At Glance : Twente Scholarship

NEW SCHOLARSHIP from Twente University !!!!!

This year (2008), Twente University gave scholarships to some master students who were admitted in various master major at their university. We hope that next year they will do the same thing. This scholarship is aimed for students outside EU.

To be considered to get this scholarship, you should be an excellent student. First of all you have to be admitted in one of the master programs in Twente University.

The candidates of the scholarship have to hand in the following documents :

• recommendation letters
• curriculum vitae
• motivation letter
• grade report/transcript
• financial overview by the candidate

The value of the scholarship is around 1.538 - 20.000 euros per year. Most of the courses in Twente University will be started in July. So, it's strongly recommended to apply to the university as soon as possible e.g December/January then the scholarship selection processes will be around April/May.
Don't just see and wait. Apply for it !!!

For the details about study and scholarship in Twente click here

At Glance : Huygens Scholarship

HSP Huygens scholarship is one of the opportunity for Indonesian students to study, Master degree, in Netherlands freely. It is aimed at talented students who are in the final phase of their bachelor’s studies or during their master’s studies.

The scholarships consist of:

• Tuition fee
  
• A monthly allowance of € 900
  
• Visa fees
  
• travel costs
  

The average value of scholarships awarded (in 2008) was € 27,000.

Usually the application must be submitted before 1 February each year. It means that for the next year application must be submitted before 1 February 2009 at the latest.

The selection procedure will be based on the following criterion :

• your study history and pace
• your diplomas and grades
• your nomination letter
• your reference letters
• motivation letter
  
• the importance of the Dutch programme for your future career
• how well the proposed studies match your previous education
• extracurricular activities.

You will be informed about the decision of the selection committee as soon as possible after 1 May so that you can start your study in Netherlands in August.

SO, If you meet the requirements, why don't you just apply ? It's free !!!

For the details, see the following links :
Nuffic Home
Huygens Scholarship

Industrial & Applied Mathematics - TU Eindhoven

What am I learning in Industrial & Applied Mathematics (IAM) in TU Eindhoven now ?
I am one of the students who got ASML scholarship in 2007. My specialization in IAM is Statistics, Probability and Operation Reserach. Let's have a look some courses in IAM, not only in my specialization but also another specialization.

There are three specialization in IAM which are Statistics Probability & Operation Research (SPOR), Discrete Mathematics & Applications (DMA) and Computational Science & Engineering (CSE).

In SPOR, we will learn many courses related to stochastics procesess, queueing system, integer programming, random graph and nonparametric statistics. In DMA, we will learn about coding & crypto, cryptographic protocol, liniar and bilinear algebra, graph and algorithm. The last one is CSE where we can learn courses related to scientific computing, partial differential equation, continuum mechanics. numerical programming and applied function analysis.

Besides those compulsory courses, students can also choose the elective courses such as applied statistics, optimization, stochastic differential equation, advanced modelling, system & control, stochastic decision theory, design experiment and any other interesting courses.

Most of the master project for IAM students will be taken place in company during the last 7-8 months of the study. Most of the students will be paid 300-500 euros per month during that period.

Another advantage you can get if you apply to this major is that there is an opportunity you will be granted ASML or Oce scholarship which consist of 2-year scholarship and 3-year working in high-tech job in their company. Is that interesting, isn't it ? :D

See the link below for details information

IAM-TU Eindhoven

At glance : Erasmus Mundus - ESIM

In this chance, I would like to share the information about the scholarship which many mathematics students can consider to apply. It's called ESIM, European School for Industrial Mathematics. This is join 2-year Master programs of three highly qualified universities in Europe. Actually this scholarship is not required many aspects which makes me recommend all student of Mathematics who are interested in Applied Mathematics to apply to. The requirements are

• Your background in BSc should be applied mathematics with GPA at least 75% or 3.00 from 4.00
  
• Your TOEFL should be at least 550 (PBT) or 213 (CBT) or 80 (iBT) or equivalent with 6.0 for IELST

Once you get this scholarship, I can say that you are rich because the granted money for the living expenses given from the scholarship are far more than enough compare to the actual living expenses you will spend. It means that you would have savings after you graduate :D
The calculation :

1. scholarship (+) 42.000 euros for 2 years.
2. tuition fee = 5655 euros x 2 years = 11.310 euros
   
3. living expenses= (-) 600 euros x 24 months = 14400 euros
   
4. other cost (resident permit, visa, insurance) =5000 euros
5. flight tickets = 1200 euros ( example : Indonesia - Europe)

At least you can get 10.000 euros after 2 years. Bring back to your country :D
(For Indonesian, it's the same as you earn money around 6 million rupiahs per month while studying in Europe!!!)

