Thursday, April 13, 2006

[Switzerland] Universität Bern - International Master's Scholarship

Deadline: 15 May 2006

The Universität Bern has decided to grant international students Master excellency scholarships for the academic year 2006/07.


A financial support of 1600 CHF/month for the entire duration of the Master program is offered.

Criteria for selection:

Students must have graduated from a university with at least a Bachelor Degree.
The candidates file should include the following:


* Application form (see downloads)
* Curriculum vitae/résumé
* Letter of motivation & objectives
* Letter of recommendation and confirmation from a professor at the Universität Bern
* Form ‚Admission to Master's course' of the faculty (see downloads)
* Record of sufficient proficiency in German or granted dispensation by the faculty (photocopies)
* Record of grades obtained during Bachelor studies (photocopies)
* Record of school-leaving examination, i.e. qualifying for university entrance (e.g. photocopies of secondary school certificates)

The application file has to be written in the language of the corresponding Master course.

Closing date:

Cadidate files are due before May 15, 2006 at the following address:

Universität Bern, Internationale Beziehungen, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern

for each file, 2 paper copies have to be submitted

Incomplete application files will not be considered.

The proposals will be examined by a selection committee. The criteria for selection are based both on academic excellence ant potential of the candidate.

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