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MTEC Scholarships Public Administration

Full scholarships are made available by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for study at University of Twente for students enrolling in the upcoming academic year 2008 / 2009.

Purpose of the MTEC Scholarships
The MTEC scholarships are intended for promising students from the countries which will become a member of the European Union in the near future, the (potential) candidate countries of the European Union and those countries which border the extended Union both in the East and in the South.

An MTEC scholarship covers tuition fee, study materials, housing, subsistence, insurance, visa costs, travel to and from the home country, a personal development programme (including effective leadership, change management, project planning) and a social programme (Introduction programme, excursions, and access to the unique campus facilities of the University of Twente).

Who may apply for an MTEC scholarship?
The MTEC scholarships are meant for students and civil servants of the aforementioned countries listed on the front page, who completed their BSc with flying colours and who satisfy the criteria for admission to the MSc Public Administration, University of Twente. Applicants should both be nationals of one of the participating countries and be resident in one of these countries. A selection procedure is part of the intake.

The Public Administration (PA) Master’s degree programme, duration one year, highlights public administration and informed approaches (i.e. rooted in policy) to social issues.

Preconditions
Prospective students need to have completed a bachelor degree in Public Administration or strongly related social sciences, live in the relevant states at the time of application, have an IELTS score of 6.0 average, and not be older than 35 years.
Applications for admission for the academic year 2008/2009 should be sent before the 1st of July 2008.

Application
Candidates should apply through  http://www.cross-agency.nl/formAcademicAdministration/ and consecutively send their printed application form to the Netherlands Embassy in Croatia (http://croatia.nlembassy.org/ ).

Applicants also need to go through the regular admission procedure of the University of Twente (see http://www.graduate.utwente.nl/ ).

More information you can find in the attached brochure,  or visit www.cross-agency.nl.

Materials

Brochure (521 kb)

Previous year's competition

MTEC Scholarships for Public Administration (2007)