To recognise academic achievement, the University of Straclyde’s Dean’s Excellence Award offers international students a merit-based scholarship of up to £3,000 for entry onto a full time masters programme in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Number of scholarships — 50.
Eligibility: Be available to commence their academic studies in the UK by the start of the academic year in September/October 2017. Hold a first degree at first or upper second class Honours, or equivalent. Hold an unconditional offer to their Masters programme and have made their £2000 deposit payment towards their tuition fees. Some scholarships have restrictions on other funding you can accept. This means that you have to decide which scholarship to accept. For any University of Strathclyde award you are successful in applying for, you will receive the higher value award only.
Application deadline: The last date to apply is September 1, 2017. For more information contact: hass-pgt-enquiries@strath.ac.uk
The University of Bern is offering up to 15 doctoral positions for upcoming international scholars. Positions are available for students who have completed all of their studies-to-date outside of Switzerland and achieved outstanding grades in their master’s degree.
Eligibility: Hold a master’s degree or a licentiate from a Swiss university or Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, or an equivalent university degree. Students must also fulfill any other requirements set out by the relevant faculty.
How to apply: Email your application including any related documents as one pdf to link.fehrenbach-at-entwicklung.unibe.ch. Supporting documents: Application form, Copy of your ID, Cover letter, CV, Copies of academic qualifications, Certification from the university where you attained your master’s degree, that you are permitted to engage in doctoral studies. Certificates for relevant language skills. An outline of your planned dissertation (maximum 5,000 characters including spaces). list of publications (if available). Confirmation from your supervisor at the University of Bern. A letter from your supervisor stating: Your potential as a doctoral candidate and the quality of your research project. The relevance of your project to the supervisor’s own research or that of the research group with which you will work
Application deadline: The application deadline is May 17, 2017.