Beasiswa Scholarship College

The Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORS or ORSAS) grants awards on a competitive basis to international postgraduate research students of outstanding merit and research potential.

The number of scholarships available at Newcastle under this scheme varies, but the University’s success rate in recent years has been very good (in 2004, 24 awards were given to Newcastle students).

Awards are made:

• for full-time research programmes only
• initially for one year but may be extended up to a maximum of three years

What does the scholarship cover?

• the difference between the tuition fee for a home (UK) postgraduate student, and the fee chargeable to an international postgraduate student

Stavanger is the undisputed oil capital of Norway. The University of Stavanger’s excellent reputation for petroleum education and research has attracted students both from Norway and all over the globe. The University of Stavanger is proud to announce the commencement of the Master of Science in Offshore Technology in autumn 2007. We are targetting English-speaking engineering students from all over the world, and particularly from countries with an offshore petroleum industry or related industrial areas.

The Seismic Laboratory for Imaging and Modeling at the University of British Columbia is looking for PhD students interested in pursuing research in theoretical seismic imaging and inversion. The student would be a member of the DNOISE project.

The DNOISE project is an interdisciplinary effort between faculty and students in the departments of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Students are encouraged to apply to the department most closely aligned with their research interests, and to list on their application one of the DNOISE faculty members. Please notify Debbie Burgess at dburgess@eos.ubc.ca of your intent to apply.

Entering its sixth year, the Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is the center of excellence for leadership education in the Asia Pacific region. The APLP is a graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. Based at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the program is creating a network of dynamic leaders from around the world who are familiar with the critical issues and cultures of the Asia Pacific region and trained to work collaboratively. The program involves intensive coursework and field studies. All participants receive an APLP Entry Fellowship valued at approximately $10,000.

Newcastle University is delighted to announce over 100 new Newcastle University International Postgraduate Scholarship (NUIPS) awards. These are available for international students starting their studies in September 2007, in the 2007-08 academic year.

Each scholarship will have a value of £1,500 per year, payable towards tuition fees in the first instance. In very exceptional circumstances, the value of the NUIPS may be increased to £3,000 per year at the discretion of the Scholarships Committee.
Eligibility

You could be eligible to apply for a NUIPS award if: