Master Scholarships for International Students at University of Bern, Switzerland

Brief Description

The Universität Bern offers six Master Grants for the academic year 2012/13 for excellent international students. The grant consists of 1`600 CHF per month for the duration of the Master`s programme (standard period of study). Application files will be examined by a selection committee. Criteria for selection are academic excellence and the candidate`s potential and motivation.

For further information about the Master`s programmes offered at our university, please contact the concerned Department directly. All Master`s programmes of the University of Bern are offered except “Biomedical Sciences”.

Preconditions:

• Applicants must have graduated at the latest by the end of July 2012 with at least a Bachelor`s degree in the wished field of study
• This Bachelor`s or Master`s degree must be from a non-Swiss university
• The applicants permanent place of residence up to now must have been outside of Switzerland

The applicant`s file must include the following in duplicate:

• Application form (see downloads)
• Curriculum vitae (max. 5`000 characters without blanks)
• Letter of motivation with objectives
• 2 letters of recommendation from professors of your current home university (with institutional letter paper and signature)
• Evidence of sufficient language proficiency in German or English according to the language of instruction of the intended Master`s programme (German: C1; English: B2)
• certified copies of the Bachelor`s Diploma and transcript of the grades obtained during the Bachelor`s studies
  or recent confirmation (not older than 3 months) by the home university that the Bachelor`s degree (in the same study field as the intended Master`s programme) will be completed by the end of July 2012 (with a list of grades obtained up to now)
• Copy of record of school-leaving examination (i.e. university entrance qualification)
• 2 passport photos
• Copy of passport
• For the Master`s programme “Biomedical Engineering”: GRE General Test

The application must be written in the language of the corresponding Master`s programme.

Closing date:

The complete application package must be submitted in duplicate (1 original, 1 copy) by postal mail. It has to be arrived not later than December 1st, 2011 at the:

Universität Bern
International Office
Hochschulstrasse 4
3012 Bern
Switzerland

NB:

• Incomplete application files and E-mail applications will not be considered!
• Fulfilling the above pre-conditions does not create an entitlement to a grant.
• With only six grants to offer the University will have to refuse also qualified applications. The University will not be able to explain refusals.
• The submitted documents will not be returned.
• This application will not be considered as an application to a Master`s programme as a regular student.

Contact:
Alicia Fernandez

Downloads

• Application Form (doc, 99KB)
• Application Form (pdf, 106KB)
• Directives for Officially Certified Documents (pdf, 36KB)

Email: alicia.fernandez@int.unibe.ch

http://www.int.unibe.ch/content/incoming/master_grant/index_eng.html

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