Macquarie University announced a new scholarship programme, valued at $1 million, for Indian students commencing in 2015. The VC’s international scholarship, valued up to $10,000, will assist talented students to pursue coursework degree by offsetting almost a third of the annual fees for most courses at Macquarie University. Fifty scholarships will be available in 2015.
Under the scheme, the university will provide an early acceptance discount of $6,000 towards the total tuition of a student’s program. One hundred South Asia Scholarships will be available from July 2015 to coursework students who accept their offer by a set deadline. This scholarship funding is in addition to existing $11 million that Macquarie University provides through a scholarship programme to Indian PhD candidates. There are currently 55 students undertaking PhDs at Macquarie University, in science, engineering, cognitive sciences, economics and law.
James Cook University, Singapore, is offering scholarship that covers up to 50 per cent of the course fees of their Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes, the university aims to translate the dreams of aspiring students into reality by supporting them in their education. It offers scholarship of (Rs8 lakh) for Masters Degree in Business, IT & Tourism Subjects and (Rs11 lakh) for Bachelors Degree in subjects like Business, IT and Psychology. Test in Delhi will be held at at IIT Delhi, from 11 am on February 1, 2015.
The question paper is designed by the James Cook University academic staff and comprises questions related to English and Aptitude Test in proper proportion. The question paper covers the following topics: Antonyms, sentence completion, mathematics-based questions, GK. There is no negative marking. The assessment is based on the working out for right answers in the adjacent side of particular questions. For the upcoming tests, no sample question papers will be provided by the university.
An application should be made before attending the scholarship test. It is mandatory for candidates to bring their hall-ticket to the examination venue. 60% or above marks in Class XII/Bachelor Degree is the criteria on which students are enrolled for the test. Photo Identification Card is needed as an Identity proof.
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