Language | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 3

ESMT Offers MBA Students Two-Month German Course: Intensive language course

ESMT is giving its future students the chance to improve their German language skills courses at every level. For students enrolling at ESMT by the end of July 2011, ESMT will cover the tuition costs. For those who decide to come to ESMT after this date, the program will be offered at a discount.

Because of its strong economic growth Germany has become a highly attractive market for successful MBA alumni. The language courses are part of the support ESMT offers its students to find a job in Germany. Sixty per cent of the ESMT alumni already work in Germany after graduation. Nick Barniville, Director of MBA Programs, commented, “Thanks to the close relationship with our founding companies we know that German language skills are still highly important to find employment in Germany. We are glad that we were able to win the renowned Goethe Institute Berlin as partner for our students’ top level education.”

The intensive 8-week-training begins in mid-October and ends in mid-December, two weeks before the start of the MBA program. The future MBA students therefore have the chance to get to know Berlin before the beginning of their studies. The program also offers the opportunity to rent a room from German hosts and have direct contact with the German language and culture. The courses go half a day every weekday, and the students receive a certificate upon the successful completion of the course.

During the MBA program, ESMT continues to offer students weekly German lessons on campus; they can also take advantage of further Goethe courses at discounted rates after graduation.

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IIT Master Sandwich Scholarships 2011

To spend 9 months to complete the project work under the guidance of a German professor at one of the TU9 Technical Universities.
Target Group-Master’s students registered at an IIT in their 2nd semester at the time of application.

Scholarship Value
• Stipend of Euro 750.00 per month
• 6 week intensive German language course in Germany
• A study and research subsidy
• Compulsory health insurance covered by DAAD

Requirements and Conditions
• Minimum 8 CGPA
• Above-average GATE scores
• The last degree should not be older than 6 years
• A confirmed placement letter from a German professor
• Passing the German Language Course is a mandatory pre requirement for continuation of the scholarship award

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 march 2011

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Postdoctoral Position in Biophysics: Software Development, France

A post-doctoral position, based at the ILL, is available within the scope of the ANR-financed project entitled “Simulation of experiments on protein structure and dynamics”. The aims of this project are two-fold, concerning the production of bio molecular simulations and their analysis, allowing comparison with a range of experimental data. The position at ILL will focus on the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories based on the nMoldyn code [http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/plone/software/nmoldyn/], which has been developed by the coordinators of the project (Gerald Kneller and Konrad Hinsen, Orleans, France), and as part of a recent ANR project (THALER: ANR-06-CIS6-012-01). Future developments of nMoldyn will increase its functionality to cover the widest possible range of analyses of molecular dynamics simulations, including, in the case of neutron scattering, details of the instrument set-up. In this way, it will be possible to perform virtual neutron scattering experiments on biological macromolecules. The post-doc position is based at an institute where experiments are performed specifically to enhance the link that is being established between experiment and simulation at ILL and elsewhere.

Qualifications and experience:
You will have a PhD with experience in macromolecular simulations. You should also have a keen interest in the production of experimental results and a desire to interact with experimentalists. You must be able to develop new code for scientific computing in a range of languages, including Python, the language used for nMoldyn. While you should be highly motivated and be able to work independently, you should also have the necessary human skills to interact with scientists at ILL and the other members of the project.
Fellowship Application Deadline: 23/01/2011
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