Newcastle University International Scholarships 2017-18 : Vice-Chancellor’s
International Scholarships
Newcastle University
offers partial scholarship awards to encourage applicants assessed as
international for fees purposes to undertake Undergraduate and Master’s level
study. Each award is worth £3,000 for
one year payable to the student’s tuition fee account.
Enquiries regarding these
scholarships should be
sent to:
Financial Support
Financial Support
Newcastle University
Telephone: +44 191
208 5537/8107
REGULATIONS
1.
Applications for Vice-Chancellor’s
International Scholarships must be made electronically on the Vice-Chancellor’s
International Scholarships application form which will be emailed to candidates
identified as being eligible to apply within 10 working days of an Academic
offer being made
2.
There will be three closing dates for applications; 28th February, 5th May and 31st July 2017:
late applications will not be considered.
Any incomplete applications received after midnight on the 31st
July will be declined: awards will be based on fully completed applications
received by that date
3.
The University will allocate a proportion of
available scholarships to the highest scoring valid applications received by 28th
February, 5th May and 31st July 2017. Unsuccessful candidates will
be carried-forward from the first and second award cycles and may receive
scholarships in the following award cycles.
4.
An applicant can only apply and be considered
for a scholarship after they have been offered a place to study on their chosen
eligible Undergraduate or Master’s course and have been assessed as
international for fees purposes. Applications
cannot be considered in advance of applicants meeting these two criteria.
5.
The scholarships are valued at £3,000 and payment
will be made as a credit to each student’s tuition fee account. Part-time students will receive pro-rata awards.
6.
Repeat year students will not be considered
and deferred entry students must reapply for the following academic year.
7.
2017/18 awards cannot be deferred until the 2018/19 academic year.
8.
The
University will consider each individual application and allocate scholarships
based on its strategic
and
diversity priorities which may alter from time to time.
9.
Each
scholarship award will be tenable for the first year of study only. Students studying an Undergraduate course or
a two- year Masters’ courses will receive funding for the first year only.
10.
Applicants
will be sent an e-mail acknowledgement to confirm that their scholarship application
has been received. They will also be notified by e-mail confirming if their
application has been successful or unsuccessful after the closing date.
11. Applicants should note that only students meeting the following criteria are eligible to receive Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships:
· registered to study at
Newcastle University city centre campus for the 2017/18 academic year.
· registered for one of the
following eligible courses:
Undergraduate - All undergraduate degrees including
integrated Masters
Masters - MA; MArch; MBA; MClinDent; MClinRes; MEd; MFA; MMedEd; LLM;
LLM (by research); MLitt; MMus; MPH; MRes; MSc
· wholly or partially
self-financing
· defined as ‘international’
for fee purposes
· students new to the
University and not those transferring or repeating courses
12. Applicants should note that the following students are
not eligible to receive Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships:
· UK or EU students assessed
as ‘home’ for fee purposes.
· MPhil, doctoral (eg,PhD,
Integrated PhD, EngD, DClinPych), Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma,
Newcastle University intercalating students or placement, study abroad or
exchange students.
· holders of fully-funded scholarships
(full payment of fees and living expenses) such as Chevening Scholarships, Commonwealth
Scholarships or other fully sponsored awards.
· students in receipt of India Great Scholarships or Santander
Scholarships
· pathway students
progressing to the University from INTO Newcastle
· current students,
registered in 2016/17 or earlier, who have already commenced Undergraduate or Masters’
studies at the time of award: awards cannot
be made retrospectively
· applicants initially
assessed as international for fee purposes but whose fees change to ‘home’.
13.
Applicants must state on the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships application
whether they have applied for or have been awarded any fully-funded
scholarship/sponsorship and immediately inform Student Financial Support of the
award of any such award after an application has been submitted. (A fully-funded scholarship or full
sponsorship covers fees and maintenance.)
Students breaching this regulation will have their scholarship award
suspended and the University reserves the right to recover any previous
payments.
14. The International Family Discount, Alumni Tuition Fee
Discount, school or faculty awards may be held in conjunction with these
scholarships. Scholarships will be applied in the following order: 1. Vice-Chancellor’s
International Scholarships 2. Faculty/school scholarship, 3. Alumni Tuition Fee
Discount, 4. International Family Discount, 5. 2% discount for full payment.
15. Successful applicants cannot be in receipt of a Vice-Chancellors
International scholarship AND an award from any of the following scholarship
schemes operated by the University: Business Excellence Scholarships; Chinese
Business Excellence Scholarships; MBA Business Excellence Scholarships; MBA
Leadership Scholarships; any Elite Sports Scholarships; Medical Sciences
International Masters Excellence Scholarships.
Applicants may apply and/or be considered for more than one award but if
successful in the Vice-Chancellors International Scholarship and one of the
schemes listed then they would receive the Higher of the awards with the lower
value award reallocated to another applicant.
The list of schemes is not exhaustive and there are funding
opportunities that are not applicable if you are in receipt of a
Vice-Chancellors International Scholarship.
Applicants should check the regulations for all funding opportunities to
which they apply to ensure eligibility.
16.
The
University reserves the right to vary scholarship and discount awards and
regulations at any time and at its sole discretion.
17. The University’s decision on all Vice-Chancellor’s
International Scholarship awards and interpretation of rules and regulations
shall be final: appeals will not be considered.
Source | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/finance/scholarships/vcis/
Regards!
Librarian
Rizvi Institute of
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