For Whom

1. Non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a Leiden University master's degree programme starting September 2013 or February 2014 ( All MA, MSc and LL.M programmes as mentioned on the website Master's programmes in Leiden,  a number of programs have a start date in September only).
2. All nationalities enrolling in the following programmes starting September 2013 or February 2014 or (programs listed below have a September start date only, with the exception of Adv. Studies in Air & Space Law):  
   

   Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in Air and Space Law Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in European and International Business Law  Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Tax Law  Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in Public International Law  MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy

 

 

Additional Requirements

 

1. In his or her prior academic education abroad, the applicant must have achieved excellent study results which are relevant for the programme for which the student wishes to enroll. As an indication, the student will be among the top 10% for the relevant programme followed abroad
2. The applicant will hold a non-EU/EEA passport and will not be eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans ("Studiefinanciering"; more information)
3. Scholarships will not be awarded to applicants who have already obtained a Leiden University master’s degree
4. Students who are granted a Leiden Excellence Scholarship must comply with and confirm in writing their agreement with the http://live.leiden.edu/images/default/file_pdf.png); background-color: transparent; background-position: 0px 1px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">terms and conditions (pdf) attached to the scholarship prior to the granting of the scholarship.

 

Scholarship Amount

The Leiden University Excellence Scholarship programme has 5 awards:  

Platinum	Covers the tuition fee minus the home fee* and an allowance of €10,000 for living costs
Gold	Covers the tuition fee minus the home fee*
Silver	Covers 75% of the tuition fee
Bronze	Covers 50% of the tuition fee
Ivory	Covers 25 % of the tuition fee

The number and type of award of the scholarship depends on the budget available for each Faculty department. The type of award has no reflection on the students' academic level of excellence.

* The tuition fee will be reduced to the amount of the home fee. Students who have been awarded a Platinum or Gold award still have to pay the home fee themselves.

 

Application Procedure

 

Step	Procedure	Deadline
1A	Fill in your online application for admission to Leiden University	Deadline 1 February 2013  for programmes starting in September 2013. Deadline 1 April 2013 only forprogrammes of the Leiden Law Schoolstarting in September 2013.   Deadline 1 October 2013 for programmes starting in February 2014.
B	Upload all necessary documents
C	Indicate clearly that you would like to apply for the LExS scholarship on the scholarship page
D	Upload your letter of motivation for the LExS scholarship on the scholarship page
E	Submit your online application
F	Pay the application fee
2A	All LExS applicants will be informed by the scholarship department of Student Educational Affairs.	Early May 2013 for September 2013 intake.   Mid November 2013 for the February 2014 intake.

 

Letter of Motivation

To apply for the scholarship, you should write a letter of motivation (in Word) of a maximum of 500 words, in which you indicate why you believe you should be considered for this scholarship. The Word document should then be attached on thescholarship page in your online application for the master's programmes for which you are applying.

It is possible to submit applications for more scholarship programmes simultaneously. However, it is not possible to obtain more than 1 scholarship from Leiden University for the same study programme. (http://live.leiden.edu/images/default/file_pdf.png); background-color: transparent; background-position: 0px 1px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">terms and conditions (pdf))

If you have already submitted your online application for admission to Leiden University, but would still like to apply for the LExS scholarship, we kindly request you to submit the LExS motivation letter to the http://live.leiden.edu/images/default/file_mail.png); background-color: transparent; background-position: 0px 1px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Scholarships department (e-mail) before the deadline.

Selection Process

The Faculty selection committee will review the applications. Students are selected on the basis of academic merit.

Disclaimer

The student is responsible for submitting a complete application, according to the steps described under 1A-F by the aforementioned deadline. Leiden University cannot be held responsible for late and/or incomplete applications.

Please note

Students should be aware that the LExS is not a full scholarship. It is necessary to find additional funding to be able to finance their study and stay completely.

One of the requirements for being granted a residence permit in the Netherlands is that students must submit proof that they have sufficient financial means to finance their study period in the Netherlands. Leiden University advises a budget, not including the tuition fee, of approx. €10,000 to €14,000 per year to cover the costs for rent, insurance, living expenses, course books and local transportation. How much money students actually spend will of course depend on their life style and spending habits.

Saxion Talent Scholarship (STS)

For talented students a partial scholarship is available that will give a substantial reduction on the tuition fee.

Am I eligible?

• You must have admission to one of Saxion’s International Bachelor programmes as a new student in the bachelor programme,
• You must be a student with a nationality from outside the EU/EEA,
• Scholarships are only awarded for programmes of at least 6-month duration
• Scholarships are awarded for one academic year.
• The STS wil only be granted if the student receives no other scholarship.

