Scholarship

Macquarie University has announced the second edition of the Big History International Student Undergraduate Scholarship which is available to all international students who apply for any UG course and have verified completion of the Big History: Connecting Knowledge MOOC available through  Coursera.

The scholarships will cover all tuition fees up to $50,000 AUD per year for an undergraduate degree of three to four years duration, depending on the program of study. This represents a value of 2.5 million or Rs25 lakh per yearfor a total value of Rs10 million Rs1 crore. Indian students who enrol in the MOOC and finish the six week course will be eligible for selection; with the deadline to apply is June 30, 2017. After June 30, all applications would be considered for the 2018.

Newcastle University is offering their Great Scholarship Scheme to five Indian students and invites graduate and post graduate students from India for a scholarship award of £5,000 payable towards the first year of tuition fees.

In order to be eligible to apply for the scholarships the candidate must satisfy the following conditions. For UG: Must be a Indianand have been assessed as international/overseas for fees purposes, Must have unconditional offer on any UG degree programme at Newcastle, Must intend to register to start your studies during the 2017-18 academic year, Should be self-funded student and not in receipt of other university or external awards, Must have achieved an overall of 80% in Class XII  or AAB in A levels or 36 IB points. For PG: Must be a Indian and have been assessed as international/overseas for fees purposes, Must hold a conditional or unconditional offer on any master’s degree programme, Must intend to register to start your studies during the 2017-18 academic year, Should be a self-funded student and not in receipt of other university or external awards, Must have an average of 70% or above in your bachelors degree. If you are yet to complete your degree we will assess you on the basis of your results to date, providing you have achieved an average of 70% or above and you are expecting to maintain/ increase this in your final semester/year.  Students with CGPA scores can also apply if your percentage equivalence is 70% and above.

For more details, visit: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/finance/scholarships/great/

Application deadline: June 30, 2017