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Introduction
to OSI/Chevening/FCO University of Manchester Scholarship
Program
Introduction
to the University of Manchester
Selection
(Application screening, Test, English Language requirements,
Interview)
Timeline
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for 2004-2005
Application
form
Guidance for applicants
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of OSI/Chevening/FCO University of Manchester Scholarship
Recipients
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GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS
Open Society Institute/
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening /
University of Manchester
Scholarships in Economic Studies 2004/2005
Guidance Notes for Applicants
1. What does the
program offer?
The scholarships aim to provide opportunities for independent
postgraduate study in the United Kingdom for students
who are engaged in or intending to pursue postgraduate
work in their own country and who have demonstrated
both academic excellence and the potential to become
leaders, decision-makers and opinion formers in their
own country. Subject to satisfactory progress, the scholarships
lead to the award of a Masters.
The scholarships enables suitably qualified
students from selected countries to pursue a taught
one-year M.Sc. program in Economics at the University
of Manchester, UK. The scholarships will be awarded
in the areas of Economics, Economics and Econometrics
and Development Economics.
Each award will provide for payment of
academic tuition fees, examination fees, a monthly stipend
for living expenses sufficient for a single student,
and other agreed allowances including one return economy
airfare.
2. Who is eligible
to apply?
The scholarships are open to applicants from Mongolia
and Tajikistan.
Applicants should:
A. be nationals of and normally resident in one of the
selected countries at the time of applying for the award;
applicants who are temporarily out of the country at
the time of application (for a total period of less
than 3 consecutive months) may be treated as being resident;
B. already hold (or expect to hold by the time of taking
up the award) a relevant first degree with good grades;
C. have passed a TOEFL or IELTS test at an appropriate
level by the time of taking up an award;
D. normally not have already spent a full academic year
or more studying in a university outside Mongolia, Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; E. be
committed to returning to their home country at the
end of their scholarship period to continue their studies/
work there.
3. How can I apply?
You can get application forms, together with information
about the Economics courses at the University of Manchester
from OSI-Mongolia and
OSI-Tajikistan (see section
7 below for contact details).
An electronic (pdf) version of the application
form is also available at http://les1.man.ac.uk/fssl/Postgraduate/applicat.htm.
Please note that to be considered for a scholarship
you must apply through your local OSI foundation - you
may not apply directly to the University or online.
It is very important that you read all of the guidance
notes included with the application form. You must submit
two copies of the application
form, together with all the other required documents
to OSI by February 6, 2004.
4. How does the
selection procedure work?
All applications will be sent by the National Foundation
Offices to the School of Economic Studies at the University
of Manchester. They will be considered by selectors
for the appropriate Economics Masters Programs, who
will prepare a short-list of applicants who will be
invited for interview. By early March applicants will
be informed as to whether they have been invited for
an English language test (institutional TOEFL) which
will take place in mid March.
By the end of March - based on the English
test results - successful candidates will be invited
for an interview and another English language test (IELTS).
It is expected that these will take place in mid April
2004.
The final decisions as to which applicants
will be offered scholarships will not be taken at the
time of the interviews. These decisions will be taken
later by the University of Manchester in conjunction
with OSI-Budapest and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
It is hoped to inform all applicants by the beginning
of June as to whether they have been successful, or
not.
Please note that all successful applicants
will be requested to attend a 1-month preparatory academic
writing summer school starting at the end of June/beginning
of July 2004. The exact date and location of the summer
school will be available at a later stage of the selection
process.
5. How can I find
out more about the University of Manchester and its
School of Economic Studies?
· Read the University's Graduate Admissions Prospectus.
Your local Soros Educational Advising Center or Foundation
will be able to make copies available for you to consult.
You will not normally, be able to take these copies
home, however.
· Visit the University's Home Page http://www.man.ac.uk
or the
· School of Economics Studies' Page http://les.man.ac.uk/ses/
6. Who should
I contact if I have any questions?
Please use all of the written documentation available
to you: these guidance notes, the University's Graduate
Prospectus and the guidance notes included within the
University's application pack.
If you have any queries about these guidance
notes, then you should contact either
· your local OSI Foundation or
· Kristina Savickiene, UK Programs Coordinator,
Network Scholarship Programs, OSI-Budapest
Fax or e-mail only:
Fax: 00 36 1 327 3107
E-mail: ksavickiene@osi.hu
If you have any academic questions, then
you should direct these to Terry Peach (please find
contact details below) at the School of Economic Studies
at the University of Manchester.
Terry Peach
Senior Lecturer in Economics
School of Economic Studies
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
ManchesterM13 9PL
United Kingdom
Phone (44 161) 275 48
E-mail: terry.peach@man.ac.uk
7. Contact details
of your local Soros Foundation
You can obtain application forms from the following
address. Please note that completed application forms,
together with all other necessary documents, must be
returned to this address by 6 February 2004.
Oyuntulkhuur Jukov
Scholarships Program Coordinator
Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Jamyan Gun street 5/
Sukhbaatar district
Ulaanbaatar - 48
Mongolia
Phone (976 11) 313207
Fax (976 11) 324857
E-mail oyu@soros.org.mn
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