Saxion Top Talent Scholarship (STTS)

This scholarship is for excellent and very talented (non-European) students and covers the tuition fee, with exception of the governmental registration fee which is approximately € 1,835.- (for 2013/2014).

Am I eligible?

• You must have outstanding study results, with an average mark of 75% or higher,
• You must have an IELTS score of 6.5 or higher,
• You must be in or starting the admission procedure to one of Saxion’s International Bachelor Programmes as a new student in the bachelor programme,
• You must be a student with a nationality from outside the EU/EEA,
• Scholarships are only awarded for programmes of at least 6-month duration,
• Scholarships are awarded for one academic year.

Extended Saxion Talent Scholarship (ESTS)

Starting study year 2013-2014 students have the possibility to apply for an Extended Saxion Talent Scholarship (ESTS). The Extended Saxion Talent Scholarship is a scholarship for students who have passed the first year of their bachelor program and would like to continue studying in the next study year (2nd, 3rd or 4th year) at Saxion University. A student is required to have gained at least 54 ECTS credits in one study year in order to be granted the ESTS for the September re-registration. By being granted ESTS you will get a reduction on the tuition fee.

How can I apply for a scholarship?

Saxion Talent Scholarship

The application for your Bachelor course, will also count as application for the Saxion Talent Scholarship. If you meet the entry requirements, the scholarship will automatically be granted to you on a first come, first served basis. You don't have to fill in another application form for just the scholarship. The total number of available scholarships is limited.

Saxion Top Talent Scholarship

To apply for the Top Talent Scholarship you have to fill in the application form, you can download this form here:

• MS Word document
• PDF document

Please fill in the form and send it to us, preferably with your application form. You can find our contact details here.

Please note
Saxion Talent Scholarships are never paid in cash or transferred to a bank account. The scholarships are always deducted from the package fee. Allocation of scholarships is only possible after official enrolment or re-enrolment in each academic year.

Maastricht University High Potential scholarships

Maastricht University aims to further strengthen its position as a leading European university offering high-quality education with an international orientation. To this end, the university implements a pro-active recruitment policy for international students, in particular for the Master’s programmes. Scholarships are made available by the Maastricht University Scholarship Fund in order to encourage talented students from outside the EU/EEA to follow a Master's programme at Maastricht University. One of these scholarships is the Maastricht University High Potential scholarship.

 

Who is eligible?

Applicants must be admissible for a master’s programme or graduate programme for professionals  at Maastricht University and must not be older than 35 years at the start of the academic year. You may apply simultaneously for a master's programme and this scholarship.

 

Scholarship applicants must have obtained excellent results in their previous studies. This must be shown in the application file by including, for example, grade lists or reference letters. In case of equivalent qualification, preference will be given to applications, which show that the applicant is among the top 5%.

 

Applicants must come from a country outside the EU/EEA and meet the requirements for obtaining an entry visa and residence permit for the Netherlands.

 

Duration of the High Potential scholarship

The High Potential scholarship is awarded for the duration of the Master's programme, with a maximum of 12 months. In case of a two-year Master's programme, the Scholarship Committee will award the scholarship for a maximum of 24 months.

 

Amount of the High Potential scholarship programme

Living expenses per month	€ 825
Insurance	€ 500	arranged and paid by Scholarship Office
Visa Costs	€ 600	arranged and paid by Scholarship Office
Tuition fee	€ 13.000	arranged and paid by Scholarship Office

 

Application and selection

Students can download the application form here. Applications must be sent to Maastricht University. On the section Application and Selection, you can find information about how to send in the application form. The application deadline differs per faculty. Here you can find the deadline of the faculty of your choice!

 

For the scholarship assessment, the Scholarship Committee takes all elements of the application into account, including the level of previous study programmes, academic excellence, motivation, status of the home institution, the connection with the prior study programme, future career plans and references.

Please check the Maastricht University High Potential Scholarship Terms and Conditions before applying.

Roberto Rocca Fellowships

Founded in 2005 to promote the study of engineering and the applied sciences, the Roberto Rocca Education Program is sponsored by the Tenaris, Ternium and Techint companies. The Program is named in honor of Roberto Rocca, the late Chairman of the Techint Group.

Award details

Fellowships are awarded for a period of two years and may be used for tuition, fees and living expenses. The award amount will depend on the candidate's financial need but in general candidates are encouraged to seek complementary sources of funding. There will be approximately 12-15 Scholarships available in 2013.

Who can apply?

The Fellowships are open to citizens of Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania and Venezuela who will enter a Ph.D. program in 2013 or who are already undertaking a Ph.D. at a university outside their own country.

Fellowships are granted to students who will or are pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering and whose research offers potential benefits to the steel industry.

How to apply

Applications for the Fellowships must be submitted via the on-line Fellowship application on the Roberto Rocca Education Program's website.

