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The University of Birmingham is offering major scholarships for international students Global Masters Scholarship 2022-23.

ABOUT

Birmingham has a proud heritage of removing barriers to education to enable the most academically talented students to fulfill their potential in learning and education. 

In keeping with this tradition, we are proud to be launching the Global Masters Scholarship to attract and support the most academically talented international students from across the world to our Masters degrees during the 2022/23 academic year.

NUMBER OF GRANTS

40

ELIGIBILITY

In order to be eligible, candidates must meet the following requirements. Candidates must:

• Have received, and accepted, an offer of admission for a taught Masters degree at the University of Birmingham UK Campus to study in the 2022/23 academic year.
• Be classed as ‘domiciled’ in one of the eligible countries.
• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes.
• Start their studies at the University in September/ October 2022 on a course delivered on-campus.
• Have paid the standard £2,000 Admissions deposit by 30 June 2022.
• Be academically exceptional and able to provide evidence for this in the scholarship application statement. Candidates should have, or be expecting to achieve, a first class overall grade (at least 70% in the UK system) in a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

For example, we consider a UK first class degree to be equivalent to the following grading systems in the US, India, Nigeria, and China:

• 3.5 out of 4.0 and above in the US GPA system.
• 70% in the Indian grading system
• 3.5 (out of 4.0) or 4.5 (out of 5.0) or 6.2 (out of 7.0) in the Nigerian grading system
• 85% grade awarded by a top tier Chinese University, 90% grade awarded by a mid-tier Chinese University

Students in receipt of a full scholarship or sponsorship covering full tuition fees from an alternative internal or external source are not eligible for this scholarship. Those with other partial awards may be able to conjoin this scholarship with other scholarships.

COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE

Candidates must be classed as ‘domiciled’ in one of the following countries:

• Algeria
• Canada
• China (PRC)
• Egypt
• Ghana
• Hong Kong (SAR of PRC)
• India
• Indonesia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Seychelles
• Taiwan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• United States of America
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

NOT ELIGIBLE

• If you decide to defer your programme start date to September 2023, you will no longer be eligible for this scholarship as it is only available for programmes with a September 2022 start date.
• Students applying for programmes in the Birmingham Business School are not eligible for this scholarship but are eligible for other separate MSc and MBA scholarships offered by the Business School.
• Students seeking to study on a course solely delivered as a ‘distance learning’ programme are not eligible for this scholarship.

HOW TO APPLY

This is a competitive scholarship and candidates who fulfil the eligibility requirements outlined above, and who has been issued and accepted an offer of admission to a Masters degree at Birmingham, are welcome to apply for this scholarship by completing our online scholarship application form below.

Please complete the form accurately and in full as any incomplete applications will not be considered and cannot be amended once submitted. Please only complete the scholarship application form once as any duplicate applications will not be considered and we will only review your first submission. 

Global Masters Scholarship Application Form

DEADLINE

30 June 2022 at 23:59 (UK time / GMT+1)

CONTACT DETAILS

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/students/global-masters-scholarship.aspx

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Applications are now open for students to apply for The RHODES SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDIA 2023.

ABOUT

The Rhodes Scholarships, established in 1903, are the oldest international scholarship programme in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Administered by the Rhodes Trust in Oxford, the programme offers over 100 fully-funded Scholarships each year for full-time postgraduate study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom – one of the world’s leading universities. Rhodes Scholarships are for young leaders of outstanding intellect and character who are motivated to engage with global challenges, committed to the service of others and show promise of becoming value-driven, principled leaders for the world’s future.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Nationality/citizenship: You must be a citizen of India, holding an Indian passport, or equivalent proof of citizenship. PIO or OCI card holders do not satisfy the Indian citizenship criteria for this purpose. Applications from refugees/asylum seekers in India will also be considered in this constituency.
2. Education/residency: You must have undertaken formal study at an educational institution in India for a minimum of 4 of the last 10 years, and have either: (i) completed a school leaving exam (10th or 12th standard or equivalent) at a school in India (ii) or be in the final year of, or have completed an undergraduate degree at a university in India.
3. Age: You must meet either of the below criteria:

• On 1 October 2022, you must be at least 18 and have not reached your 24th birthday (i.e. you must have been born after 1 October 1998 and on or before 1 October 2004).
• On 1 October 2022, you must not have reached your 27th birthday (i.e. have been born after 1 October 1995) AND you have met or will meet the academic requirements for completing your first undergraduate degree on or after 1 October 2021.

4. Academic achievement: You must have already completed, or will have completed by July 2023, an undergraduate degree (normally a Bachelor’s degree) with an academic background and grade that – at a minimum – meets or exceeds the specific entry requirements of your chosen full-time course at the University of Oxford (https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/courses-a-z-listing). Given the very intense international competition for places at the University of Oxford, candidates will have a greater chance of successful admission to Oxford if they have:
• A First Class Honours Degree
Please contact the National Secretary if you require further advice about the academic requirements of the Scholarship.

5. Please note: only one of the five available Scholarships (and, in exceptional cases, two) may be awarded in the aggregate to (i) candidates who are pursuing, or have pursued, their undergraduate studies at a university located outside India and (ii) inter-jurisdictional Candidates.

6. If unsuccessful in your first application to the Rhodes Scholarships, you may subsequently re-apply only once more (and this must be in the same constituency), subject to meeting the eligibility criteria.

APPLICATIONS PROCEDURE

1. You can apply online from 01 June 2022 at https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholarships/applications/.
2. You must submit your application online, with all supporting documents, by 23:59 India Standard Time, 01 August 2022. All applications must be submitted online. No alternate method of application is accepted. There is no
   application fee for submission of the Rhodes Scholarship application form.
3. In preparation for making your application, you should carefully read the information held on the Scholarships tab on the Rhodes House website, the Conditions of Tenure for the Rhodes Scholarship, the information in this document and the graduate admissions pages of the University of Oxford: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate.
4. If you are longlisted you will be invited to attend a preliminary interview, which may be held in person or via video conference.
5. A semi-final interview may also be held in person or via video conference at the discretion of the Selection Committee.
6. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a social engagement (a tea or dinner with the selection committee hosted by the Chairman) and a final interview. You must be available to attend both, in person, as no accommodations can be made on date and time, or mode, of these events. The Selection Committee may, however, decide to hold all final interviews online. Interviews will be held between September-November 2022. No candidate will be selected without an interview. The granting of an interview is entirely within the discretion of the Selection Committee. A domestic travel allowance for candidates invited for the final interview will be paid by the Rhodes Trust if the interviews are held in person. International travel will not be reimbursed.
7. All applicants will be emailed with the outcome of their application.
8. Please note – before starting an online Rhodes Scholarship application you should be aware of the Rhodes Trust data protection policy for applications: https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/pages/personal-data-cookies/.

CONTACT DETAILS

FULL INFORMATION: https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/46331/information-for-candidates-india.pdf

https://rhodes.embark.com/login/apply?target=2023

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