When you apply this scholarship, you have to choose 2 of 3 the universities where you want to study in. Those are TU/e (Netherlands), Kaiserslautern (Germany) and Linz (Austria). Every year this scholarship will be closed on 1st of February.

Be prepared Mathematics students !!! Now is August 2008.
You still have time 6 months to apply for 1st Feb 2009 !!!!!
Follow the link below for the details.

Source : http://www.win.tue.nl/esim/

Who's next ??

Last year, 2007, there are 9 Indonesian students who got scholarship for studying in TU/e, Netherlands. They are I Wayan Gede Santika (Stuned), Lesky Deni Saputra and Adi Purnomo (Depkom info), Grant Patrizio, Samuel Louvan, and Ari Kusyanti (ASML), Renaldi and Arya Adriansyah (TU/e scholarship), another Ari (Huygens) :D

This year 2008, so far, there will be 3 Indonesian students who also got scholarship. They are Islah (Erasmus Mundus), and Reyhan (ASML). The last one is a girl. Up to now, we haven't got any information about this student. We hope that she also got scholarship whatever it was :D.

Who's next ? 2009 ? 2010 ? You have many scholarships to apply as mentioned above for your study in TU Eindhoven. Those all are TU/e Talent scholarship, ASML scholarship, Philips scholarship, Oce scholarship, Huygens scholarship, Stuned scholarship, Depkom info scholarship, Shell scholarship, Erasmus Mundus scholarship, NFP scholarship, and Ford scholarship. Have you ever found other universities with many scholarships like TU/e ?
You can contact one of the students to get more information.
Good luck for your all !!!! :D

Scholarship (General)

Hi friends

This is my first blog on the internet. In my first blog, I would like to share my experience about what I did so that I got the scholarship to Netherlands. So many people asked me about this matter, but I just told them that I used the internet to find that scholarship. In this opportunity, I would like to give you a brief explanation about the scholarships, especially master degree scholarships.

The most powerful source to get the information about the scholarships is internet. One can use search engines such as google the famous one or others, on the internet to find all the information about schools, colleges, universities all over the world. Internet is an unlimited source of information. If we can maximize the use of this device, we will get any information we want to know.

KEY WORD
The first important thing that we have to know to find such information is the key words. If we want to find some information on the internet using search engines, we have to know the "key word". A suitable "key word" will make the information exploration more efficient and effective. For example, for someone who does not know the top universities in the world can use "top university" or "best university" as a keyword. Besides that, we can also use the keyword "rank university 2007". Another example. if we want to find the scholarships, we can use "scholarship for master student" or "research scholarship". You can try to use it as many as we want to find the information about universities or scholarships. Don't hesitate to use any keywords using google, just type it and see the results. If you don't find the information what you want, just change another key word.

The second important thing to know the information about the scholarship is by registering to scholarship group such as yahoo group for scholarship or milis beasiswa (for indonesia people). From these, you can get up to date information about the scholarships, and how to get the detail information about that as well as how to apply it.

Another way to get the information about the scholarships is from your university. You can get this kind information from your university whether from the International Office, your professors, your friends or banners and brochures. Don't hesitate to ask about the opportunities to get the scholarship to others. Ask as many as questions about the scholarships, the more information you get the bigger opportunity you will get.

The last thing that you have to remember and you have to ask to yourselft that weather or not you are qualified to receive the scholarship or financial assistance. It is very obvious indeed you should have a good qualification to get the scholarship. Each scholarships has different requirements but at least the first two things that you should be good at are your academic skill and your languange skill. These two things are the basic requirements that you should have to be nominated to get the scholarship. Basically, most organizations who provide the scholarship might ask you to have these things below:
1. Academic skill
It's a very good thing if you have a good academic skill, i.e. high GPA score. If you graduate from a good university and you have a GPA score, I suggest you to consider finding the scholarship in case that you want to continue your education instead of finding job.
2.Language Skill
The next aspect is language skill. The common language used in Master degree is English. Having a high score in TOEFL or IELST will enhance you chance to be admitted by the university. Most of universities require the student to have at least 580 for PBT-TOEFL or 92 for iBT-TOEFL or 237 for CBT TOEFL or 6.5 for IELST.'
3. Recommendation Letter
Having a recommendation letter from a famous professor will be a great advantage. If the professor from the university you apply have known you, it will be easier for you to be admitted by the university. And even it's not impossible that you will get the scholarship.

After you have these three things, hopefully you can be admitted by the university and get the scholarship. Good luck friends.