Youth Awareness

for Higher

Education Abroad

Motivation

Agenda

Introduction of Panelists

Introduction

Fulbright ScholarshipsExchange ProgramsRegister with USEFP (http://www.usefpakistan.org)

This website gives you information regarding lots of scholarship in USA for Pakistani students.After registering with the above website, you will be assigned an advisor who will guide you for applying to USA Universities

You can ask any kind of queries regarding higher studies/scholarships in USA from your advisor

Scholarships in USA

U.S. has not recovered from the global financial crisis of 2008 and getting a job is more competitive now.

Make a good sound profile on both LinkedIn as well as Monster.

The layoff rates have risen in U.S

There are two types of employer in U.S. for foreign students, those who sponsor your H-1 visa, and those who don’t.

Job Opportunities in USA

McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca/ University of Toronto

http://www.utoronto.ca/ University of Alberta

http://www.ualberta.ca/ University of British Columbia http://

www.ubc.ca/ Memorial University of Newfoundland

http://www.mun.ca/ http://

www.canadian-universities.net/Campus/International-Students.html

(Provides links to all universities in CANADA)

Requirement for admission is solely dependent on University

(University’s website to be consulted)

Universities in Canada

Funding from Professor

Scholarship Canadian Common Wealth Scholarship Professional Development Awards (PDA) The Pearson Fellowship

http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/Pages/default.aspx Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of

Canada (NSERC)http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/

PG-CS/IPS-BESII_eng.asp  

Graduate Student office

Awards & Scholarships

Emerging and highly dynamic economy

Best universities are NUS and NTU

Easy availability of scholarshipsNUS offers substantial fee

reduction if a 3 year bond is singed with them

Job opportunitiesOpportunity to work in other

emerging Asian countries like China, Malaysia etc.

Singapore

World’s 9th largest economy ,totally engineering & technology based Enormous job opportunities for engineers in Korea

Some famous Korean companies are: Samsung LG Hyundai Daelim Doosan

Korea

Almost every university provide Scholarships You can talk to Korean Professors by emails

to get a scholarship if you are good enough with

research skills Korean Government Scholarships

http://www.niied.go.kr/, www.gks.go.kr Korean Company Scholarships

Samsung Scholarship (Samsung global scholarship-SNU) Direct from Professor:

Hundreds of Pakistani student are there in Korean schools on Professor’s scholarships

Scholarships in Korea

Backbone of the European EconomyAttracts students from all over the worldCareer opportunites

Germany

Most of the scholarships are offered by www.daad.deDAAD SEIMENS Scholarships You need to learn German language in order to apply for this

scholarship as it’s a perquisite for itIt is very common to see students coming to RWTH without

any scholarship and they are able to find student job here. These student jobs are known as hiwi jobs

In RWTH Aachen one has to pay negligible fee and tution fee is waived off

Student jobs pay enough that a person can survive in Aachen without any scholarship

Yahoo group PSA RWTH Aachen and PSA RWTH

Scholarships in Germany

France Grant Search Engine : http://www.scholarshipportal.eu

HEC Scholarships for France.French Language is required in most cases.

France

Italian Government ScholarshipsMany Italian universities provide full/partial

scholarshipsYou need to visit University websites for such

kind of scholarshipsIn many cases, you are automatically

considered for scholarshipsPlease get Italian Universities list from

internet and then explore these websites.

Italy

The Dutch higher education system enjoys a worldwide reputation for high quality.

The best site where you can find all the information about choosing university and scholarship grants:

http://www.nuffic.nl/homeVisit the universities homepage for finding the

grants. They are often available there.Finding jobs during your studies is a bit hard

due to language issues. You can try at http://europa.eu/youth/working/finding_a_job/index_nl_en.html

Netherlands

Good Universities BUTHigh feesHigh living expensesPart time working hours reduced from 20 to

10 h per week2 Year post study work visa option also

finished.

England

For Students from developing CountriesIt’s a talent and need based scholarshipApply in only selected courses in selected

universities as mentioned on its website This scholarship provides you a chance to study in world leading universities including those in USA.After getting admission, apply for Scholarship http://www.adb.org/jsp/default.asp

Asian Development Bank: Japan Scholarship Program

Scholarships for excellent students and researchers to follow an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course or Joint Doctorate at two or more European universities.

76 of Europe’s top 100 universities (according to the Shanghai rankings) are participants in Erasmus Mundus courses.

85% of Erasmus Mundus courses are taught in English.

Go to the Erasmus Mundus website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

Scholarship - amounts (Masters)

IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 90Good AcademicsStrong Reference LettersStrong Motivation LetterExtra Curricular Activities like Voluntary

experiencesJob Experience ( Some time must and some

time optional)Tailor your previous education with the

program, you are applying for

Common Requirements forScholarships

Huygens ScholarshipNetherlands FellowshipsErasmus MundusEndeavour AwardsAustralian Development ScholarshipsDAAD ScholarshipsFulbright Scholarships

Key Scholarships to Focus

Government Scholarships of differentcountries (China, Spain, Korea, Indonesia,Japan etc)HEC ScholarshipsBank of Japan ScholarshipIslamic Bank ScholarshipSINGA

Key Scholarships to Focus

http://www.openscholarship.info/http://pkstudents.com/ ( for Pakistanis only, a very good one)http://scholarship-positions.com/http://www.scholars4dev.comSAATFASE ( one of the leading Yahoo Group for

Pakistan Students)

Good Scholarship links

Contributors listName University Program ContactSharique Javaid KTH, Sweden MS Communication

Systemssharique.javaid@yahoo.com

Wahaj Arshad KTH, Sweden MS Communication Systems

Khawar Shahzad RWTH Aachen University, Germany

MS Communications Engineering

khawer12@yahoo.com

Khawar Abbasi RWTH Aachen University, Germany

MS Communications Engineering

khawarmuneer@hotmail.com

Fayyaz Kashif Seoul National University, Korea

MS Electrical Engineering

mfkashif@hotmail.com

Fahad Bakhtyar Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Meng Oil & Gas (Pipeline Engineering)

fahadbakhtyar@gmail.com

M. Hasnain Hyder Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

MS Industrial Engineering

M. Hasnain Hyder National University of Singapore, Singapore

Masters in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Rafay Ahmed TNO Holst Centre, Netherlands

MS Nanotechnology (KTH)

Rizwan Mumtaz University of Trento, Italy MS Software Systems Engineering