The deadline for applications is December 14, 2012. Fellowship winners will be announced in April 2013.

Further details

For additional information about these fellowships, please see the website or send an email to info@robertorocca.org

Fellows are not required to work or do research for the sponsoring companies (Tenaris, Ternium and Techint companies).

Employees of the sponsoring companies are not eligible for the Fellowships.

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/students/finance/scholarships/robertorocca.aspx

SONORUS: 14 Open Positions in the Field of Urban Sound Planning

SONORUS is an Initial Training Network (ITN, Nr. 290110, duration 1/10 2012 – 30/9 2016) in the 7th framework programme People of the EC. The coordinator of the project is Chalmers University of Technology. Within this project we are seeking 14 young researchers (early‐stage researcher, ESR) with a duration of 36 month to join the different partners in the project.

Project Background

Traffic noise pollution in urban areas is a major environmental problem within the European Union. Creating an acceptable acoustic outdoor environment is a big challenge of high need. Creating as well as preserving environments, which are supportive for health and well-being in a sustainable manner is an even bigger but unavoidable task. In order to succeed, specialists are required with a broad research competence covering areas such as acoustic prediction methods, noise control and soundscaping, but also aspects of city and traffic planning. However, specialists equipped with such a competence spectrum are hardly found.

Therefore, the goal of SONORUS is to close this gap and bring together universities, enterprises and public organizations that aim to offer training to ESRs in an arena of trans-disciplinary research. The training is designed around real-life urban test sites that are characterized by a poor acoustic environment due to noise from road, rail or air traffic. These test sites are provided by four major European cities (Berlin, Rome, Antwerpen and Brighton). To these test sites, the ESRs will apply their knowledge and skills gained from individual acoustics related research projects, in-depth courses on acoustics as well as on different aspects of spatial planning.

From SONORUS a new generation of researchers will emerge with the profile needed to reverse the negative trend of a deteriorating acoustic outdoor environment in urban areas. Successfully Participation in the SONORUS will be awarded with an "Urban Sound Planner Certificate".

Vacancy description

There are fourteen individual research projects within SONORUS. A detailed description of the positions can be found under www.fp7sonorus.eu.

The positions are at the following places

Code Position
ESR1 Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
ESR2 Chalmers, Sweden
ESR3 Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
ESR4 Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
ESR5 Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
ESR6 Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
ESR7 The University of Sheffield , UFSD
ESR8 The University of Sheffield , UFSD
ESR9 Ghent University, Belgium
ESR10 Ghent University, Belgium
ESR11 Müller BBM, Germany
ESR12 ISPRA, Italy
ESR13 EMPA, Switzerland
ESR14 SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden

The position includes individual research, research visits and secondments to other partners inside the project.

All candidates must be fluent in spoken and written English. The R&D is highly multidisciplinary. An ideal candidate has an M.Sc. in engineering (acoustical, mechanical, electrical, industrial or civil engineering, engineering physics, etc.) or an architecture exam. For some positions also a background in Psychology is of interest.

• Knowledge in acoustics is a strong advantage.
• Candidates who have the proper qualifications may get the opportunity to perform this work as part of a PhD study.
• All members of the network are equal opportunity employers, both female and male candidates are invited to apply.

Marie Curie eligibility criteria – in short: Early-Stage Researcher (ESR): holds an M.Sc. degree in Engineering and has less than 4 years of experience and has not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. In addition the following criteria apply for eligibility

• the researcher shall not be a national of the State in which the hosting partner's research team is located
• at the time of appointment, the researcher may not have resided or carried out her/his main activity in the country of the hosting partner for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to her/his appointment.

Benefits:

An extremely competitive salary is offered, including social security (in line with the EC rules for Marie Curie grant holders and consists of a salary augmented by a net mobility allowance http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7). Additional funding for participation to courses, workshops and international conferences is ensured. The city of Göteborg offers a stimulating, young and multicultural working environment.

Start date and evaluation procedure

The start date is February 2013 until summer 2013. While expressions of interest are accepted on a continuous basis, applications received by January 15, 2013 will be considered in the first evaluation cycle. For some of the positions different deadlines may be set. Please check the descriptions on www.fp7sonorus.eu. A common evaluation procedure will be carried out for all positions.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20120370 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

•Application: (Please name the uploaded document in ReachMee as: APPLICATION, family name, ref. number)
- CV,
- attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents, English language test, e.g. TOEFL score,
- letters of recommendation from academic institutions and/or previous employers (optional),
•A letter of application detailing your specific qualifications for the position (named: QUALIFICATIONS, family name, ref. number)
- maximum one A4 page
•Publications: (named: PUBLICATION, family name, ref. number)
- relevant work such as bachelor's or master's thesis (or outline of a thesis under preparation).
Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline for first evaluation round: January 15, 2013

For questions, please contact:

Contact persons are named in the vacancy offers on www.fp7sonorus.eu. For more general questions contact Wolfgang Kropp (wolfgang.kropp@chalmers.se).

http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=961&rmlang=UK

http://www.fp7sonorus.eu

For Whom?

