Beasiswa S3: The Quota SchemeScholarship at University of Oslo

The Norwegian Quota Scheme is a funding scheme offered by the Norwegian Government to students from developing countries, Central and Eastern Europe, and former Soviet states for studies at institutions of higher education in Norway. This funding scheme aims at offering specially designed, research-based Master's Degrees taught in English. The Quota Scheme also offers funding for Ph.D.-programmes and a one-year course in advanced Norwegian Language. Quota Scheme applicants should come from universities/institutions with formal cooperation agreements with the University of Oslo.

Who May Apply?
Applicants for admission under the Quota Scheme must fulfill certain criteria in order to be considered for admission. Admission is limited and therefore extremely competitive.




Nationality
Only applicants from countries included in the list of countries eligible for Quota Scheme funding will be considered. Please note that applicants who live in another country than their country of citizenship, either temporary or permanently, cannot apply. Applicants must have lived at least one year in their home country before they apply. Applicants from an eligible country, who are residing in another country on the list, may in some cases be considered. Quota Scheme students are expected to return home on completion of their studies in Norway.

Institutional Cooperation
Applicants should come from institutions with which the University of Oslo has a cooperation agreement. Potential applicants should check with their home institution to determine whether they have a cooperation agreement with the University of Oslo.

Women
Women are encouraged to apply. The University of Oslo gives priority to female applicants under the Quota Scheme.

Courses Offered
The Quota Scheme at the University of Oslo offers specially designed, English-taught Master's Degrees and a one-year programme in advanced Norwegian language studies. The Quota Scheme also offers funding to doctoral programme students.

Master's Degrees
Doctoral programmes
1-year programme in Advanced Norwegian


Application deadline
The Quota application deadline for enrolment in August 2009 is 1 December 2008.
This is also the deadline for all supporting documents. Late applications will not be considered.
The deadline to submit the online 'Request for Application Form' is 1 November 2008.


Funding
The Quota Scheme is a scholarship programme, but the funding is given as part loan/part grant. Students receive money from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. After completing the programme and providing documentary evidence of return to his/her home country, the student's outstanding loan is converted to scholarship. If residence is taken in Norway within ten years after termination of studies, the scholarship is converted back to a loan and must be repaid.

Criteria for application

Required Educational Background
The Quota Scheme is aimed at postgraduate students. Applicants must fulfil the basic entrance requirements for matriculation at a Norwegian institution of higher education. In addition to the basic entrance requirements, applicants for the Quota Scheme must provide documentary evidence of the following:

For Master's Degree programmes, the minimum requirement is three (3) years of study at university level, i.e. minimum Bachelor's Degree level (or equivalent).
For doctoral programmes, applicants must have a minimum of five (5) years of university-level studies in their chosen subject. For further information, click here.

For the one-year advanced Norwegian language programme, the minimum requirement is two (2) years of study at university level; however, applicants with a completed first degree will be given priority.
Grade requirement
Admission to these programmes is very competitive, and only applicants with excellent grades will be considered (minimum B+/ Upper second/GPA 3.0).


Proficiency in English
Documentation of English language skills is required for admission to any of the programmes offered under the Quota Scheme.

TOEFL minimum score 550 (paper-based) / 213 (computer-based) / 80 (iBT)
IELTS minimum band 6.0 academic test.
For more information regarding the English language requirement, see page about English Proficiency Requirements. All applicants must have their English test results sent directly to the University of Oslo from TOEFL or IELTS.

Subject knowledge
Applicants must have completed prior university studies in the subject of the programme to which they are applying. Please note that some of the Master's Degree programmes have additional admission criteria. For further information go to the website of the specific Master programme.


How to Apply
Due to the large number of Quota applicants to a limited number of Quota scholarships available, potential applicants must submit the online 'Request for Application Form' before they can receive the formal application form. The requests for application forms will be processed by the International Education Office and only applicants that fulfil all the formal Quota requirements will receive the application form. The deadline for submitting the online 'Request for Application Form' is 1 November 2008, in order for the students to have sufficient time to submit the Quota Scheme application and the required documents before the 1 December application deadline.

Enter the online 'Request for Application Form' here.
After submitting the online 'Request for Application Form', you can expect to receive a reply in late August 2008.

Students address their Quota application directly to the International Education Office at the University of Oslo.
Doctoral programme applicants must in addition send in their research proposal and application for admission to doctoral studies to the relevant faculty.

The Quota application deadline for enrolment in August 2009 is 1 December 2008. This is also the deadline for all supporting documents. Late applications will not be considered.

If you want more information about the Quota Scheme, you can download the Prospectus 2009-2010 in pdf-format. This requires that you have (or download) Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Transcripts
We strongly advise applicants to order their academic records to be send directly from their home university to the University of Oslo. Applicants from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Sudan must have their academic records sent directly to the University of Oslo from their home institution.

