The £2000 scholarships are equivalent to a reduction of around 20% on the full tuition fees, and will be paid towards the full tuition fees of overseas-status students from any country in the world who wish to study any of the following types of courses at De Montfort University, Leicester:

• Full-time undergraduate degrees (BA/BSc) in any subject
• Full-time Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters courses (PGDip/MA/MSc/MBA/LLM) in any subject
• Full-time MPhil/PhD research degrees in any subject

The scholarships are available for courses starting in September 2008 only (or between September 2008 and June 2009 for MPhil/PhD research degrees).The £2000 scholarship will be made as a one-off payment and will be deducted from the full tuition fee at the beginning of the first (or only) year of study.

Students progressing to DMU through one of our established progression schemes or collaborative partnerships can also apply for these scholarships if they wish to.

Only overseas status students are eligible to apply.

We will award up to 16 x £2000 scholarships for the above courses starting in September 2008. There will be a limited number of scholarships awarded by Faculty:

• Faculty of Art and Design: up to 3 scholarships
• Faculty of Business and Law: up to 3 scholarships
• Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering: up to 5 scholarships
• Faculty of Health and Life Science: up to 2 scholarships
• Faculty of Humanities: up to 3 scholarships

Please note that a few of our courses are not included in this scholarship scheme. To confirm whether your choice of course is included in the scheme, please contact the Faculty admissions team to whom you are applying directly.

Scholarships will be awarded based on the submission of a 500 word essay, to be written by the applicant and assessed by a panel of DMU representatives (each Faculty will have its own panel).

How to Apply
1. Choose the course to which you would like to apply. If you would like further information or advice, please contact the Enquiry Centre on T: +44 (0)116 257 7513, email enquiry[a-t]dmu.ac.uk or visit dmu.ac.uk/international to view our online prospectuses.

2. Complete and submit an application form for the course you wish to study. Details of how to apply can be found online at dmu.ac.uk/international and in our international prospectuses. If your application is successful, you will be sent an offer letter. You may already be holding an offer of a place on a course starting in 2008/09.

3. Once you have your offer letter (CONDITIONAL or UNCONDITIONAL), and you wish to apply for one of the VC’s International Scholarships 2008/09, you must write a 500-word essay.

Please write 500 words (in English) on the following:
How will your study at De Montfort University enhance your future?

After the deadline for applications, all essays will be assessed by a panel of DMU representatives (one panel per Faculty) and the scholarships will be awarded to applicants who demonstrate well, in the opinion of the panel, the following:

• Excellent written communication skills
• Clear understanding of the course you wish to study
• Good understanding of what you hope to gain from UK Higher Education
• Good understanding of the employment sector you wish to enter after graduation and the skills you may need
• How this scholarship will help you with your studies and in the future
• Ambition for the future, motivation and enthusiasm for your subject and your studies
• Strong academic skills as evidenced by your prior qualifications and/or academic reference as part of your application form.

When complete, please email your essay, as a Word document attachment, to Maria Kyrris, International Recruitment Team, at internationalscholarships[a-t]dmu.ac.uk

Please make sure you also provide your name, date of birth, email address and your application reference number with your essay.

Deadline for Applications
If you wish to apply for an International Scholarship you must have received your offer letter and submitted your essay by 1 August 2008. No essays received after this date will be accepted under any circumstances.
You will receive an email acknowledgement of your essay submission when we receive it. Please make sure that you keep the acknowledgement as evidence of your application should it be required.

Allocation Process
Following the deadline of 1 August 2008, a panel of DMU representatives (one panel per Faculty) will sit to assess all essay submissions. All successful applicants who have been awarded a scholarship will be notified by email and letter (standard mail) by 1 September 2008. The £2000 scholarships will be deducted from the full tuition fee of successful applicants when you arrive to enrol at DMU. Details of the successful recipients will be available from Maria Kyrris at internationalscholarships[a-t]dmu.ac.uk after 10 September 2008 if required.

The Rule

• Overseas-status students only are eligible to apply for the scholarships.
• Both self-funding and sponsored students are eligible to apply.
• No cash alternatives will be offered and the scholarship cannot be transferred to any other course at DMU or to any other nominated recipient.
• Valid only for September 2008 entry (or between September 2008 and June 2009 for research applicants) – scholarships cannot be deferred with an application until September 2009 or later.
• For overseas students who are also entitled to a 5% discount for early payment of their fees in full at enrolment, the £2000 scholarship will be deducted first from the full fee, then the 5% discounted from the reduced fee.
• These scholarships will not be awarded in conjunction with any other scholarship, such as the Alumni Scholarships 2008 – students may receive one DMU scholarship only, normally the one of greater value.
• If an applicant is allocated a scholarship but then withdraws their application or does not enrol onto the course for any reason, the scholarship is forfeited.
• The University reserves the right to withdraw scholarships, or not allocate scholarships, at any point before they are allocated.

