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Last Updated : August 18, 2011
Masters Scholarships for Students from Developing Countries at University of Westminster
University of Westminster
Masters (MS) Degree
Deadline: 1 Nov/31 May (annual)
Study in: UK
Next course starts January 2012
Brief description:
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International Scholarships are awarded for full-time Masters degree at the University of Westminster.
Particular preference will be given to applicants that can demonstrate how the knowledge they will acquire from their studies will aid the development of their home countries.
Host Institution(s):
University of Westminster, United Kingdom
Field of study:
Any field of study under a Master’s Programme at University of Westminster.
Target group:
Citizens of developing countries
Scholarship value/inclusions:
Full tuition fee waivers, accommodation, living expenses and flights to and from London.
Eligibility:
You must be an international student from a developing country and hold an offer for a full-time Masters degree at University of Westminster.
Scholarship Criteria:
Academic excellence, development potential and financial need.
Application instructions:
Apply for scholarships only after you have been offered a place (conditional or unconditional) on a course at the University of Westminster. Please do not apply if you have already enrolled or begun a course of study at the University of Westminster. See the scholarship application forms and guidelines. The deadline for applications for study in January 2012 is 1 November 2011.
It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Website:
Official Scholarship Website:
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/january-2012/westminster-international-scholarships
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Vanier Canada
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Chevening Gurukul
Eligibility:
Applicants should be outstanding professionals from any field e.g.
Deadline: Not decided
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Charles Wallace
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Rhodes awards for masters
Eligibility:
Candidates must be between the age group of 19 -25 on October 1 of the year when the session is expected to start and must have at least a first class degree in humanities, sciences, law, engineering, agriculture or medicine from an Indian University.
Candidates who are in the final year of a degree course and have exceptionally bright academic record may also apply.
How to apply:
Visit www.rhodesscholarshipsindia.com, email rhodesindia@yahoo.co.in or call 01126741260 for the further details Deadline: July 31, 2012
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How do you apply?
1. In the application form, state your interest in the “Scholarships” section of the MBA. You do this by checking the box next to “Skoll”.
2. If you are accepted onto the MBA programme, the admissions committee will send you an essay question that needs to be completed.
3. The Skoll Centre will then consider your candidacy for the scholarship. If they are interested in pursuing your candidacy further, we will request a phone interview. A final decision will be made shortly thereafter.
What criteria do you need to satisfy to be considered?
1. You must have started or worked in a social venture for 12 months or longer.
2. You must demonstrate evidence of personal qualities strongly resonating with social entrepreneurship leadership, and illustrate how these have influenced their career path thus far.
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The award will cover the full cost of tuition for the second year of their studies. Additionally, the fellows will present a case study in business to the McGowan Fund Board of Directors at a conference each fall.
Through this conference, which also will be open to alumni of the fellowship program, the McGowan Fund hopes to build a network of future leaders honoring the legacy of the organization’s namesake, who was a successful entrepreneur and founder of MCI Communications.
A student must be nominated for this award by at least one faculty member of the business school. Final decisions will be made by the dean and the appointed committee of the business school.
An essay of 1,000 words or more on the contributions of William G. McGowan to today’s business world in general, and to the telecommunications field in particular.
An essay (no word count minimum) that clearly demonstrates the student’s potential and aspirations to transfer their academic knowledge into today’s business world.
And what are the participating schools? They are:
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The fellowship offered both financial support as well as other non-financial benefits, such as
Participation in the Annual MBA Women’s Conference and the Financial Services FAST Track Conference, including networking opportunities with lead executives and with MBA students from sponsor schools, along with panel discussions and workshops that foster professional and personal development;
Inclusion in the Forté-specific resume book, which is distributed each fall to Forté member companies;
Access to the Forté Foundation community while you are a student as a a Forte Fellow Alumnus
Mentoring by Forté school representatives from your school;
So how do you apply for the Forté Fellows selected? The process is as follows:
You apply to a Forté sponsor school.
You receive offer of acceptance into Forté sponsor school’s MBA Program.
