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Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan for the Academic Year 2011-12

Commonwealth under its Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) has offered various scholarships / fellowships for the Academic year 2011-12. This activity has been made possible largely by the success of the CSFP endowment fund, which was raised to mark the 50th Anniversary of the scheme last year, as well as generosity of the host institutions. The new destinations are Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, South Africa and Tanzania. The details are as under:

Eligibility Criteria:
The Applicant:
a.  Should not have obtained below 70% marks in entire academic career (SSC, HSC, BA/BSc, Masters)
b.  Should have obtained at least 65% or above marks in Masters (MS/MSc or other 16 years of education or in BE/BSc Engineering, MBBS, LLB, MBA, or equivalent.
c.   With completed sixteen (16) years or equivalent bachelor’s degree for Master’s studies.
d.   With MS/ M. Phil completed degree will be given preference in PhD studies.
e.    With PhD completed degree will be given preference in Post Doctoral / Research studies.
f.     Should be fulfilling the respective university’s eligibility criteria of the course / degree, in which he / she is interested to apply.
g.   Applying in only one program, country as well as course
Scholarship Application Deadline:May 13, 2011 for Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Pacific and Tanzania
and May 31, 2011 for South Africa.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Global Studies Scholarship at University of Canterbury, New Zealand

This scholarship was established in 2009 by Dr Kennedy Graham, MP; Senior Adjunct Fellow, School of Law, University of Canterbury.For the student who is judged to have submitted the best essay in an annual essay competition.Applicants for the scholarship must be students enrolled in 200 or 300 level courses at the University of Canterbury and must be in their final year of study for a Bachelor’s degree.
The scholarship shall be awarded to assist the recipient complete a Masters or Honours degree in any faculty at the University of Canterbury and shall be paid to the recipient on that student enrolling in such a degre

Scholarship Application Deadline:22 Dec 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Undergraduate International Student Scholarship, Keele University, UK

The Keele International Student Scholarship for undergraduate students is worth GBP2000 towards the cost of your annual tuition fees for the duration of your course.  Students studying a three-year degree could therefore save GBP6000 from the total cost of your degree studies. The Scholarships are awarded to students who can demonstrate excellence in at least two of the following areas: Academic qualifications,  English Language ability,  Understanding of the course and motivation to study at Keele,  Extra-curricular or work experience Please note that students studying the 5-year undergraduate degree in Medicine and the 4-year undergraduate degree in Pharmacy are not eligible for this award. To apply for the KIS Scholarship you must have applied to Keele and been offered a place to study here.  The decisions on Scholarships are made by the International Recruitment Team and their decision is final.

Scholarship Application Deadline: end of May 2011

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