Swiss Government scholarships for university, fine arts and music schools for foreign students for the academic year 2011-2012

The Swiss Government awards a range of scholarships to foreign students through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS): university scholarships (Swiss universities and Federal Institutes of Technology), arts scholarships (schools of music and fine arts) and scholarships for universities of applied sciences (UAS). These scholarships provide graduates from all fields with the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies or research in Switzerland at a public funded university or recognised institution.

Please use the drop-down menu below to see whether your country of origin is part of the Swiss government's scholarship scheme. You will also find the necessary information regarding eligibility criteria and the application procedure.

Please consult the frequently asked questions (FAQ) for specific information.

More details and information on nationality eligibility could be found HERE.

Architecture Scholarship Programs

Private Funding

The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) is a not-for-profit organization whose main mission is to enlighten others on the role of architecture in the fabric of our communities. To those ends the AAF administers a number of scholarships that encourage students to pursue the study of architecture:

• American Architectural Foundation and Sir John Soane‘s Museum Foundation Traveling Fellowships are designed for graduate architecture students who wish to study abroad in England. Applicants must exhibit serious interest in the works of John Soane to be considered. Awards are $5,000.
• RTKL Traveling Fellowships are funded by a partner architecture firm and offer generous scholarship money to architecture majors.
• AAF Minority/Disadvantaged Scholarships go to architecture majors or high school seniors enrolling in an architecture program. Recipients are chosen on the basis of academic merit, financial need and/or minority status from pool of applicants. Awards may be as much as $2,500, depending on financial need.

The Architects League of Northern New Jersey provides a number of highly competitive scholarships restricted to applicants living only in certain New Jersey counties:

• Albert O. Halse Memorial Scholarship goes to an exemplary undergraduate architectural major whose talent lies in modeling.
• Architects League Scholastic Achievement goes to applicants with outstanding academic records in their major.
• Clarence Tabor Memorial Scholarships are awarded to majors in their last year, which for architecture majors is year five. Scholarships are given based on a range of criteria.

World Studio Foundation is an international organization devoted to promotion of the arts and creative education. Through programs, funding for organizations and scholarships, World Studio hopes to continue to enlighten the world on the force of creative collaboration and the importance of art at all levels. Scholarships are available for a smorgasbord of creative fields, including architecture. Applicants must be enrolled in a four-year program, majoring in architecture to qualify. Also preference is given to minorities and all applicants must demonstrate significant financial need. Awards vary.

The Joseph L. and Vivian A. Steele Architecture Scholarship Fund is administered by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities and provides money to upper level undergraduate or graduate architecture students.

Architecture College Scholarships

Architecture majors at Syracuse University may be eligible for the CIB Foundation, Inc. Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to outstanding seniors who have completed an internship or co-op program affording them hands-on experience. Awards are $1,500.

Architecture majors at Iowa State University study in the standard five-year architecture degree plan within the College of Design. The program sponsors the following scholarships for architecture majors:

• Henningson, Durham and Richardson Awards are given to those majors in their final year who are able to demonstrate a commitment to the field through academic achievement and a written essay. Financial need is also a requirement. Awards are $1,000.
• HLM Design Scholarships are also carefully meted out to majors in their last year. Awards are made on the basis of academic achievement and extracurricular involvement in field-specific activities. Awards are $1,000.
• American Institute of Architects-Iowa Chapter Scholarships are given to undergraduates who exhibit talent in the design aspects of the major. Scholarships are $500.

Source: http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/architecture.htm

2011 Scholarships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students at Webster University, Austria

Webster University offers Scholarship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Austria

Study Subject(s): Courses offered by Webster University
Course Level: Undergraduate, Graduate
Scholarship Provider: Webster University Vienna
Scholarship can be taken at: Austria

Eligibility:
- Only accepted students who have at least the equivalent GPA of 3.0 and the appropriate English proficiency are eligible to apply if the starting date is the upcoming fall term.
-If you are not able to afford at least 50% of the tuition, please do not apply for a scholarship since all scholarship awards are up to a max of 50% of tuition.
-Transfer students from other universities are not eligible to apply.

