Deadline: 15 November 2012
Open to: Citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Palestine, Serbia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
Scholarship: Full university tuition fee, approved College fee, and an annual living allowance for a single person
Description
The Open Society Foundations, in partnership with the Cambridge Overseas Trust, offer outstanding students an opportunity to study at the University of Cambridge, UK, through a jointly-funded scholarship program.
The only factors taken into consideration are academic ability and research potential, examination results, and references. The financial situation of applicants does not affect the selection of scholars.
In the case of some selected candidates, the Trusts will subsequently identify partner organizations willing to provide part of the cost of the scholarships, but the Trusts will meet the balance, and where necessary the whole costs, of these awards. The value of the scholarship is equivalent to the University tuition fee, approved College fee, and an annual living allowance for a single person. The length of the scholarship is three years.
Scholarships are available in the following subjects:
- MPhil in Conservation Leadership
- MPhil in Environmental Policy
- MPhil in Environment, Society and Development
- MPhil in Gender Studies
- MPhil in Development Studies
- MPhil in Public Health
- LLM (Public Law)
Eligibility
- Applicants must be citizens of and resident in one of the following countries during the academic year in which they apply for the award: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova,Palestine, Serbia, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
- Applicants who are temporarily out of the country (for a total period of less than three consecutive months) may be treated as being resident.
- Demonstrate exceptional academic potential, familiarity with the chosen field of study and clear commitment to open society goals.
- Applicants should be planning to return to their home country at the end of the period of study.
- Already hold (or expect to hold by the time of taking up the award) a first degree of an equivalent standard to a good UK second-class Honours degree.
- Applicants will be required to have passed an English proficiency test (TOEFL or IELTS) before being offered a Scholarship. The minimum requirement for some of the courses available is in TOEFL 600 (250 in the computer-based test) or IELTS 7.0; however most courses require the higher minimum requirement of IELTS 7.5, and some IELTS 8.0. Please refer to the University of Cambridge Graduate Studies Prospectus for further details.
A preference will go towards applicants who have not studied previously outside of their home countries.
Ineligibility
Employees, employees’ relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than two years before) of the Educational Advising Centers or local Open Society Foundations representatives directly involved in the Open Society Scholarship Programs administration in the region and the participating universities will not be eligible to apply for these awards.
Application
Applicants should check the relevant courses on the University of Cambridge website, especially the admission and English language requirements.
Applicants should then contact their local Open Society Scholarship Programs representative (please download the list AVAILABLE HERE), then submit the scholarship application form to your local representative by the deadline, November 15, 2012. Please note that late applications will be accepted.
Following these steps, applicants will receive a voucher code by email from the University of Cambridge for the online application payment.
Applicants should then submit an online application to the University of Cambridge by the deadline of December 4, 2012 — no late applications will be accepted.
For more information, please see the original call for applications HERE.
Hello,
My name is Samaya Jafarova.
I am 30 year old femail from Azerbaijan. I am very interested in this oppotunity and I would like to apply for this scholarship however my country is not in the list of eligible countries. Is there any chance for me to be considered in case if I apply?
Dear Samaya,
Unfortunately the program is open just to the citizens of countries mentioned above – as you can check in the eligibility section.
Best regards,
Mladiinfo team
Hello,
My name is Alex and my grades are not so impressive, so i was wondering how important would my average be in order for me to get this scholarship?
All the best,
Alex
Dear Alex,
Please note, that Mladiinfo does not give scholarship and is not responsible for application, therefore we cannot evaluate your chance in the process of application for this scholarship. Anyway, you can apply and see.
Best regards,
Mladiinfo team
The program requires minimum of TOEFL score 600. If for example I score 580 would I still have a chance of being selected? Or is it the firm score that one must achieve?
Thank you.
nariman.
Dear Nariman,
Please note that Mladiinfo does not give scholarships and is not responsible for applications. The minimum requested is 600, so we assume it is the firm score they are searching for. However, please direct your question to your local Open Society Scholarship Program representative or see their website for more information.
Best regards, Mladiinfo team
Hello,
My name is Hassan, from Palestine.
How long time this program will take ?
For example, I can finish this program in one year ?!
Thanks a lot,
Hassan
Dear Hassan,
Please if it is not specified in our post, check the official call for application provided at the end of our post. If you cannot find anything there, you might want to direct to the official contact persons and receive the information from first hand.
Kind regards,
Mladiinfo team
To whom it may concern
The list for local Open Society Scholarship Programs representatives is currently out of order. Would you be kind to repair it or provide the list here? In particular, I'm looking to find the representative for Macedonia.
Thank you very much,
Best Regards,
Darko
Dear Darko:
The link is in working order. Try again. Or, for your convenience we've copied the information for Macedonia's representative here:
Youth Educational Forum
Address: St. Drenak 34-A,
1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Tel: +398 2 3139 692
Contact person: Bojana Nizamovska: bomzich@gmail.com
Kind regards,
Mladiinfo team