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University of Manchester Equity and Merit Scholarships: Business and Management, Engineering, Life Sciences, and Development

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In 2010-11, the University has 76 Bangladeshi students enrolled on courses: 43 undergraduates and 33 postgraduates. Subject areas being studied include Business and Management, Engineering, Life Sciences, and Development. The University of Manchester is pleased to invite applications for a total of five scholarships for postgraduate taught Masters starting in September 2011. The scholarships are intended to support students from Bangladesh who would not otherwise be able to study in the UK. The selection process is managed on behalf of the University by British Council in Dhaka. The scholarships cover full tuition fees, return international airfares and living expenses. Awards are available in a range of subjects including science and engineering, textiles, medical and life sciences, education and the environment.
Eligibility: The scholarships are aimed at applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants should:

  • Be a resident citizen of Bangladesh and have not previously studied or worked abroad;
  • Be aged below 35 years at the time of application;
  • Have an honours/degree and a Masters degree from a public university (including national and open universities) with a minimum overall score of 70% for science and engineering subjects, and 55% for arts and social sciences; candidates with a minimum overall score of 70% in a Bachelor degree in textiles are eligible to apply; candidates who have studied for either an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at a private university are not eligible to apply;
  • Have an overall IELTS score of 6.5 ((Please note, MA Education; MA TESOL; Environmental Impact Assessment & Management; Planning; and Urban Regeneration and Development all require IELTS 7.0);
  • Be committed to returning home and able to demonstrate the potential to make positive impact on the future of Bangladesh;
  • Have a clear idea how studying in the UK would benefit both his/her career and Bangladesh as a whole.

    • Scholarship Application Deadline: 20 March 2011

    Further Scholarship Information and Application

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    RA and SRF Positions in Plant Breeding and Plant Physiology, IIPR, India

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    “Walk-in-Interview” will be held at Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kalyanpur, Kanpur for the following positions on Contractual basis. Eligible and desirous candidates fulfilling all the requirements should bring their application giving full details of academic records and experience(s) alongwith attested photocopy as well as original copy of the relevant documents and a passport size photograph. Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), is a national institute established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to carry out basic strategic and applied research on major pulse crops. Besides generating basic knowledge and material, the Institute also develops appropriate production and protection technologies, production and supply of breeder seeds of improved varieties, demonstration and transfer of technologies and strategic coordination of pulse research through wide network of testing centers across the country.

    Scholarship Application Deadline: 22 March 2011

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    PhD Positions in ICT in Information Engineering and Computer Science at University of Trento,2011, Italy

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    Admission requirements :Applications must be filled using the online application.Complete information on how to enrol will be published in late March.The notification of the results is considered as delivered through the announcement of the list.The successful applicants will not receive personal communications of their results.Recognition of Academic Titles :In order to apply for this call your academic titles DO NOT need to have been officially recognised by Italian authorities.Official recognition is not provided by the University, it is a governmental procedure which needs to be undertaken by the person concerned.

    If you have already had your titles recognised in the past as equivalent to an Italian Degree, you should state it in your application, indicating the Italian Rector’s Decree recognising equivalence number (given by Italian authorities).
    Candidates who have a foreign degree that has not been officially recognised as equivalent to the Italian degree must upload as attachment 2 (in the application Call form) an English translation, signed by the candidate, to enable the Doctoral School Committee to evaluate a possible equivalence.
    PLEASE NOTE that in case you are accepted to the School you will be asked to provide (no later than the 10.11.2011) a Dicihiarazione di Valore issued by the Italian Embassy based in the country where the University that delivered your titles is from.Areas covered by the call include (but are not limited to) the following.
    Please refer to the call for information on the application and selection procedure for generic and project-specific grants.

    Scholarship Application Deadline:16th of March, 2011

    Further Scholarship Information and Application

    Filed Under: Doctorate Degree, Engineering, Information Technology, Physical Science Tags: , , , , , , ,
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