Notification
Applicants can expect to receive a reply in April 2009. Applicants for doctoral studies can expect a reply in May 2009.

Student life For information about student life and various services offered by the University of Oslo, visit our Student Life pages.

Frequently Asked Questions If you have further questions about the Quota Scheme, please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions.

Contact information The Quota Scheme
University of Oslo
International Education Office
P.O. Box 1081 Blindern
N-0317 Oslo
Norway

international@admin.uio.no

Please note that we receive many e-mail and therefore it may take a few days before you get an answer.

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Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme 2008 [Second Call] - Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology

IRCSET's Embark Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme is designed for either Masters or Doctorate level researchers in the sciences, engineering or technology.

Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme 2008 [Second Call]

The Embark Initiative's Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme is designed for either Masters or Doctorate level researchers in the sciences, engineering or technology.

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology invites applications for funding from intending postgraduate researchers under the Embark Initiative Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme (2008).
The 2008 programme will fund approximately 80 new entrant Masters or Doctorate level researchers in the sciences, engineering and technology.

A number of additional scholarships will be jointly funded by industry as part of IRCSET's Enterprise Partnership Scheme (see below for details). This scheme fosters mutually beneficial collaboration between the academic and commercial research sectors.

The scheme is open to candidates worldwide with a small number of the scholarships available to exceptional candidates from non EU member states.

Under the Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme, funding of €24,000 is provided for each of three years for Doctorate level research (total funding of €72,000) and one year (€24,000) for Masters level research.

The Closing Date for all applications will be 5.00pm, 20th August 2008.

The Closing Date for all references will be 5.00pm, 27th August 2008.

Please link here for the news release announcing the 2008 programme [Second Call].

INTENDING CANDIDATES SHOULD READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PRIOR TO SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.

Applications will only be received via the Online Grants Applications System below.

Eligible candidates will be proposing to commence a research based degree in October 2008. Only candidates with academic records at higher honours level are likely to be successful in receiving funding.

ALL CANDIDATES SHOULD APPLY HERE

An Online Grants Applications System is in operation. The closing date for all applications is 20th August 2008.

PLEASE READ ALL REQUIREMENTS BELOW

All applications must be made through the electronic Online Grants Applications System. The attention of applicants is drawn particularly to the Terms and Conditions & Assessment Procedures which appear below.

APPLICANTS:
Click on this link to access the Online Applications System.
See below for operating system information.

ADMINISTRATORS:
Click here to access the administration system.

TERMS & CONDITIONS
Click here to download a PDF version of the 2008 Terms & Conditions and assessment procedures [241Kb PDF file].

If you should need advice or assistance with your application, please contact the office of funded research at your proposed institution.

Please link here for guidelines on using the online application system. [716Kb PDF file].

Should any users experience technical difficulties with the online system they should contact IRCSET immediately at info@ircset.ie

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE TO CANDIDATES

All applicants require TWO references to support their application, as follows:

(1) A reference from your proposed research supervisor.

(2) A reference from a professor, lecturer, tutor, research advisor or other senior figure in the research domain covered by your application.

Applicants who are transferring from undergraduate level need to supply an additional reference from a professor, lecturer, tutor, research advisor or other senior figure in the research domain covered by their application.

The reference process is accessed through the Online Applications System above. It is the absolute responsibility of applicants to ensure that their referees are aware of the requirement to complete and submit the reference forms online.

Referees do not need to register with the system until prompted to do so by an automated email from IRCSET.

Applicants must ensure they have entered the email address of their proposed supervisor and referee(s) correctly. Applicants must ensure the supervisors and referee(s) submit to IRCSET by the reference deadline of 5pm Wednesday 27th August, 2008.

Applications will be deemed incomplete and will not be assessed if a supervisor of referee does not complete their reference before the 'reference deadline'.

It is not necessary for any reference to be sent in hard copy to IRCSET.

IRCSET wishes to thank all applicants for their assistance in meeting these requirements.

Applications are subject to equal assessment, strictly on merit, by an independent academic panel.

Enterprise Partnership Scheme

Within this call, a number of Enterprise Partnership Awards are also being offered in conjunction with participating industry partners. The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology gratefully acknowledges the valuable participation of these organisations.

If you wish to be considered in this regard then you need to click the relevant marker in the online applications system.

The Enterprise Partnership Scheme allows scholars to be co-funded by both IRCSET and an Enterprise Partner. The co-funding has enabled IRCSET to support many more young researchers in Irish research bodies and gives applicants to the Embark Scholarship calls a second chance for funding.

