Fellowships are fully funded to pay fees, living and travel expenses and also a three month Applied Field Experience. Normally between ten and twelve of these fellowships will be awarded for tenure at the University of Bradford. Coursework at the Rotary Centers focuses on preventing and resolving conflict by addressing its root causes.

The fellows are chosen from countries and cultures around the globe based on their potential as leaders in government, business, education, media, and other professional areas. Information about entry qualifications and the application process should be accessed by approaching Rotary International, [not the Peace Studies Department] at http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/RotaryCentersForInternationalStudies  (see also ‘Eligibility Criteria’, below.)

The University of Bradford is located in the city of Bradford, a vibrant multicultural city that grew to fame in Victorian times as the ‘wool textile capital of the world.’ Two hundred miles north of London, Bradford has excellent road, rail, and air connections. The university occupies a spacious campus within a mile of the city center.

The University of Bradford had its origins over 140 years ago, as a college serving local industries, and developed rapidly after the Second World War into one of the national Institutes of Technology. The university has developed a large social sciences faculty to complement its science and technology strengths, with a particular emphasis on applied postgraduate study. The university pioneered the development of centers devoted to the study of international peace and developments. With a strong commitment to international students, the university has a wide range of postgraduate courses of great attraction to students from many countries. The university has about 7,500 full-time students, with 1,500 registered for higher degrees. About half of the postgraduate students are international.