You are considered for all scholarship opportunities available through that institution.
The admissions officers at that school decide who to select as a Forté Fellowship based on the competitive process at that institution.
The Forté Foundation provided the following guidelines for admissions directors to consider as they SELECT admitted MBA candidates for the Forté Fellowship:
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Last Updated : August 18, 2011
Masters Scholarships for Students from Developing Countries at University of Westminster
University of Westminster
Masters (MS) Degree
Deadline: 1 Nov/31 May (annual)
Study in: UK
Next course starts January 2012
Brief description:
Top of Form
Bottom of Form
International Scholarships are awarded for full-time Masters degree at the University of Westminster.
Particular preference will be given to applicants that can demonstrate how the knowledge they will acquire from their studies will aid the development of their home countries.
Host Institution(s):
University of Westminster, United Kingdom
Field of study:
Any field of study under a Master’s Programme at University of Westminster.
Target group:
Citizens of developing countries
Scholarship value/inclusions:
Full tuition fee waivers, accommodation, living expenses and flights to and from London.
Eligibility:
You must be an international student from a developing country and hold an offer for a full-time Masters degree at University of Westminster.
Scholarship Criteria:
Academic excellence, development potential and financial need.
Application instructions:
Apply for scholarships only after you have been offered a place (conditional or unconditional) on a course at the University of Westminster. Please do not apply if you have already enrolled or begun a course of study at the University of Westminster. See the scholarship application forms and guidelines. The deadline for applications for study in January 2012 is 1 November 2011.
It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Website:
Official Scholarship Website:
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/january-2012/westminster-international-scholarships
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Vanier Canada
What's it about?
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships programme is designed to attract and retain doctoral students who demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in doctoral studies at one of its 92 universities. It offers a significant financial award (Canadian $50,000 a year for three years) to assist successful candidates during their studies.
Eligibility:
Candidates must have brilliant past academic results (demonstrated by transcripts, awards and distinctions); the programme of study and its potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge and innovation (critical thinking, originality), as well as the demonstrated potential of leadership skills and relevant professional and academic experience, including research training and potential leadership ability.
How to apply:
Visit www.vanier.gc.ca for details
Deadline: OctoberNovember
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships programme is designed to attract and retain doctoral students who demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in doctoral studies at one of its 92 universities. It offers a significant financial award (Canadian $50,000 a year for three years) to assist successful candidates during their studies.
Eligibility:
Candidates must have brilliant past academic results (demonstrated by transcripts, awards and distinctions); the programme of study and its potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge and innovation (critical thinking, originality), as well as the demonstrated potential of leadership skills and relevant professional and academic experience, including research training and potential leadership ability.
How to apply:
Visit www.vanier.gc.ca for details
Deadline: OctoberNovember
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Chevening Gurukul
What's it about?
Gurukul is a 12-week, advanced leadership programme, created by the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) specifically for India's future leaders
Gurukul is a 12-week, advanced leadership programme, created by the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) specifically for India's future leaders
Eligibility:
Applicants should be outstanding professionals from any field e.g.
media, public/private sector, NGOs, politics and be able to demonstrate leadership in their chosen field or profession (to be assessed from the personal statement provided with the application form and the references)
How to apply:
Visit www.britishcouncil.org or send email to delhi.scholarship@in.britishcouncil.org
How to apply:
Visit www.britishcouncil.org or send email to delhi.scholarship@in.britishcouncil.org
Deadline: Not decided
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Charles Wallace
What's it about?
Every year the Trust makes between 10 and 15 grants towards the costs of short visits to the UK by academic research scholars and professionals. These grants are intended as contributions towards the in UK costs of a visit lasting between three weeks and a month. Applicants planning to stay longer are advised to supplement this grant from other sources. They do not cover international fares.
Eligibility:
Candidates should be Indian citizens and aged between 25 and 45, have good knowledge of English, should have completed their studies and have had four or more years of research or professional experience.Preference is given to postdoctoral applicants.