Further Information
For further information about the scholarships and/or our courses, visit dmu.ac.uk/international, call +44 (0)116 257 7513 or email enquiry[a-t]dmu.ac.uk.

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The £1000 scholarships will be paid towards the full overseas tuition fees of overseas-status students from any country in the world who wish to study any of the following types of courses at De Montfort University, Leicester:

• Full-time undergraduate degrees in any subject
• Full-time Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters courses in any subject
• Full-time MPhil/PhD research degrees in any subject

The scholarships are available for courses starting in September 2007 only (or between September 2007 and June 2008 for MPhil/PhD research degrees).

The £1000 scholarship will be made as a one-off payment and will be deducted from the full tuition fee at the beginning of the first (or only) year of study.

Students progressing to DMU through one of our established progression schemes or collaborative partnerships do not qualify for these scholarships. Bursaries specific to each progression scheme/collaborative course may be available separately. For details, please contact Sue Brookes, International Development Manager, at sbrookes@dmu.ac.uk

Only overseas status students are eligible to apply.

We will award up to 43 x £1000 scholarships for the above courses starting in September 2007. There will be a limited number of scholarships awarded by Faculty:

• Faculty of Art and Design: up to 5 scholarships*
• Faculty of Business and Law: up to 25 scholarships
• Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering: up to 5 scholarships
• Faculty of Health and Life Science: up to 3 scholarships
• Faculty of Humanities: up to 5 scholarships

* Excludes BArch (Hons) Architecture and PGDip Architecture. Includes Masters courses starting between January – May 2008. Click here for a full listing of all excluded courses.

Please note that a few of our courses are not included in this scholarship scheme. To confirm whether your choice of course is included in the scheme, please contact the Faculty admissions team to who you are applying directly.

Scholarships will be awarded based on the submission of a 500 word essay, to be written by the applicant and assessed by a panel of DMU representatives (each Faculty will have its own panel).

How to Apply

1. Choose the course to which you would like to apply. If you would like further information or advice, please contact the Enquiry Centre on 08459 45 46 47, email enquiry@dmu.ac.uk or visit dmu.ac.uk/international to view our online prospectuses.
2. Complete and submit an application form for the course you wish to study. Details of how to apply can be found online at dmu.ac.uk/international and in our international prospectuses. If your application is successful, you will be sent an offer letter. You may already be holding an offer of a place on a course starting in 2007/08.
3. Once you have your UNCONDITIONAL offer letter, and you wish to apply for one of the VC’s International Scholarships 2007, you must write a 500-word essay.

Please write 500 words (in English) on the following:
How will your study at De Montfort University enhance your future?

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Under the scheme, two full bursaries are available annually for AET-nominated students who have accepted offers of places at UCL.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must:

• be a national of any African country (including Madagascar), currently living in an African country, and have one or both parents living in an African country, or are orphaned; AND
• be currently attending school or have completed school in an African country; AND
• hold a current offer of admission from UCAS (either conditional or unconditional) to a full-time undergraduate degree programme of study at UCL starting September 2007, which you have firmly accepted (accepting UCL as the insurance offer choice does not satisfy the conditions of the bursary); AND
• be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to Overseas students, as assessed by UCL; AND
• lack the financial means necessary to pursue undergraduate degree studies at UCL.

Selection Criteria
Scholarships are awarded based on the aims of the scholarship.

Value: Benefits and Duration
Each bursary will consist of full tuition fees and a maintenance allowance for the duration of the student’s programme of study, as well as economy air travel to/from the UK at the beginning and end of the bursary-holder’s degree programme. The maintenance allowance will normally rise each year in line with inflation but at the absolute discretion of UCL. In addition, the bursary includes an allowance (on request and up to a specified maximum sum per bursary holder) to permit two members of the bursary-holder’s family to attend their graduation ceremony. Annual renewal of the bursary is subject to good academic progress by the student.

Applications Deadline and Procedure
If you fulfill ALL the eligibility requirements above, please email a.crowley@africaeducationaltrust.org to request an application form. You will be required to prove that you have applied to UCAS for undergraduate admission to UCL and have been offered a place.

Applications must be submitted electronically to a.crowley@africaeducationaltrust.org by 25 May (deadline extended from 30 April) prior to the start of the programme of study. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered for funding. Your application is deemed incomplete without a valid UCAS application number.