Scholarship Open for International Students: No

Scholarship Description: Scholarships offered through Webster’s Vienna campus can only be applied to courses taken at the Vienna campus, and eligibility requirements vary according to the specific scholarship in question. Students must apply for admission and be accepted to the Vienna campus before they can apply for Webster Vienna scholarships. Applicants should inform their admissions officer of their interest in scholarships during the admissions process so there is enough time for the scholarship application process.

How to Apply: By Post

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 July 2011

More Details HERE

American Architectural Foundation

American Architectural Foundation

(AAF) educates individuals and communities about the power of architecture to transform lives and improve the places where we live, learn, work, and play. Through our outreach programs, grants, scholarships and educational resources, AAF inspires people to become thoughtful and engaged stewards of the built environment.

About the American Architectural Foundation

Beautiful, functional, sustainable design improves our lives and strengthens the communities that bind us together. It inspires us to imagine a better world and empowers us to pursue that vision. For more than seventy-five years, these principles have guided the American Architectural Foundation.

We all share the responsibility of making good design decisions for our communities. The key to success is an informed, collaborative design process. AAF specializes in making that process happen. It seeks to educate, inform, and inspire elected officials, educational leaders, and other public-spirited decision makers to use design to create better communities.

AAF assembles design teams of diverse expertise; connects them with government officials, educators, business leaders, and others whose daily decisions help determine the design of our cities; and engages them all in a collaborative design process that responds to some of the most critical challenges facing our nation.

The experience awakens these leaders to the transformative power of design, demonstrates how to apply that power toward solving real-world problems, and generates the momentum necessary to effect rapid, innovative change in cities across the country.

AAF neither sells a product nor advocates a particular design style. It instead creates unique opportunities for the free, interdisciplinary exchange of ideas around the vital issues that shape our cities and define our society. Participants gain the knowledge and resources necessary to realize creative design solutions as well as the motivation to promote a vibrant design culture when they return home.

For more Detail, go to AAF Official Website.

AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS

African American Scholarships

National Black MBA Association
Provides more than $500,000 dollars annually in scholarships to undergraduates, graduates and doctoral students pursuing careers in business.

Study abroad with RMIT University

Scholarships for International Students

As one of the most successful providers of international education in Australia. RMIT is home to more than 23,000 international students (onshore and offshore) from more than one hundred countries.RMIT has linkages with partner organisations located around the world, including leading universities, companies and community groups.

RMIT is a member of the Global U8 Consortium and, with a campus in Vietnam and significant teaching partnerships in Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and Singapore, has a strong educational presence in the Asia-Pacific region.As an international university, RMIT offers programs aligned with the demands of the global economy.

With a commitment to education and research that builds understanding by practical investigation, RMIT designs for the problems it encounters in the world around it. To maintain this for the future, RMIT looks to building a ‘global passport’ for students, to ensure they have the skills and outlook needed to play a role on a world stage.

Programs:

Business Schools Accounting
Business Information TechnologyBusiness TAFE SchoolEconomics and FinanceTransport and LogisticsGraduate School of BusinessManagementMarketing

Design and Social Context Schools
Applied CommunicationArchitecture and DesignArtDesign (TAFE)Creative MediaEducationFashion and TextilesInternational Centre of Graphic TechnologyInternational and Community StudiesUrban and Environmental StudiesSocial Science and Planning

Science, Engineering and Technology Schools
Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringApplied SciencesCivil and Chemical EngineeringComputer Science and Information TechnologyElectrical and Computer EngineeringHealth SciencesInfrastructure, Electrotechnology and Building ServicesLife and Physical SciencesMathematical and Geospatial SciencesMedical Sciences

More details on each application, go to:
http://www.hyperstudy.com/profile/rmit_university?gclid=CMaJ8bj90ZcCFZUupAod_DKBDA
www.rmit.edu.au

Study abroad scholarships

Brazil study abroad scholarships
Amount: Two scholarships awarding full tuition and registration fee waiver for one semester of undergraduate module study (Fall semester only).
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from a reputable Brazilian institution, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.