How to apply:
Visit britishcouncil.org or email to cwit@btinternet.com for more details Deadline: October-November
Every year the Trust makes between 10 and 15 grants towards the costs of short visits to the UK by academic research scholars and professionals. These grants are intended as contributions towards the in UK costs of a visit lasting between three weeks and a month. Applicants planning to stay longer are advised to supplement this grant from other sources. They do not cover international fares.
Eligibility:
Candidates should be Indian citizens and aged between 25 and 45, have good knowledge of English, should have completed their studies and have had four or more years of research or professional experience.Preference is given to postdoctoral applicants.
How to apply:
Visit britishcouncil.org or email to cwit@btinternet.com for more details Deadline: October-November
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Rhodes awards for masters
What's it about?
Five scholarships are given for masters programmers at Oxford University. Rhodes scholars are encouraged to stay for at least two years at Oxford.
Those pursuing one-year masters degrees are allowed to take up two such courses if they like. The award includes full tuition (college and university), and a generous maintenance stipend. A total of up to 20 candidates are short listed for the final interviews, usually held end October in Delhi, for five finalists.
Five scholarships are given for masters programmers at Oxford University. Rhodes scholars are encouraged to stay for at least two years at Oxford.
Those pursuing one-year masters degrees are allowed to take up two such courses if they like. The award includes full tuition (college and university), and a generous maintenance stipend. A total of up to 20 candidates are short listed for the final interviews, usually held end October in Delhi, for five finalists.
Eligibility:
Candidates must be between the age group of 19 -25 on October 1 of the year when the session is expected to start and must have at least a first class degree in humanities, sciences, law, engineering, agriculture or medicine from an Indian University.
Candidates who are in the final year of a degree course and have exceptionally bright academic record may also apply.
How to apply:
Visit www.rhodesscholarshipsindia.com, email rhodesindia@yahoo.co.in or call 01126741260 for the further details Deadline: July 31, 2012
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Calling all Social Entrepreneurs! Skoll Scholarships at the Said School of Business, Oxford University
Did you know that the Said School of Business at Oxford University offers the Skoll Scholarship? It is a competitive scholarship for incoming MBA students who pursue entrepreneurial solutions for urgent social and environmental challenges. The scholarship provides full tuition funding and exclusive opportunities to meet with world-renowned entrepreneurs, thought-leaders and investors. No more than five scholarships are awarded in any year; they are awarded on a rolling basis so it makes sense to apply as early as possible.How do you apply?
1. In the application form, state your interest in the “Scholarships” section of the MBA. You do this by checking the box next to “Skoll”.
2. If you are accepted onto the MBA programme, the admissions committee will send you an essay question that needs to be completed.
3. The Skoll Centre will then consider your candidacy for the scholarship. If they are interested in pursuing your candidacy further, we will request a phone interview. A final decision will be made shortly thereafter.
What criteria do you need to satisfy to be considered?
1. You must have started or worked in a social venture for 12 months or longer.
2. You must demonstrate evidence of personal qualities strongly resonating with social entrepreneurship leadership, and illustrate how these have influenced their career path thus far.
These qualities include:
• Single-mindedness and persistence in pursuit of a social benefit goal, including a willingness to face failure and start again
• A bias towards action rather than reflection
• A tendency to explore the environment for opportunities and resources
• A willingness to take personal, and sometimes financial, risks
• A habit of developing a network and subtly or unsubtly exploiting its members.
3. You must demonstrate how a business education can contribute to the wider development of the community you work with in the social entrepreneurship movement. You will need to illustrate why a business degree at this stage of your career can help you amplify your impact.
4. Candidates must demonstrate some evidence of your need for the scholarship; you need to indicate how/why self-funding the MBA will be a significant financial burden to you.
• Single-mindedness and persistence in pursuit of a social benefit goal, including a willingness to face failure and start again
• A bias towards action rather than reflection
• A tendency to explore the environment for opportunities and resources
• A willingness to take personal, and sometimes financial, risks
• A habit of developing a network and subtly or unsubtly exploiting its members.
3. You must demonstrate how a business education can contribute to the wider development of the community you work with in the social entrepreneurship movement. You will need to illustrate why a business degree at this stage of your career can help you amplify your impact.
4. Candidates must demonstrate some evidence of your need for the scholarship; you need to indicate how/why self-funding the MBA will be a significant financial burden to you.
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McGowan Fund partnering with 10 top MBA programs to provide scholarships
The McGowan Fund is partnering with 10 top MBA programs across the United States to present a fellowship to one second-year MBA student from each school who has demonstrated academic excellence and social leadership during their first year of MBA studies and has also demonstrated finaincail need.The award will cover the full cost of tuition for the second year of their studies. Additionally, the fellows will present a case study in business to the McGowan Fund Board of Directors at a conference each fall.
Through this conference, which also will be open to alumni of the fellowship program, the McGowan Fund hopes to build a network of future leaders honoring the legacy of the organization’s namesake, who was a successful entrepreneur and founder of MCI Communications.
In addition to financial need successful candidates must have achieved academic excellence (minimum 3.0 GPA), exceptional leadership ability, philanthropic activity, and a significant involvement in campus and community activities. It also recognizes excellence of character, a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial potential.
A student must be nominated for this award by at least one faculty member of the business school. Final decisions will be made by the dean and the appointed committee of the business school.
As a part of the competition, applicants must submit the following two essays to the Business Faculty Committee of the college or university:
An essay of 1,000 words or more on the contributions of William G. McGowan to today’s business world in general, and to the telecommunications field in particular.
An essay (no word count minimum) that clearly demonstrates the student’s potential and aspirations to transfer their academic knowledge into today’s business world.
And what are the participating schools? They are:
Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business,
Columbia Business School,
Duke University Fuqua School of Business,
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business,
MIT Sloan School of Business,
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management,
Stanford University Graduate School of Business,
University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
Columbia Business School,
Duke University Fuqua School of Business,
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business,
MIT Sloan School of Business,
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management,
Stanford University Graduate School of Business,
University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
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Forté Fellows Program offers Fellowships to Women pursuing MBA Programs
I do not think that many people are aware of the Forté Foundation’s Fellowship Program or that it is available to international applicants. So what is the Forté Foundation? The Forté Foundation is a consortium of major corporations and top business schools that has become a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business. Their mission is to substantially increase the number of women business leaders by increasing the flow of women into key educational gateways and business networks.
The fellowships are offered to women who are pursuing a full-time, part-time or executive MBA education at participating business schools. To be considered for a fellowship, you must submit an MBA application to a participating school.
The fellowship offered both financial support as well as other non-financial benefits, such as
Participation in the Annual MBA Women’s Conference and the Financial Services FAST Track Conference, including networking opportunities with lead executives and with MBA students from sponsor schools, along with panel discussions and workshops that foster professional and personal development;
Inclusion in the Forté-specific resume book, which is distributed each fall to Forté member companies;
Access to the Forté Foundation community while you are a student as a a Forte Fellow Alumnus
Mentoring by Forté school representatives from your school;
So how do you apply for the Forté Fellows selected? The process is as follows:
You apply to a Forté sponsor school.
You receive offer of acceptance into Forté sponsor school’s MBA Program.
You are considered for all scholarship opportunities available through that institution.
The admissions officers at that school decide who to select as a Forté Fellowship based on the competitive process at that institution.
The Forté Foundation provided the following guidelines for admissions directors to consider as they SELECT admitted MBA candidates for the Forté Fellowship:
- Candidates should exhibit exemplary leadership in one or more ways: academic leadership, team leadership, community leadership, creative leadership.
- Schools are encouraged to nominate fellows from their schools who represent diverse educational and work backgrounds, career goals, ethnicities, and citizenship.
- In addition to the above, schools are encouraged to consider candidates who have already demonstrated a commitment to women and girls via personal mentorship or community involvement.
- Such commitment is in alignment with the mission of Forté Foundation.
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