Indonesian university lecturers and prospective lecturers who will take a full PhD study at Leiden University.

Programmes

All programmes offered by Leiden University

Deadlines

• January 2013: application to the Graduate Schools
  
• 10 March 2013: application for the scholarship
  
• 1 April 2013: application to DIKTI
  

Periods

Maximum of 48 months for a full PhD study at Leiden University.

Scholarship Amount

Living allowance:	1100 euro monthly
Insurance:	800 euro annually
Book allowance:	500 euro annually
Settling in allowance:	1000 euro (one time only)
International travel cost:	1 international return ticket
Writing dissertation allowance:	500 euro (one time only)
Special program allowance:	500 Euro (one time only)
Fees of 10,000 euro per year, as charged by Leiden University

Requirements

• the applicant is currently a (candidate) lecturer of an Indonesian state or private university; Lecturers from private universities need an endorsement letter from KOPERTIS; Lecturers from Islamic universities under the authority of the ministry of Religious Affairs are not eligible.
  
• the applicant has received a valid unconditional Letter of Acceptance from Leiden University
  
• the applicant holds a master degree (or equivalent)
  
• the applicant should not be more than 50 years old at the time when they register their application
  
• the applicants who are couples (husband and wife) and working in the same scientific field are not allowed to apply to the same university and / or guided by the same promotor/advisor
  
• have sufficient proficiency in English: DIKTI requires an IELTS score of at least 6.0 (TOEFL 570 paper-based / 230 computer-based) or equivalent. Most faculties of Leiden University will demand higher IELTS scores. Please contact the for the language requirements.
  

Application Procedure

Step	Procedure	Deadline
1.	Find a supervisor A PhD at Leiden consists of independent and original research under the supervision of a professor.　ou can contact a professor yourself to discuss your research plan or you can contact the Graduate School of the Faculty. More about finding a supervisor  Applicants for the Faculty of Humanities will need to send in their CV, research proposal (max 5 pages) and research plan (max 2 pages) to this email address before 8 January 2013 and preferably need to be available for interviews in Yogyakarta and Jakarta between 21-27 January 2013	November, December, Early January
2.	Apply to the Graduate School　 After you and the proposed supervisor agree on your research proposal and research plan, apply to the Graduate School of the Faculty where you plan to conduct your PhD research. Take into account that the application process might take 4 to 6 weeks! If you are admitted, you will receive an unconditional Letter of Admission from the Graduate School	January 2013 　 　 　 Before 01 March
3.	Apply for the DIKTI-LU scholarship at Leiden University Send essential documents to Scholarships@sea.leidenuniv.nl Your Letter of Admission to the Graduate School A research proposal (maximum 5 pages) and a detailed research plan for the 4 years of research (maximum 2 pages) A CV which should include academic achievements and language proficiency of the nominated candidate	Before 10 March
4.	Based on the received applications, Leiden University will create a list of nominated candidates and communicate this to DIKTI. The candidates nominated by Leiden University will receive a financial guarantee statement, required for the application to DIKTI.	20 March
5.	Application for the DIKTI-LU scholarship at DIKTI Candidates will have to log-in to Dikti’s website to register and get registration number and download a Form A DIKTI-Neso Scholarship Candidates will submit the following documents to DIKTI: Form A DIKTI-Neso Scholarship 3 recommendation letters from Indonesian Professors Endorsement Letter from the Rector of the candidate’s university; Endorsement Letter from KOPERTIS, for lecturers from private universities Prove of being a permanent lecturer, e.g. Appointment Letter by the Minister of National Education, or Contract Or being a prospective lecturer in one of the following fields of study: Agriculture, Engineering, Medical and Nursing Sciences, Science Education, Art and Culture, Sport Science, Disaster Management, Vocational Education and Early Childhood Education, Management of Higher Education, Regional and International Languages. Copy of legalised diploma and transcript from bachelor and masters degrees. Proof of Language proficiency (IELTS is 6.0 or higher) All documents be submitted to DIKTI: Direktorat Pendidik & Tenaga Kependidikan, Ditjen Pendidikan Tinggi, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Gedung D lt. 5 Jl. Pintu 1 Senayan, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Jakarta 10270	Before 01 April
6.	Decision DIKTI will interview candidates and checks whether the candidate fulfills all formal requirements	Estimated: April - July
7.	Apply for a visa (MVV) and a residence permit (VVR) See procedures at the Leiden University website	Estimated: July - August
8.	(Planned) Start of PhD programme	01 Sep 2013