Scholarship for Masters degree courses at the University of Sussex.
Eligibility: One must be a self-financing student from India and have accepted an offer of a full-time place on a masters course at the University of Sussex commencing in September 2014.
The scholarship is available only to self-financing students. If your tuition fees are funded by an external funding body you will not be eligible to receive the scholarship. The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship funded by the University of Sussex.
Application: You must apply for admission to an eligible Masters course via the University’s PG Apply online application system.
Application deadline: The application deadline is August 1, 2014.
The Dempo and the Fomento Group collaboratively formed the Goa education trust with the British Council in the year 2009 to provide Goan students with a platform to undertake postgraduate study in the UK in any field of academic study.
Eligibility: Be an Indian national with a valid Indian passport, domiciled and resident in Goa, or born to Goan parents or of Goan origin. Be in India at the time of applying for the Scholarship. Be not more than 30 years of age at the time of applying. Have excellent track record in academic and extracurricular achievements. Identify a suitable Masters programme in the UK and apply for a course beginning in September/ October 2014. You need to secure admission and bring proof of admission at the time of interview.
Guidelines: Along with the application form please submit the following documents: Documentary proof of share of the applicant or the applicant’s parents having an ancestral property in Goa which is utilised as the family’s residence or business premises.
Proof of birth certificate (born in Goa) of the applicant or any one of the applicant’s parents or grandparents. A copy of conditional/unconditional admission letter from the UK institution. Submit one academic and one professional reference letter, although recent graduates may submit two academic references. Two hard copies of reference letters of not more than one A4 size page each.
Contact: British Council Division, British Deputy High Commission, 901 Tower 1, One Indiabulls Centre, Elphinstone Road (West), Mumbai 400 013
One can write to: mumbai.enquiry@in.britishcouncil.org for more information.