Science@Leuven Scholarship at K.U.Leuven University Belgium 2015
Applications are invited for Science@Leuven Scholarship available for international students in Belgium which is funded by KU Leuven for 2015-2016 academic years. Scholarships are available for international master programme within the Faculty of Science of the KU Leuven.
The amount of the scholarship can be up to 10.000 Euro for 1 year. The Board of the Science@Leuven Fund will decide exactly how much a scholarship will be. The scholarship will always cover the tuition fee for 1 year, the insurance and a basic health insurance coverage. The amount awarded for living expenses can vary.
Programmes Offered:
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Biology
- Molecular
- Cellular Biophysics
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Geography
- Mathematics
- Statistics
Course Level:
Scholarships are available for Masters Degree Level.
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet and prove the following requirements:
- the applicants have not studied or worked at the University of Leuven before,
- the applicants have a bachelor degree from a foreign university that gives them access to the master programme they are applying for,
- the applicants have not yet acquired a master degree or a PhD,
- the applicants can prove having had excellent study results during their former training,
- the applicants can prove a very strong knowledge of English,
- the applicants show strong motivation to follow a master programme at the Faculty of Science of the KU Leuven
- the applicants are willing to act as an ambassador for the programme.
- Please do not apply if applicants do not meet all the Requirements
- The students that have been awarded a scholarship will be asked to sign a contract that stipulates the conditions of acceptance.
- For all the English taught master programmes the following language requirements are requested. This is even more so for applicants for the Scholarship. The level of English is considered to be a selection criterium.
Benefit:
- The amount of the scholarship can be up to 10.000 Euro for 1 year.
- The Board of the Science-at-Leuven Fund will decide exactly how much a scholarship will be.
- The scholarship will always cover the tuition fee for 1 year, the insurance and basic health insurance coverage.
- The amount awarded for living expenses can vary. If a student is awarded the full scholarship of 10.000 Euro, it is still advisable to bring some extra money.
- The expense for a full year at the KU Leuven is estimated to be about 11.000 euro.
Tenure:
Two years.
Number of Awards:
See further details.
Application Procedure:
- Application Procedure is online.
- The application form PDF is downloaded from the KU Leuven website and likewise submitted online.
- Other required documents are attached or uploaded to the application form also online.
- The applicants go through the admission procedure of the Master Programme of their choice. Only students admitted to a Master Programme of the Faculty of Science are considered for the scholarship.
- The applicants with a complete file and meeting all the necessary requirements are selected for the first round.
- The list of applicants per master programme is sent to the respective programme director who ranks the students eligible for the Scholarship.
- The selection committee receives the list of the selected applicants per programme and agrees on a ranking of all the applicants.
- The selection committee selects a number of students to be interviewed via skype.
- The selected applicants are interviewed via skype
- The selection committee makes a final ranking of all the candidates that have been interviewed.
- The Board of the Science-at-Leuven Fund defines how many scholarships are available and awards the scholarships.
Application Deadline: 01 June 2015
Further Details:
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