Master's Scholarships

Edinburgh Global Online Distance Learning Master's Scholarships


The University of Edinburgh will offer 6 Master's scholarships for eligible distance learning Master's programmes offered by the University.

Scholarships will be available for students pursuing one of the following distance learning programmes:
College of Humanities and Social Science

* LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law
* LLM Intellectual Property Law
* LLM Medical Law and Ethics
* LLM Information Technology Law
* Med Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (including PG Certificate and PG Diploma)
* MSc E-Learning (including PG Certificate and PG Diploma)

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

* MSc Anaesthesia Practice
* MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
* MSc Clinical Education
* MSc Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases
* MSc Equine Science
* MSc Forensic Medicine and Science Health Informatics
* MSc Health Informatics
* MSc Health Information Governance
* MSc International Animal Health
* MSc International Health: Non Communicable Diseases
* MSc Neuroimaging
* MSc Pain Management
* MSc Surgical Sciences
* MSc Translational Medicine


Each scholarship will have a total value of £5,000 which will be deducted from the tuition fee for the entire part-time programme of study.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission onto the above eligible distance learning Master's programmes at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in the following countries:

Afghanistan Mauritania
Bangladesh Mongolia
Benin Mozambique
Burkina Faso Myanmar
Burundi Nepal
Cambodia Niger
Central African Republic Nigeria
Chad Pakistan
Comoros Papua New Guinea
Congo, Dem Rep Rwanda
Côte d'Ivoire São Tomé and Principe
Eritrea Senegal
Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Gambia, The Solomon Islands
Ghana Somalia
Guinea Sudan
Guinea-Bissau Tajikistan
Haiti Tanzania
India Timor-Leste
Kenya Togo
Korea, Dem Rep Uganda
Kyrgyz Republic Uzbekistan
Lao PDR Vietnam
Liberia Yemen, Rep
Madagascar Zambia
Malawi Zimbabwe
Mali


Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.
Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.

Application Procedure

Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application.

When completing the personal statement of the scholarship application form, please indicate why Distance Learning suits your particular circumstances making reference to both online learning and distance learning.

Alternatively applicants can request a paper application form from:

The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL

E-mail: scholarships@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 131 651 4070

Completed application forms must be received by the Scholarships and Student Finance Office no later than 31 May 2010.


Selection Procedure

A Selection Committee will meet in June 2010 to select the scholarship holders. The winners of the scholarships will be announced by the end of June 2010.

The commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan

Cameroon Commonwealth Scholarship Agency (CCSA)

Introduction
The commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) makes available to commonwealth member countries opportunities for its students to pursue advanced academic studies in commonwealth countries other than theirs. These offers are intended for both men and women of high intellectual capacity who are expected to make a significant contribution to their home countries after their studies abroad. begining in 1959, the plan has offered well over 21 000 students the opportunity ti study in over 21 different countries

Cameroon Commonwealth Scholarships are coordinated by the CCSA, Cameroon Commonwealth Scholarships Agency. This Agency received the first offer in 1998

Location and Adress
Ministry of Higher Education, Yaoundé
Cameroon Commonwealth Scholarships Agency CCSA
Departement Of Assistance and University Welfare Ministry of Higher Education P.O. Box 1739 Yaoundé
Telephone: (237) 22 23 10 01
Fax: (237) 22 23 10 01

Secretariat: Ministry of Higher Education, 15th Floor, Room 1514, 1527

Who Can Apply for commonwealth Scholarship
+ Be a Commonwealth citizen
+ Apply through your country's Commonwealth Agency

Deadlines
Each donor country indicates its deadline. CCSA also gives its internal deadline when publishing any offer. Application can be received from July to October every year

Selection
Selection of candidates by the CCSA is done by INTER-ministerial commission created for its purpose. The donor country does the final nominations

Engilsh Language Proficiency
- Candidates are expected to have a good mastery of english language
- Some offers require the candidates to sit for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) organised by the British council. The minimum required score for eligibility is 6/10

MBA Awards
- Candidates who wish to undertake an MBA degree (Includes commerce, Accounting, Finance etc) should undertake the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The minimun acceptable score varies from University in the range of 550-600. Information could be obtained from either the American cultural Centre Yaounde or The Educating Testing Service (GMAT) P.O BOX 966-R, Princeton New Jersey, 08541 USA

- Candidates for awards in Economics and related subjects should be aware that a number of departments may require them before admission to pass the Princeton, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) The Princeton Gradaute Record Examination (GRE) P.O BOX 955, Princeton New Jersey, 08541 USAUSA

Composition of Application File
+ hand written stamped application addressed to the Ministry of Hogher Education;
+ A commonwealth application from obtanaible from CCSA or MINESUP website;
+ Certified copy of birth certificate;
+ Certified copies of university transcripts and certificates covering all years (six copies each);
+ Certified copies of GCE "0" and "A" Levels and or Prob and Bac;
+ Certificate of Nationality;
+ Six recent passport size photos;
+ Six copies of each academic recommendation from three different academic referees;
+ Six copies of recommendations from professionnal referees (for workers only);
+ Authorisation letter from employer (for civil servants only);
+ A curriculum Vitae

Web sites donor country
+ United Kingdom
Tentative period of offer: July-August
www.csfp-online.org

+ Canada
Tentative period of offer: July-August
www.scholarships.gc.ca

+ New Zeland
Tentative period of offer: March-April
www.nzvcc.ac.nz

+ Malaysia
Tentative period of offer: July-August
www.mohe.gov.my

+ India
Tentative period of offer: June-October
http://tec.nic.in