Scholarships are considered as an important step to enhance the Student academic experience,
and refine his skills. And they are an urgent need for any student, because of the high cost of
the study compared with the self expense of the person. That is why most of the students are
looking for scholarships in order
to pursue their education.
Types of scholarships:
- Full-Scholarship:
It is
a full scholarship and who are
eligible for, is varied from grant to another, but often this type of grants covering the studying fees, living, travel
and residence in
the host country.
- Assistantship:
They often serve students of the Postgraduate, for example, the scholarship opportunity is for students who could teach at the university or doing researches and that is
instead of the expenses that will
be provided by the university,
and these are often funded by
the university that is the host.
- Fellowship:
Awarded often either from
universities or relevant
specialized institutions, for example, grants for students from Reuters Media Institute. They usually
require a qualified and high efficiency
as well.
Papers and documents that are necessary for any scholarship:
You are in fact unable to inventory
the entire requirements in one form,
because the topic varies from scholarship to another. But there is an agreed protocol of requirements
and they may increases
or decreases:
A- Undergraduate:
1 – Passport.
2 - Language qualification or sometimes, SAT exam is
enough.
3-
High school diploma with scores.
4 - CV or Cover letter.
5- Motivation Messages (recommendations).
6- In the case was a student at the university and is not Freshman It is preferred
to provide transcript of the studied semesters.
B- Master:
1- Passport.
2- Language qualification (TOEFL -IBT or IELTS).
3- High school diploma with scores.
4 - CV or cover letter.
5. Motivation Messages (recommendations)
6- graduate certificate and the transcript of years of study.
C- PhD:
1- passport:
2- Language qualification (TOEFL -IBT or IELTS).
3- High school diploma with scores.
4 - CV or cover letter.
5. Motivation Messages (recommendations)
6- Graduate certificate and master's certificate and the
transcript of years of study.
7- A draft shows the thesis proposed and Subject of Study. (Proposal)
8- It is preferred having some research papers published in the universities, conferences,
internationally attributed magazine.
Links to some of Scholarships:
United States:
1- AMIDEAST Center - (undergraduate)
http://www.amideast.org/
2- Fulbright Grant (Postgraduate-
Master)
Canada:
1- Multiple grants - Master and PhD (Postgraduate)
2- Also
(Postgraduate) full scholarships.
http://www.scholarships-bourses.gc.ca/scholarships-bourses/non_can/opportunities-opportunites.aspx?view=d/
European Union:
1-grant programs of Erasmus and
Mundus
Full scholarships
for each school levels, a full grant, student
could apply directly.
2- Grant of of the German DAAD organization:
For different
levels and is often
fully granted:
https://www.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/
By Morhaf Barmo
