To be eligible for admission to the program applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in any field and demonstrate a strong potential for scientific research. This can be achieved by either submitting with their application a rigorous research proposal of 10 A4 pages related to the proposed MPhil thesis or submitting with their application a comparable piece of scientific work. The research proposal (or equivalent work) must demonstrate knowledge of the proposed area of research through a comprehensive review of the literature as well as research methodology which encompasses the design of the research, the method of data collection, and the method of data analysis.