The researcher receives the same financial support as a postgraduate scholar under the normal Embark Initiative Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme. However, they also receive additional supervision and gain experience of research in an industrial environment.

Our list of partners and projects is updated periodically. For up to date details, please link here.

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology wishes to thank all candidates for their interest in this programme.

Online Application System

Operating System and Browser Requirements

This online application system is designed and tested to work with the following operating systems and browser combinations:

Microsoft Windows , Internet Explorer, Version 7 and earlier
Note: The online applications system has been tested to work within the above operating system. The use if other operating environments is not recommended.

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Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS)

Beasiswa Penelitian Program S2/S3 Endeavour ini diberikan untuk calon mahasiswa yang berasal dari luar New Zealand untuk menempuh pendidikan pada tahun 2009.

To be eligible to apply for the EIPRS, you must:
1. be an overseas student who is eligible to undertake a higher degree by research candidature within UTS’s areas of research strengths, and
2. be able to commence in full time enrolment for the first time in 2009, unless:
- you commenced your HDR during 2008 but, due to the timing of your applications and subsequent enrolment were not able to apply for the 2008 EIPRS, or
- you have terminated any previous HDR enrolment within six months of commencement
3. not hold a research qualification regarded by UTS as equivalent to an Australian Research Doctorate degree or, if undertaking a Research by Master degree, not hold a research qualification regarded as equivalent to or higher than an Australian Research Master’s degree, and
4. not have held an Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) scholarship within the two years prior to commencing the EIPRS, and
5. not be receiving a scholarship for which course tuition fee is a component under any scholarship scheme to which the Australian Government makes a substantial contribution.
Eligibility for admission
PhD Degree
Applicants shall:
- hold a Bachelor’s degree with First or Second Class Honours, Division 1 or a Master’s Degree by research of the University of Technology, Sydney; or
- possess an equivalent qualification.
In addition, applicants will be required to provide satisfactory evidence of their ability to undertake advanced research appropriate to their PhD program.

Master’s Degree by Research
Applicants shall:
- hold a Bachelor’s Degree of the University of Technology, Sydney; or
- possess an equivalent qualification; or
- submit such other evidence of general and professional qualifications as will satisfy the Academic Board that the applicant possesses the educational preparation and capacity to pursue graduate studies.

English proficiency
Applicants whose formal education was conducted in a language other than English are required to provide evidence of their English language proficiency. Evidence of English language proficiency must be provided by the closing dates specified in this information.

Selection criteria
Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit, research capacity and research potential. The applicant’s intended area of study must be in an area of research concentration of the institution.

Scholarship Application Procedure and Requirements
- You must complete the International Student Postgraduate Application [pdf 74.5kb]. Mark the top of the front page of this form EIPRS Applicant.
- You must also complete the 2009 EIPRS application form[pdf, 46.9kb]

Supporting documents essential for your applications (required for International Student Postgraduate and EIPRS application)

- Research proposal detailing your research objectives, example of your key literature in your area of interest and a broad outline of the sequence and timing of the work that you plan to do;
- Evidence of prior research experience, including work for Bachelor’s Honours or Master theses, consultancies or industry-based research;
- The name of your potential supervisors (or supervisors) at UTS with whom you have discussed your research interest or have agreed to supervise your research project
- Reports from 2 referees, preferably from someone who are familiar with your research interest and who can confirm your capacity to carry out research. Use the the Academic Referee’s Report form (pdf 24kb).
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae including:
Details of any academic prizes gained during your tertiary studies
Details of any work experience (paid or unpaid) relevant to your proposed research project
Details of publication in academic or peer reviewed journals, published books or chapters of books
Details of patents achieved or any other output, for example, exhibited works (if applicable)

All supporting documents must be properly certified, these include:
- English proficiency test results
- Copies of degree(s) awarded and full academic transcript(s) showing the subjects studied, the marks obtained and an explanation of the grading system must be provided
- For documents not in English, the original language documents and an official translation must also be certified

Photocopies that are not certified will not be accepted.
Documents certified by a Justice of Peace will not be accepted.

Closing Date
1 September, 2008 at 5.00pm.
All application requirements must be received by the closing date.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered
- Late applications will not be considered
- Faxed applications will not be considered
It is in your interest to apply as early as possible

If you apply early and you are missing any documents you will be notified of this by UTS International and will have still have adequate time to supply the required documents before the deadline of the EIPRS application.
Applications must arrive at the address nominated on the application form by the due time on the due date. Merely posting the application by the due date is not acceptable.

Acknowledgement of receipt of EIPRS applicaton
An email acknowledgement of receipt of your EIPRS application will be sent to you when received by UTS international.

Notification of the outcome
Eligible applicants will receive email notification of the outcome of their EIPRS in late November 2008.

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