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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL) GLOBAL MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 

Application Deadline: 5pm BST, Tuesday 7 May 2024

LOCATION: England

The UCL Global Masters Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master’s degree studies at UCL.

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:

be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;

come from a lower income background*;

AND have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master’s degree at UCL in 2024/25.  Please note: Distance-learning options are not eligible for this fund; students must be coming to the UK to attend UCL in person.

BENEFIT:

There are up to 85 (eighty-five) scholarships available in 2024/25 with five aimed specifically at students from India.

The value of the bursary is £15,000.

The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2yrs in length.  In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.

The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries. The amount of the UCL award may be adjusted depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.

Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.

The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.

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MOZIDA AFRICA EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 11:59PM (GMT), 30th April, 2024.

LOCATION: Bolivia

The Mozida Africa Excellence Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship that has been established by the Mozida Foundation to attract high-performing students who are leaders and agents of communal change to pursue a master’s degree at institutions of higher learning in Bolivia.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be a citizen and hold a valid passport (or verifiable means of identification) from one of the 54 countries of Africa.

Hold a recognized university bachelor degree (or equivalent) from a recognized university in any field.

Complete and submit an application via the online platform on or before the deadline 11:59PM (GMT), 30th April, 2024.

Be ready to commence study in an eligible master coursework degree program at a Bolivian university.

Not be a current beneficiary of a separate Bolivian University scholarship.

Meet all of the financial obligations of a full-fee paying international student, including the full tuition fee and other expenses, in the event that eligibility for the scholarship is not maintained.

BENEFIT:

Fully-funded scholarship will cover 100% of tuition fees

A monthly allowance for all scholarship recipients ($1600 per month) throughout the duration of study provided that the awardee meets up with the departmental CGPA requirements.

Shared same-sex accommodation (two per room for singles, one per room for married couples)

Reimbursement of one-way economy flight to Bolivia (only once) as well as return flight ticket (economy class)

60% of national health insurance, including annual medical check-ups.

All MS students participating in research projects will receive a research assistantship of $1000.

Opportunity to study at a top Bolivian university without worrying about financial expenses and a chance to explore the Bolivian culture.

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