Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship

Maastricht University (UM) is accepting applications for Holland High Potential
Scholarships. These scholarships are intended for excellent students from
outside the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) who wish to do a
master’s or a professional education programme at Maastricht University.

The Holland
Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
in conjunction with Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences.

Maastricht
University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands and,
with more than 16,000 students and 4,000 emplo
yees, is still growing. The
university stands out for its innovative education model, international
character and multidisciplinary approach to research and education.

Course
Level:
Scholarships are available for pursuing full-time master’s programme at
Maastricht University.

Study
Subject:
Scholarships are awarded to study the subjects offered by the university.

Number of
Scholarships;
24 full scholarships are available.

Scholarship
Award:  24
full scholarships of €29.000 (including tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend)
each academic year for highly talented students from outside the European Union
(EU) who have been admitted to a Master’s programme at UM.

Scholarship
can be taken in
Netherlands

Eligibility: All candidates must meet the
following requirements:

• You
  hold nationality in a country outside the EU/EEA and meet the requirements
  for obtaining an entry visa and residence permit for the Netherlands.
• You
  have applied for admission to a full-time Master’s programme at Maastricht
  University which is participating in this scholarship programm
  Participating Master’s programmes in this
  scholarship programme
• You
  meet the specific admission requirements of the UM Master’s programme to
  which you have applied.
• You
  have never participated in a degree-seeking higher education programme, a
  primary education programme, or secondary education programme in the
  Netherlands. Students who completed exchange programmes in the Netherlands
  are welcome to apply.
• You are
  not over 35 years of age on 1 September 2018.
• You
  have obtained excellent results during your prior education programmes, as
  demonstrated by your latest grade transcript or certified by academic
  excellence. If several applicants are equally qualified, we will give
  preference to applicants whose academic transcript or certified letter of
  academic excellence demonstrate that they are among the top 5% of the
  2018/19 scholarship programme applicants.

Nationality: Students from outside the
EU/EEA can apply for the scholarships.

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirement: Students are eligible for admission to UCM if they have a Dutch
VWO diploma or an international equivalent thereof.

English Language
Requirement: English is the working language in this programme. You must,
therefore, demonstrate your proficiency in English. No additional proof of
English proficiency is required if you are a native English speaker or if you
have obtained or will obtain:

• An
  International or European Baccalaureate
• A high
  school diploma in the USA
• GCE
  A-levels
• A VWO
  diploma with a minimum overall grade of 7 in English
• Zeugnis
  der Allgemeine Hochschulreife with a minimum overall grade of 8 in English

If students do not
meet one of these criteria, they have to provide proof of English proficiency
with an IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge test. They have to prepare and register for
these tests yourselves.

How to
Apply:

Step
1: Register
for one of the participating Master’s
programmes at Maastricht University. For further details on how to
register for an Master’s programme at UM, please see your
prospective programme’s webpage. Once you have submitted your
application via Studielink, you will receive a student ID number. You
will need a student number in order to complete and submit the Scholarship
Application Form (see Step 2 below).

Please
note:
only the study programmes in the list above are eligible for a UM Holland-High
Potential Scholarship. You must be conditionally approved for admission to
your study programme at UM in order to be awarded a Scholarship. If your
study programme requires the payment of a handling fee as part of your
programme’s admissions procedure, UM Scholarships do not cover handling fees.
You are responsible for paying any handling fee your programme may require by 1
February 2018. To check whether your programme requires the payment of a handling
fee, please check your programme’s webpage under the menu tab ‘Admission
requirements.’

Step 2: Please
fill in the application form through the Apply Now button, on the right side of
this page, upload the following documents in .doc, .docx, or PDF format, and
submit your application. Please note that you will only be able to submit your
application once, so please ensure that all of your documents and referee
contact details are up-to-date.

• Curriculum
  vitae. Your CV should be up-to-date, contain relevant information about
  your education and (job) experience, and should not be longer 2 A4 pages.
• Letter
  of motivation. Your letter of motivation should be up-to-date, tailored
  specifically to this Scholarship programme, and no longer than 1 A4 page.
  Be sure to argue why this scholarship is important to you, why you should
  be selected, and what your role as an ambassador of Maastricht University
  would be during your scholarship period, and during the upcoming years
  after you finish your studies at UM.
• Proof
  of academic excellence. You may upload one of the following documents in
  order to prove your academic excellence: 1. Your University
  transcript that explicitly states your grade point
  average or class ranking (i.e. first class honours) for
  your entire study programme; or, 2. A letter signed by your
  institution’s Head of Department or Registrar stating that you are one of
  the top 20 students in the graduating year of your study programme. Please
  ensure that the letter contains the contact details of your Head of
  Department or Registrar.
• The
  contact details of your referee. Please note that we will be in contact
  with your referee and ensure that you take the following steps when
  choosing a referee and submitting their details.
• Relationship
  to applicant: indicate your referee’s connection to you; is this your
  professor, thesis supervisor, employer? Please remember that family
  members may not function as referees.
• Telephone
  number of your referee: Make sure to add the applicable country calling
  code.
• Email
  address of your referee: Work email addresses are preferred.

Please note that you will
only be able to submit your application once, so please ensure that all of your
documents and referee contact details are up-to-date.

Step 3: Contact
the referee you provided in your application form and ask them to submit their
reference letter by
email hhp.scholarship-at-maastrichtuniversity.nl by 1 February
2018. We have prepared Scholarship reference
letter guidelines; please print these out or forward them to your
referee, as they will help your referee to write a good reference letter on
your behalf. Please note that referees must be (former) professors, lecturers,
or employers, and not family members. Recommendation letters should be dated
and written no earlier than February 2017. Please also note that it is your
responsibility to liaise with your referee and ensure that they submit their
letters by 1 February 2018 (Central European Time). Applications for
which we have not received reference letters are unfortunately incomplete, so
please communicate on time with your referee about this important step in the
Scholarship application process.

Application Form

Application
Deadline:
The application deadline is February 1, 2018.

Scholarship Link