Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS) 2009

  Scotland

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Description: The ORS Awards Scheme, funded by the Scottish Funding Council, is designed to attract high quality research students to Scottish Universities. The awards are open to overseas students undertaking a research degree and may be held in any field of study.

Host Institution(s):

• University of Edinburgh

Academic Level:

• Doctorate
• Masters

Field(s) of Study:

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Criteria: Applicants must be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to overseas students and must have already applied for admission to a full-time MPhil/PhD research programme of study or currently be pursuing such a programme. They must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential. Although candidates with an upper second class honours Bachelor's degree (or the overseas equivalent) can be considered, in order to be competitive you should really have a first class Bachelor's degree supplemented by an excellent Master's degree. Other factors such as financial status, nationality and the proposed field of study are not taken into account.

The University of Edinburgh will not generally consider candidates who have already obtained a PhD, or formal equivalent, as a result of direct research training; or who are due to enter the third year of their PhD programme of study. Please also note that if you have applied for consecutive registration where you will start your Master's programme of study in 2009 and your PhD the following year in 2010, that you will not be eligible to apply for an ORS award in 2009.

ORS awards cannot be held concurrently with fully-funded scholarships such as a Dorothy Hodgkins Postgraduate Award, Commonwealth Scholarship or a Marshall Scholarship. Students who have previously held an ORS award will not be considered eligible for a second one.

Includes: Each award covers the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU graduate student and that chargeable to an overseas graduate student. The awards do not cover maintenance expenses. Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.