Various Scholarships at University of Sheffield, UK

Undergraduate Scholarships
For All Students:


· Scholarships worth £2000 per each year will be awarded to all students who are interested to pursue the following courses:

Engineering:
Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering.

Science:
Animal and Plant Sciences, Biomedical Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology.

· Scholarships worth £1500 per each year will be awarded to all students who are interested to pursue Law or Management courses.

· Merit Based Only

Scholarships worth £6500 per each year will be awarded to two Pakistani students who are interested to pursue their undergraduate studies at Sheffield. This is purely merit based. The deadline for this scholarship is 22nd April 2011. Scholarships will be announced 20th May 2011.


Postgraduate Scholarships at Sheffield

For All Students:

£1,000 each for students studying Nanotechnology courses (jointly run with the University of Leeds)

£1,500 each for students paying fees between £10,940 – £12,100

£2,000 each for students paying fees of £12,101 and upwards

Merit Based Only

Scholarship worth £6500 will be awarded to one Pakistani student who is interested to pursue their postgraduate studies at Sheffield. This is purely merit based. The deadline for this scholarship is 24th June 2011. Scholarships will be announced 1st August 2011.

Postgraduate Research Scholarships

For available scholarships for PhD research programmes, please visit the following web-page:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships/international.html

Post-graduate Scholarships at Ireland

International Scholarship By The Irish Government in the field of Science, Technology and Engineering- Eligibility: IRCSET’s schemes support basic research in the broad areas of Science, Engineering and Technology. Research which is deemed not to fall within this remit is not eligible for funding.
Under this scheme IRCSET offers opportunities for suitably qualified individuals to pursue a postgraduate degree by research in a recognised third-level institution.

The IRCSET postgraduate competition does not accept applications from:
a. Those currently registered as Ph.D. candidates
b. Those currently registered for a Masters degree (by research) with the exception of:
i. Individuals in the Institute of Technology (IOT) sector in receipt of Strand 1 funding wishing to transfer to the Ph.D. register (in this case, IRCSET will support these individuals for up to a maximum of 2 years i.e. total postgraduate funded research including strand 1 funding cannot exceed 3 years)
ii. Individuals registered for a Masters degree (by research) intending to complete and submit for this award and begin a significantly new research proposal to Ph.D. level

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) ‘EMBARK’ Initiative and the Enterprise Partnership Scheme (EPS) offer opportunities for suitably qualified individuals to pursue a postgraduate degree by research.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 16-Feb-2011


The Scheme supports basic research in the broad areas of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Scholarships are awarded only to those who will engage full-time in research during the period of the award.

For more information: http://www.ircset.ie/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=/GgYbvycQoA%3d&tabid=68

PhD and Master Scholarships at University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD)

University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD) is offering Graduate Research Scholarship (GRS) from the Academic year 2010 to facilitate and promote Research Degrees. The scholarship scheme is offered to the citizens / applicants of ASEAN, Commonwealth, OIC Member countries.

To facilitate research degree in order to develop the University (UBD) into a research intensive university and also to expand and enhance the quality of graduate programmes and graduates.

Some of the key points of Eligibility are mentioned below:

* The candidates below 40 years of age at the time of commencement of the academic session.
* The applicant must have outstanding academic record throughout his academic career.
* The Applicant should submit Research Proposal with his/her application. Research Proposal should be as per the requirement of the UBD, mentioned on the UBD website above.
* The applicant must have completed 16 years Bachelors / or equivalent Degree for application in Master’s Program and PhD Program.
* The candidates must enroll in UBD in Masters (by Research) or Masters (by Coursework) or PhD (by Research) as a FULL TIME student.
* Candidates are required to have EITHER at least a credit 6 in English Language at GCE ‘O’ Level Examination or a grade ‘C’ in IGCSE English (as a Second Language) OR an IELTS score of 6.0 or TOEFL minimum overall score of at least 550 (PBT) or 80 (iBT)

Programmes Offered:
· 2 years Master (By Research and Coursework)
· 3 years PhD (By Research)

There are two intakes per academic year – One in Semester-I (August) and the other in Semester-II (January). The application deadlines are mentioned on the UBD’s websites mentioned below. Applications received after the deadlines will be considered for the next relevant intake:

Application Deadline is 31 March 2011

For further information about this scholarship visit below link.

Source: http://www.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/HRD/ForeignDonorFundedPrograms/Pages/GraduateResearchScholarship%28GRS%29ProgrammeofUniversityofBruneiDarussalam%28UBD%29.aspx