UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MBA Scholarships 2010

Started by MyInfoStride, Dec 18, 2009, 08:53 AM

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University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School offers a range of scholarships to candidates applying for the full-time MBA programme.

Scholarship Objectives
The aim of our scholarships is to attract the world's best MBA students and to lower barriers to entry for those who may require financial assistance.

Scholarship Details
We offer the scholarships (50% of the full-time MBA tuition fees) based on a combination of merit and financial need. Each award is valued at approximately €15,000.

4 x GMAT scholarships – open to all applicants scoring above 700 on the GMAT
1 x "Ideas for the Future" – open to all applicants and awarded to the candidate who best exemplifies creativity in business
6 regional merit based scholarships
Region 1: Asia and Australasia
Region 2: Central and Eastern Europe
Region 3: North and Central America
Region 4: Western Europe
Region 5: Middle East and Africa
Region 6: discretionary

Note: All scholarship applicants must already have been admitted to (have applied for, been interviewed and offered a place on) the full-time MBA Programme before they can be considered for a scholarship.

Deadline: The closing date for scholarship applications is March, 26 2010. However, the school reserves the right to award some GMAT and regional scholarships to exceptional applicants in advance of this date.

How to apply?
Applicants will need to include in their application a 200-300 word essay on why they feel they deserve a scholarship.

For the "Ideas for the Future" scholarship, an additional 300-500 word essay is required detailing the best idea the applicant has ever had for business and how this will impact the next generation.

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University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MBA Scholarships 2010