Utrecht Excellence Scholarships for International Students
trecht University
Bachelor/Master Degree
Deadline: 1 Dec/1 Apr (annual)
Study in:ย Netherlands
Course starts 2014
Brief description:
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The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship offers a number of outstanding prospective students the opportunity to pursue a Bachelorโs or Masterโs degree in a selected number of fields at Utrecht University.
Host Institution(s):
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Field of study:
International Bachelorโs programmes:
โขย Economics and Business Economics
โขย Liberal Arts & Sciences at University College Utrecht
International Masterโs programmes offered by the following Graduate Schools:
โข ย Graduate School of Geosciences
โข ย Graduate School of Humanities
โขย Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance
โขย Graduate School of Life Sciences
โขย Graduate School of Natural Sciences
โขย Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Number of Awards:
Approximately 55 scholarships are available.
Target group:
Outstanding prospective students including international students applying for one of the aforementioned programmes (see above).
Scholarship value/inclusions:
Selected students are awarded a scholarship up to 28,350 euro per year.
Important Note: Students should be aware that the grant is NOT a full scholarship. It is necessary to find additional funding to be able to finance study and stay completely. As one of the requirements for being granted a residence permit in the Netherlands, students from abroad must prove to the IND (immigration and naturalisation office) that they have sufficient financial means.
Eligibility:
The applicant must meet the eligibility criteria in order to be considered for this scholarship. The applicant should:
โขย Not have the Dutch nationality;
โขย Hold a non-Dutch secondary school diploma;
โข Have been admitted to an International Masterโs programme within one of the Graduate Schools mentioned above, the Bachelorโs programme in Economics and Business Economics or to University College Utrecht;
โขย Hold a relevant Bachelorโs degree (for a Masterโs programme) or secondary school diploma (for a Bachelorโs programme), or an equivalent thereof;
โขย Be able to comply with the conditions to obtain a Dutch visa (if applicable);
Failure to meet one or more of these criteria automatically means the student is not eligible for this scholarship.
Scholarship Criteria:
Eligible candidates are selected for a scholarship on the basis of the following criteria:
โขย Their academic excellence and promise in the proposed field of study;
โขย The academic quality and results of the preceding education, as evidenced, for example, by grades, test scores, publications, letters of recommendation;
โขย The quality and relevance of the motivation letter (academic content, intercultural and communication skills, personal motivation);
โขย The quality and feasibility of the financial plan in the application;
โขย The quality of the application itself (completeness, accuracy, consistency).
Application instructions:
It is not possible to apply for the Utrecht Excellence Scholarship.ย You must have been admitted to selected International Masterโs or Bachelorโs programmes (see above) to be considered for the scholarship. From the list of admitted students, the Selection Committee of the programme will select eligible candidates on the basis of the selection criteria mentioned above.
Prospective Bachelorโs students inย Economics and Business Economicsย who wish to be considered for the scholarship should apply for admission before 1 April. Prospective Masterโs students who wish to be considered for the scholarship should apply for admission before 1 December.
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:ย http://www.uu.nl/EN/informationfor/internationalstudents/financialmatters/grantsandscholarships/utrechtexcellencescholarships/Pages/default.aspx