Rotterdam School of Management Non-EEA Scholarship of Excellence in Netherlands

Non-EEA
students – RSM non-EEA Scholarship of Excellence (MSc)

1. In
brief

For
the academic year 2016-2017, Rotterdam School of
Management, Erasmus University (RSM) will grant several partial
scholarships, depending on the quality of the applicants, for selected
students from non-EEA countries who are not entitled to pay th

e EEA tuition fee
and whose grades in their previous programmes are considered
‘excellent’. The value of the partial scholarship is maximum 8.500 euros (half
of the regular tuition fee). This scholarship is meant for prospective
students only (thus, this scholarship is not meant for currently enrolled RSM
and EUR students), excluding HBO pre-master students.

2. For
whom?

Prospective
students (thus, this scholarship is not meant for currently enrolled RSM and
EUR students) of the following MSc programmes can apply:

In
principle, a fair distribution of scholarships over the various MSc programmes
will take place. This principle may be deviated from and priority may be given
to applicants for certain MSc programmes.

Application
for the scholarship is open for prospective MSc students, starting their
studies in the academic year 2016/2017, from all non-EEA countries, provided
they would be charged the non-EEA tuition fee.

The
school may give preference to students with one of the following nationalities:

Brazilian
Russian
Indian
Chinese
Taiwanese/Korean/Filipino
Indonesian/Vietnamese/Thai
Iranian/Iraqi
Azerbaijani/Georgian
Turkish
African
(all countries)
Mexican

Additionally,
the school may strive for a certain distribution over the continents.

Applicants
cannot be recipients of any other scholarships exceeding the amount of 5.000
euro in total in that same academic year.

3.
For which year?

The
scholarship will be awarded for the nominal length of the MSc programme, which
is one year for all programmes except International Management-CEMS (18 months)
and MScBA Master in Management (16 months).

4.
Excellence

Excellence
for applicants with a Bachelor of Science from Dutch universities is proven if
the average grade over the entire programme at the time of application is at
least 8.0/10.

Additionally,
a GMAT score of
at least 700 is required – also for applicants from schools
and/or programmes exempt for GMAT for admission.

Excellence
for applicants with a Bachelor of Science from non-Dutch universities is proven
if the average grade over the entire programme at the time of application is at
least the equivalent of the Dutch grade of 8.0 on the Dutch grading scale 1 –
10.

The
Scholarship Committee will decide on the local grade equivalents for the Dutch
grade of 8.0 using the grade information included in (a.o.) the Nuffic country
modules.

Additionally,
a GMAT score of at least 700 is required – also for applicants from schools and/or
programmes exempt for GMAT for admission.

Please
note that we can only take a scholarship application into consideration if it
is complete and meets all of the requirements. This includes a minimum GMAT
test score of 700.

5.
When to apply?

Applicants
for MSc
(except for the MSc International Management-CEMS) can apply for the
scholarship any moment between 15 October 2015 and 1 March 2016.

Applicants for the MSc
International Management-CEMS can apply for the scholarships
any moment between 15 October 2015 and 31 January 2016.

6.
Application procedure

When
applying for the Master programme in the online application form (OLAF) you
will be asked to upload documents which will be used for evaluating your
application. During this process you can also upload your scholarship
application letter. The application letter should include the following
information;

an
explanation why you would need
a scholarship, comprising a description of the students
financial situation
an
explanation why you would deserve
a scholarship, comprising a description of academic excellence
and if applicable other merits
if
applicable:scanned copies of other scholarships granted (later on you
will be asked to provide a certified copy)
a
signed statement indicating that other scholarships awarded do not exceed
the amount of 5.000 euro in total
scanned
copies of the grade list to date, as available at the moment of
application (normally already part of your application package). Later on
in the process you will be asked to provide a certified copy

Please
note
that we can only take a scholarship application into consideration if it is
complete and meets all of the requirements. This includes a scholarship
application letter.

7.
How does it work?

For
the academic year 2016-2017, Rotterdam School of
Management, Erasmus University (RSM) will grant two to three partial
scholarships, depending on the quality of the applicants. The value of the
partial scholarship is 8.500 euros (half of the regular tuition fee)

The
scholarship takes the form of a waiver being the amount of money that will be
subtracted from the full non-EEA tuition fee (€ 17,000).

If
the student fails to graduate in nominal time, the non-EEA tuition fee for
non-EEA Master students will apply for the remaining period of study.

For
the scholarship, no actual transmission of money takes place.

The
scholarship part of the non-EEA tuition fee will be subtracted from the full
non-EEA tuition fee before the start of the academic year, enabling the
beholder to immediately pay the reduced tuition fee; either at once or in
instalments.

8.
Decisions

The
decisions on the award of the scholarship will be made by the RSM Scholarship
Committee. This scholarship committee will determine award recipient(s) on 1
April 2016.

9.
Information

The
RSM Scholarship Committee can be contacted through our contact form: www.rsm.nl/contactmsc