University of Aberdeen Thomas Sutherland Scholarship
The University of Aberdeen and HSBC are offering a fully funded undergraduate scholarship worth £99,000 over four years to students from India, Indonesia, Thailand, or Malaysia. If you are academically outstanding, the first member of your family to attend university, and have the enthusiasm and motivation to succeed academically and professionally, you could be the lucky recipient of this amazing opportunity.
Description
Ever thought you would make a fantastic international student in the UK?
Are you from India, Indonesia, Thailand or Malaysia* ?
Are you the first member of your immediate family to attend university?
Do you need financial support to allow you to pursue a university education? Have you been offered a place at the University of Aberdeen starting in September 2016?
If you have answered “Yes” to all these questions, the University of Aberdeen and HSBC are offering you the chance to win a fully funded undergraduate Scholarship for the University of Aberdeen worth £99,000 over four years, which includes tuition fees, travel and maintenance (stipend) costs.
The successful scholar will receive funding each year for the duration of their four year degree:
Year 1:
Fees* £13,000
Travel: £3,000
Stipend: £13,000
TOTAL: £28,000
Year 2:
Fees* £13,000
Travel: £3,000
Stipend: £13,000
TOTAL: £28,000
Year 3:
Fees* £13,000
Travel: £3,000
Stipend: £13,000
TOTAL: £28,000
Year 4:
Fees** £0
Travel: £2000
Stipend: £13000
TOTAL: £15, 000
*If the tuition fee is higher than £13,000 as is the case for science degrees, the fee will be met up to the cost of £16,200
**As Fourth year students are not required to pay fees, there will be no scholarship funding for fees in that year.
If you are academically outstanding, the first member of your immediate family to attend University and have the enthusiasm and motivation to succeed academically and professionally, you could be the lucky recipient of this amazing opportunity.
Eligibility
Indian, Indonesian, Thai or Malaysian nationals, who are normally resident in the relevant country i.e. India, Indonesia, Thailand or Malaysia, and classified as paying international students fees, commencing a full time undergraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen in September 2016 are eligible to apply.
Applicants must have received a conditional or unconditional offer at the University of Aberdeen starting in September 2016. Only those who have made Aberdeen their first (firm) choice will be considered. Students need to be year 1 entrants. Advanced entrants are not eligible.
Preference will be given to those applicants who have not studied in the UK before.
A full list of eligible subject areas can be found with the application form. Applicants for Medicine are not eligible to apply.
Full terms and conditions attached below.
Criteria
Send us a completed application and a short video clip up to a maximum of 1 minute long – and do make sure it is no longer than 1 minute or the video won’t be accepted – telling us what a university degree, particularly from the University of Aberdeen, would mean to you. You can decide on the best way to tell us your story but remember it cannot be any longer than a minute.
You also need to include a copy of your passport, one academic reference and a copy of your high school transcript to date.
We need to receive your video clips, application form and all supporting documentation by 29 April 2016, so time to start working on those video clips!
Application Procedure
To be considered for the Sir Thomas Sutherland Scholarship you must:
1. Return the application form, with all sections completed
2. Submit a video clip of a maximum of 1 minute in duration
3. Include a copy of your passport
4. Include one academic reference
5. Include a copy of your high school transcript to date
Applications missing any of the information detailed above will not be considered for the scholarship. All information MUST be received by the application deadline: 29th April 2016.
The successful applicant will be notified by email by 27 June 2016
Deadline
29th of April 2016
Application Docs
HSBC_Scholarship_app_and_guidelines_21_Oct_2.docx
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/international/sir-thomas-sutherland-scholarship-1922.php