The Franklin University Honors Program is for students with exceptional academic performance who have followed a rigorous secondary school curriculum.
ELIGIBILITY:
Qualifying Programs: All Bachelor programs, with participation in the Honors Program
Students with a GPA of at least 3.5 or the equivalent and evidence of a rigorous academic curriculum as well as exceptional academic performance. Recipients are selected following an interview with the Honors Program Executive Committee. Students must participate in the scholarship event (available virtually), which comprises participation in the Honors Society Learned Conversations, in addition to the selection interview and other activities for them to become familiar with the Honors program and with the academic and extracurricular experience at Franklin. Recipients will be expected to maintain eligibility for the Honors Program for every semester in which they receive the Honors Program Grant.
BENEFIT:
Amount of Award: two annual scholarships – $ 3,000 to $10,000
Each year, the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).
ELIGIBILITY:
Hold a university degree (Bachelors/Masters) on commencement of the scholarship
Be able to demonstrate their academic abilities and what they aim to achieve
Be under the age of 35 (born on or after 1 January 1979)
Be suitably proficient in the language of instruction (French, German, Italian, or English)
The research scholarship: Available to post-graduate researchers in any discipline (who hold a master’s degree as a minimum) who are planning to come to Switzerland to pursue research or further studies at doctoral or post-doctoral level (research fellowship, PhD, Postdoc).
Art scholarships: Open to art students wishing to pursue an initial master’s degree in Switzerland (arts).
BENEFIT:
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships will run throughout the period of study with
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