Cambridge Scholarships for International Students 2013-2014

The GatesCambridge Scholarships is are prestigious international full-cost scholarships awarded to outstanding applicants from outside the UK to pursue a full-time graduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.

Eligibility

• Citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom
• May apply to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study:
• PhD (three year research-only degree)
• One year postgraduate course (e.g. MPhil, LLM, MASt, Diploma, MBA etc.)
• MSc or MLitt (two year research-only degree)
• May apply to study any subject available at the University of Cambridge
• Must be admitted to one of the degrees above at Cambridge through the University’s normal admission procedures

 A Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge.

How to Apply

 All applicants apply simultaneously for admission as a graduate student to the University of Cambridge and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship using the one application pack.

Application Deadline:  December 4, 2012

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World Teacher's Day, 5th October - Celebrate your Teachers

World Teachers’ Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 - when it was created by UNESCO - celebrates teachers worldwide. Its aim is to mobilise support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.

Click here to send your teacher an ecard. 

Take a stand for the teachers!

VLIR-UOS Master and Short Training Scholarships 2013-2015

VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from Africa, Asia and Latin-America to follow a training or master programme at a Dutch speaking university or university college in Belgium. The eligible training or master programmes are taught in English. They are designed for people in positions of responsibility in civil society.

The scholarships cover all related expenses. For application, please visit the website of the training or master programme. You can apply for a scholarship from October 2012 (master programmes) or November 2012 (master programmes organised at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and all training programmes). The deadline for application for the master programmes: 1 February 2013; for training programmes: check the programme websites.

Overview Eligible Programmes The master programmes, lasting one or two academic years, focus on specific problems of developing countries. These are designed to enable graduates to share and apply acquired knowledge in the home institution and country. In the shorter training programmes, lasting one to four months, the focus is on transferring skills rather than knowledge, thus creating opportunities for cooperation and networking.

International Master Programmes 2013-2014 Master of Science in Development Evaluation and Management Master of Science in Globalisation and Development Master of Science in Governance and Development Master of Science in Human Settlements International Master Programmes 2013-2015 Master of Science in Aquaculture Master of Science in Biology – Specialisation Human Ecology Master of Science in Statistics - Specialisation Biostatistics Master of Science in Environmental Sanitation Master of Science in Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management (Oceans & Lakes) Master of Science in Molecular Biology (IPMB) Master of Science in Nematology Master of Science in Nutrition and Rural Development Master of Science in Physical Land Resources Master of Science in Food Technology Master of Science in Water Resources Engineering International Training Programmes 2013 Lib@Web : Management of Electronic Information and Digital Libraries AudioVisual Learning Materials – Media and Learning Unit (AVLM) Human Rights for Development (‘HR4DEV’) Road safety in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement Technology for Integrated Water Management Dairy Nutrition International Training Programme in Food Safety, Quality Assurance Systems and Risk Analysis