Japan study abroad scholarships
Amount: Two scholarships awarding 50% tuition and registration fee waivers for one semester of undergraduate module study (Fall semester only).
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from a reputable Japanese institution, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.

Korea study abroad scholarship
Amount: One scholarship awarding full tuition and registration fee waiver for one semester of undergraduate module study (Fall semester only).
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from a reputable Korean institution, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.

Mexico study abroad scholarships
- MUSAC Consortium
Amount: Three scholarships awarding full tuition and registration fee waiver for one academic year of undergraduate module study or six scholarships awarding a full tuition and registration fee waiver for one semester of undergraduate module study.
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from MUSAC member institutions, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.
- Tec De Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de Mexico
Amount: One scholarship awarding full tuition and registration fee waiver for one semester of study (Fall semester only).
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from Tec de Monterrey - Campus Ciudad de Mexico, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.
- Universidad Panamericana - Mexico City Campus
Amount: Two scholarships awarding 50% tuition and registration fee waivers for one semester of study (Fall semester only).
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from Universidad Panamericana - Mexico City Campus, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.

USA study abroad scholarship
Priority for this scholarship will be given to you if you are a member of anunder-represented group in university education.
Amount: One scholarship awarding full tuition and registration fee waiver for one semester of undergraduate module study (Fall semester only).
Eligibility: You must be a current undergraduate student from a reputable US institution, who has completed at least one year of undergraduate study and who is at least 20 years old.
Criteria: Academic excellence, financial need and development potential.

Hope this info will help someone out there. Bless you.
More details please go to: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-9319#studyabroad

Other Scholarships for Foreign Students

English as a Foreign Language scholarships for Cubans
Amount: Full tuition fee waivers, accommodation, living expenses and flights to and from London for one month.
Eligibility: You must be a lecturer from the University of Havana Medical Schools.
Criteria: Scholarships are available for July or August 2008.

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) scholarships
Amount: Full tuition fee waivers for full-time English as a Foreign Language courses.
Eligibility: Open to you if you need English language training. Preference is given to you if you are from a country outside Western Europe. This is also open to asylum-seekers, refugees or Eastern European nationals currently living in the UK who need to improve their English language skills.
Criteria: Financial need.
Deadline: Open throughout the academic year.
How to apply: Write a letter stating why you want to study an English as a Foreign Language course and why you need financial help. Please send this letter with your application to the English as a Foreign Language course. For information on how to apply for a course please see www.wmin.ac.uk/efl

Graduate Diploma in Architecture scholarship
This scholarship has been generously sponsored by the Tooley and Foster Partnership, one of the UK’s longest established architectural practices.
Amount: £2,000 per annum for two years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. If you are the selected student you will be given first refusal on a post in the Tooley and Foster Partnership practice. This will be in the summer at the end of your first year of the diploma and once you have graduated. There is no compulsion for you to take it up should you not wish to.
Eligibility: You must have been accepted for full-time study onto the Graduate Diploma in Architecture course and have confirmed with the Admissions Office that you have accepted their offer of a place.
Criteria: You will be evaluated based on your personal statement, aspirations in the field of architecture, academic excellence and engagement with the values and needs of the Tooley and Foster Partnership.
Application: You are required to submit an application package which consists of the following items:- a transcript of results from your first degree- one reference from your previous academic institution and one from your year out employer- a short statement (maximum 1000 words) setting out your general interest in the Graduate Diploma and your aspirations in the field of architecture, plus outlining your case for financial need.- a small A4 brochure (maximum 10 pages) showing examples of your design work, either from your first degree or from your year-out.
Deadline: 31 May 2008.

Short course- 'Nutrition in Emergencies'
Scholarships are available for the short course 'Nutrition in Emergencies', which will run from 1-5 September 2008.
Amount: Full tuition fee waiver, accommodation, living expenses and flights to and from London.
Eligibility: You must be from a developing country.
Criteria: Financial need and to be employed in the relevant sector in a country prone to disaster.
Deadline: 15 August 2008.

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