Selection Procedure
AET will select 10 applicants from the eligible applications received – with attention to the financial circumstances of the applicants. The 10 short-listed applicants will be contacted by AET in late May/early June (by email), and asked to write and submit a short essay on a topic which is set each year by UCL. AET will also require applicants to provide documentation in support of the information provided in the application form. Essays and any supporting documentation required must be submitted to AET in June.

The full applications including essays will be forwarded by AET to UCL at 30 June. UCL will select the two academically most promising candidates to receive the bursaries.

Notification of Results
The two successful applicants will be contacted by UCL in August.

Official Announcement

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Bursaries for overseas students entering Year 1 or Year 2 of our degrees
A bursary of £3000 each year will be offered to all overseas students (from outside the EU/ UK) who meet, in full, the conditions of their academic offer.

Conditions

• The bursary will be paid in two equal instalments at the end of each teaching semester and will be subject to the payment of tuition fees as required by the university.
• Payment of the second instalment will be made subject to the above condition and is conditional on the bursary holder meeting, in full, the academic requirements to proceed to their next year of study.

Bursaries for overseas students entering our Foundation Year in Science (Year 0)
A bursary of £2000 will be offered to all overseas students (from outside the EU/ UK) who meet, in full, the conditions of their academic offer and enrol on the Foundation Year in Science (F108)

Conditions

• The bursary will be paid in two equal instalments at the end of each teaching semester and will be subject to the payment of tuition fees as required by the university.
• Payment of the second instalment will be made subject to the above condition and is conditional on the bursary holder meeting, in full, the academic requirements to join a BSc/ MChem programme in chemistry and then enrolling on their chosen course in the academic year following completion of their Foundation Course.
• An overseas graduate of the Foundation Year in Science will be eligible for the £3000 per year bursary once they join Year 1 of the BSc or MChem degree.

Bursaries for Channel Island/ Isle of Man students with A level qualifications
CI and IoM students will be eligible for a bursary throughout each year of their degree. The level of the bursary is determined by their A level performance: £500 is available for each grade A obtained in chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics.

Conditions

• The bursary will be paid in two equal instalments at the end of each teaching semester and will be subject to the payment of tuition fees as required by the university.
• Payment of the second instalment will be made subject to the above condition and is conditional on the bursary holder meeting, in full, the academic requirements to proceed to their next year of study.

For more information, please visit the website.

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RULES AND CONDITIONS

The Scholarship Scheme
The Department of Computer Science offers a number of Departmental Undergraduate Scholarships for undergraduates at the start of their university studies.

All entries will be assessed and the contestant(s) who submitted the entry or entries judged to be the best will be offered a Scholarship(s) which will be confirmed upon enrollment for that year.

There are a limited number of Scholarships available each year. If insufficient entries are made to the Scholarship Challenge at an appropriate level then not all Scholarships will be awarded.

The Department may wish to arrange publicity relating to the winner(s) of the Challenge.

Entry instructions
The Challenge consists of two parts – a test of abstract reasoning skills, and a programming challenge.

You must submit your entry using this on-line form.

You must submit a plain text file with your answers to the four questions.

You must submit a plain text file with the source code of your program. Any of PERL, Java, ANSI C++, ANSI C, and Visual Basic are acceptable languages.

Your entry must be your own work and you must click the box which states that the submission is your own work.

The closing date for entries is Friday 15th June 2007.

Assessment
Submissions will be assessed by the Admissions team of the Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London. Your answers to the abstract questions must include enough working so that we can see how you came to your answers. Your program will not just be assessed on correctness and speed. It will also be assessed on coding style and general code quality.

The Department’s judgment of the quality of submissions is final.

The Department cannot be held responsible for any lost, delayed or corrupted entries.

The results will be announced on Monday 9th July 2007 and all contestants will be notified of the results. The names of the winners will be published on the website.

Eligibility
The Challenge is open to any candidate who is considering applying, or has applied, to study Computer Science or a related degree in the Department of Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London.

The Challenge is open to contestants of all nationalities and all countries.

Employees of Royal Holloway, University of London and their families are not eligible to enter this Scholarship Challenge.

Renewal
Only those Scholars who achieve an overall first class mark in their end-of-year examinations for years one and two will be eligible for the renewal of the award in years two and three, when the continuation awards of £500 p.a. will be paid.

Deadline
The closing date for submission is Friday 15th June 2007.

Source of this announcement can be found here.

