Deakin University, Australiahas announced three 100 per cent tuition fee waiver Scholarships for meritorious Indian students under its vice-chancellor Meritorious Scholarship for India. The vice-chancellor meritorious scholarship is a part of an initiative of Deakin titled Changing lives, with an objective to support deserving students with estimable academic history and holistic achievements for studies onshore at Deakin University, Australia.
Eligibility:The scholarships are available for Post Graduate Studies and Under Graduate Studies in the fields of Creative Arts, Health, Sports, Engineering and Business Analytics. Applicants need to demonstrate high level of academic merit — 80 per cent plus in Class XII and Bachelors Degree.
Deadline: last date to apply is Tuesday, May 10, 2016. For more information, email: southasia@deakin.edu. au or call +91 11 26544740.
University of Sheffieldis offering Management Scholarships to new undergraduate Indian students. The guaranteed scholarships are worth £2,000 per year each. They are also offering students the chance to apply for five merit UG Scholarships worth 50 per cent of the annual undergraduate tuition fee per year.
Eligibility:Candidates must hold an offer of a study place and begin undergraduate studies in September 2016 in the Management School; Must be a national of or permanently domiciled in India; Must be self-funding and classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes. The scholarship is for full-time students only. The guaranteed scholarship will be awarded automatically — no application is required. The guaranteed scholarship will be awarded unconditionally in the first year of study.
Receipt of the award in subsequent years of study is subject to the achievement of a 60 per cent overall average mark in the previous academic year. The scholarship will take the form of a tuition fee reduction only.
The scholarship will not be applied during any optional or compulsory study abroad periods or year in industry. The Scholarships will not be awarded where partial funding is applicable from an external body* and there is an agreement already in place between the external body and the University of Sheffield to offer a tuition fee discount to the student.
Deadline:The deadline is June24, 2016.