The Asian Development Bank – Government of Japan Scholarship Program

The Asian Development Bank - Government of Japan Scholarship Program graduate degree fellowship provides support for graduate (post-baccalaureate) studies in approved fields of study at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM), and for participation in educational activities at the East-West Center (EWC).

Please check the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa website at http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ for information about the various areas of study.

Areas of study funded by ADB through the ADB Scholarship at the East-West Center, are:

Area of Study	Test Scores Required
Architecture	TOEFL or IELTS
Business Administration	GMAT and TOEFL or IELTS
Economics	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Geography	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Int'l Mgmt-School of Business	GMAT and TOEFL or IELTS
Japan Focused MBA (JEMBA)	GMAT and TOEFL or IELTS
Law (LLM Degree-a one-year program)	TOEFL or IELTS
Natural Resources & Environmental Mgmt	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Ocean & Resource Engineering	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Oceanography	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Pacific Islands Studies	TOEFL or IELTS
Public Administration	TOEFL or IELTS
Sociology	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Tropical Plant & Soil Science	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS
Urban & Regional Planning	GRE and TOEFL or IELTS

The basic requirements for this scholarship are:

• Applicants must be a citizen of a developing member country of the Asian Development Bank.
• Applicants must have a 4-year bachelor’s degree or the equivalent of a 4-year bachelor’s degree, at the time of application. (An equivalent could be a 3-year bachelor’s degree plus a 1-year master’s degree, or a 2-year bachelor’s degree plus a 2-year master’s degree. This is subject to review.)
• Applicants must have a Master’s degree that is equivalent to a U.S. Master's degree to apply for Doctoral studies.
• Applicants must have at least 2 years of full-time professional work experience after a university degree.
• Applicants must take one of the English proficiency tests; the minimum acceptable scores are 550 for TOEFL or 6.5 for IELTS.
• Applicants living or working in a country other than his/her home country are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
• Applicants who have studied abroad, or may be seeking a second master’s or second doctorate degree are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.

To make certain you are eligible to apply for the ADB-JSP Scholarship please read carefully the ADB eligibility requirements and criteria for selection on the ADB website at http://www.adb.org/JSP

Review the ADBJSP Application Information and Instructions thoroughly before beginning the application process.

Remember, the mailing deadline for the ADB application is the November 1, 2012 postmark. Please include as many support documents as possible when you mail the ADB and UHM applications.

East-West Center
Award Services Office
Attn: ADB Scholarships
John A. Burns Hall, Room 2066
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848-1601
USA

For more information e-mail:  adbjsp@EastWestCenter.org

Visit the Official Website at www.eastwestcenter.org

Türkiye Scholarships for Indonesian Nationals

The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Jakarta has the pleasure to announce the “Türkiye Scholarships”, a new and comprehensive scholarship programme initiated by the Government of the Republic of Turkey.

Starting from the 2012-2013 academic year, the scholarships granted by the Government of the Republic of Turkey are restructured and renamed as “Türkiye Scholarships”, consisting of 22 scholarship programmes. Of these 22 programmes, 8 are available for Indonesian nationals, namely:

• Goldenhorn Scholarship (undergraduate)
• History and Civilization Scholarship (graduate and research)
• Ibni Haldun Social Sciences Scholarship (graduate and research)
• Economic Studies Scholarship (graduate and research)
• Ali Kuşçu Science and Technology Scholarship (graduate and research)
• İbni Sina Medical Sciences Scholarship (undergraduate, graduate and research)
• Islamic Theology Scholarship (undergraduate, graduate and research)
• Yunus Emre Turkish Language Scholarship (undergraduate, graduate and research)

With the new regulations, an online application system is introduced in order to make the application process faster and more practical. Thus, as a general rule, the scholarship applications for the 2012-2013 academic year should be made online, via the “Türkiye Scholarships”.

Deadline for the applications is 1st June 2012. The selection is a two-step procedure: in the first stage, the applicants will be evaluated according to academic merits, based on the documents provided during the application; in the second stage, the most successful candidates will be invited to Turkey for interview in June, July or August 2012 (if deemed necessary, the interviews can be made by telephone or online).

As part of the “Türkiye Scholarships”, accommodation and travel expenses, university fees, Turkish language education fees and general health insurance of the students who are granted a scholarship will be covered by the Government of the Republic of Turkey. The grantees will also be entitled to a monthly stipend.

For further information, please visit the official website www.trscholarships.org

WIT International Student Scholarship 2012 for Graduate and Postgraduate in Ireland

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is one of the largest institutes of technology in Ireland. WIT is a university-level institution in the South-East of Ireland and this year offer scholarship for International students. The International Student Scholarship will provide for a reduction in tuition fees of EURO 3,000 for one academic year for Undergraduate programmes and one year Higher Diploma programmes and EURO 3,150 for Postgraduate programmes. The International Student Scholarship is available only to international students who are beginning an undergraduate or postgraduate programme at WIT for the first time

Eligibility

The applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• intend to enroll on one of the following programmes:

1. For Undergraduate - Any 3 or 4 years degree programme. (Scholarship available for entry into all years of Bachelor programmes except final year). Higher Diploma programmes
2.  For Postgraduate - One year taught master programmes

• this is your first undergraduate, higher diploma or postgraduate enrollment at WIT in Ireland
• have an average result 75% in previous examinations
• have a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent
• The scholarships are open to international students only (Non-EU).
  

How to Apply

Applications must be made on the prescribed form and submitted to the International office. For online application please click here.

Deadlines

The applications must be submitted on or before 31 May 2012.

visit the official website

Scholarships for Undergraduates, Graduates Students, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany

The Heinrich Böll Foundation awards scholarships to German and foreign students in accordance with the guidelines issued by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt). Scholarships are awarded for the regular period of study. These scholarships are opened for Undergraduate and Graduate students.

Deadlines

Application deadlines are twice a year.

a.       - Sping   : 1 March 2012 (postmarked)

b.      - Winter :  1 September 2012 (postmarked)

Eligibility

Please click here to see full information about the eligibility

 Procedure of Selection

There are 3 stages in selection:

-          1. Submission of Written Application Documents

-          2. Interview

-          3. Selection Workshop

How to Apply

• Candidates must send three sets of written application (an original and two identical copies) to the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Scholarship Department, to this following postal address:

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., Studienwerk

Scholarship Department

Schumannstr. 8

D-10117 Berlin

Germany

•  Information about required documents, please download this file (PDF).  

• Applications must be made in German, but we do accept personal and expert references in English.

• Please note that you should keep copies (or originals) of all required documents that you submit because if you gain admission to the second stage of the application procedure you will need to send identical copies of all application documents listed to your liaison teacher.

For further information please visit the official website.