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International undergraduate scholarships for international students The University is pleased to announce that it will be offering the following undergraduate scholarships for students commencing their studies at the University of Birmingham in 2007. There will be up to two scholarships per country/region listed below and each award is worth £3,000 per annum (for up to three years of study) towards the cost of tuition fees and is offered to a student who is a national of the following countries/region:

• Canada (Canadian Chapter)
• China
• East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda)
• Hong Kong
• India
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka/Maldives
• Vietnam

International Baccalaureate Scholarship
Two scholarships worth £3,000 per annum (for up to three years of study) will be offered to two students of any nationality who holds an International Baccalaureate Diploma. Applicants must be classified as ‘overseas’ for fees purposes. 2007 entry

In order to be eligible for consideration, candidates must:

• be classified as ‘overseas’ for fees purposes
• have applied through UCAS for a place to study at the University of Birmingham by 30 April 2007
• obtain an offer of a place to study at the University of Birmingham and select Birmingham as their firm choice through UCAS
• complete and submit a Scholarship Application Form by the closing deadline of 31 May 2007

Scholarships will be awarded on academic excellence by a selection panel on the basis of the information provided on the Scholarship Application Form and UCAS form. Successful candidates will be informed in writing by 30 June 2007.

Please Note:

1. Awards are offered for 2007 entry and cannot be deferred.
2. Once awarded, scholarships will be renewed each year for up to three years, providing the students progress directly to the next year of their programme of study.
3. Scholarship awards will be deducted from the tuition fees payable to the University.
4. By submitting an application, candidates agree to their name being publicised as a scholarship winner.
5. In order to be eligible for an award students must not be in receipt of a full fee scholarship from any other source.
6. Candidates must meet the conditions of any other offer.
7. The scholarship panel’s decision is final.

Some schools and departments also offer their own partial scholarships, for which you may be eligible to apply. Please log onto the website for the department you are applying to for current details of awards offered.

For details of other international scholarships offered by the University of Birmingham, please visit our web site.

Eligibility and application procedures
www.international.bham.ac.uk/scholarships.htm

Learn more
For further information and an application form, please contact:

Linda Davis, Student Funding Office,
The Academic Office,
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 7391
Fax: +44 (0) 121 414 6637
Email: international-scholarships@bham.ac.uk

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Sir John Cass’s Foundation Undergraduate Bursaries

Closing date 20 October 2006.

The Sir John Cass’s Foundation offers 10 undergraduate bursaries each year to students from inner London. Awards are worth up to £1,000 a year for three years subject to academic performance and are open to students who meet the following criteria:

• resident in inner London for at least three years
• under the age of 25 on 31 August 2006
• achieved A-Level results over the normal requirement
• household income between £17,501 and £35,000
• enrolled full time in the first year of undergraduate programme

Please ensure you meet the eligibility criteria carefully before you submit your application.

Richard Reeve’s Foundation Scholarships

The Richard Reeves Foundation will be providing two undergraduate scholarships worth £1,000 for three years to students under the age of 25 from the boroughs of Camden, Islington or the City of London.

City University Alumni Fund Scholarships

The City University Alumni Fund offers 5 scholarships worth £1,000 each for three years subject to academic performance. These scholarships are open to both UK and International students.

The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Award

The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers offers one award of £1000 each year to an undergraduate Home student at City University.

Shirley Robson Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was first awarded in 2004 in memory of Shirley Robson, mother of University council member Mark Robson. The scholarship value is £1000 for one year to an undergraduate or postgraduate student of Music at City University. In the words of Mark Robson:

“Three School of Arts students have now benefited from a Shirley Robson Memorial Scholarship, established after my mother died in 2003. She would have been as delighted to meet each of them at the annual awards ceremony as I and my family have been. £1000 can make a huge difference, and the enthusiasm and gratitude of these scholars has been rather humbling for me. It has been a huge pleasure and an honour to be able to provide a little help this way.”

The Worshipful Company of Saddlers

Offers 2 scholarships of £1000 each for three years to students who completed their post -16 education in Islington. Eligible students will be notified after application to City University.

How to Apply

• Before you apply for a scholarship, please ensure you read the eligibility criteria carefully
• Download the undergraduate application form and complete
• Attach all necessary documents
• Return to the Student Funds Service
• Download Undergraduate Application Form

Other Undergraduate Scholarships

Please check the school scholarships pages for details of any other undergraduate scholarships that may be offered for this year.

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Bursaries

These bursaries are open to students in first degree courses who are resident in the UK and are the son, daughter, spouse, widow, or widower of a commercial traveller, chemist or grocer. The Bursaries are intended to assist students in financial need. Application forms can be downloaded from the Trust’s website here.

British Computer society Undergraduate Bursaries

These bursaries are available to both Home and International students studying on a course with exemption from BCS Professional Examinations. Awards are up to £1,000 and the closing date for applications is 1 September 2006. For more information go to the BCS website.

Contact Information
Telephone
+44 (0)20 7040 8033
Fax
+44 (0)20 7040 8563
Email
fundsservice@city.ac.uk

Postal
Student Funds Service
City University
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
In person
Myddelton Building
167-173 Goswell Rd

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