UM Brightlands Talent MSc Scholarship
In Netherlands 2022
Brief
Description
UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship
Four innovation campuses in Limburg, the Netherlands, form the
Brightlands. The Brightlands campi bring together entrepreneurs, researchers
and students to innovate and create international breakthroughs together in
chemistry and materials, health, agrifood, data science and smart digital
services.
The UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship programme offers four full coverage
scholarships (including a tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend) per academic
year for a selected number of top-performing non-EU/EEA students with personal
development potential that have been (conditionally) admitted to a master
programme connected to the Brightlands campi.
A mandatory component of the UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship is
participating in the thesis-internship-programme (TIP), requiring scholarship
recipients to write their thesis based on an internship at one of the companies
at the respective Brightlands campus.
Target group: top-performing non-EU/EEA master’s students with high
personal development potential that have been (conditionally) admitted to a
master programme connected to the Brightlands campi and with a substantiated
motivation to contribute to the campuses’ development.
Host Country
Ø Netherlands
Host
Organization
Ø UM
Brightlands Talent Scholarship
Host University
Ø Maasricht
University
Duration
of the UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship
Ø 12 months for a one-year master
programme
Ø 24 months for a two-year master
programme
Eligibility Criteria/ Requirements for
Applying UM Brightlands Talent
Scholarship
All candidates must meet the following requirements:
Ø You hold the nationality of a country
outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland and meet the requirements for obtaining an
entry visa and residence permit for the Netherlands
Ø You do not hold a double nationality
from an EU/EEA country or Switzerland
Ø You have never participated in a
degree-seeking higher education programme in the Netherlands. Students who have
completed exchange programmes in the Netherlands are welcome to apply
Ø You are not older than 35 years of
age on 1 September 2022
Ø You agree to become an active
Brightlands and UM ambassador during and after your studies, by committing to
share your experiences during at least one (information) session for students
and/or other stakeholders
Ø You have have been (conditionally)
admitted to the participating
master programmes at UM for the 2022-2023 academic year
How to Apply/ Application procedure UM
Brightlands Talent Scholarship programme 2022-2023
Step 1: Register for one of
the participating
master programmes at UM
For further details on how to register for a master programme at UM, please see
your prospective programme’s webpage. Once
you have submitted your application via Studielink, you
will receive a student ID number for UM. You will need a student number in
order to complete and submit the Scholarship Application Form (see Step 2
below).
Ø Please note: only the master
programmes in the list above are eligible for a UM Brightlands Talent
Scholarship.
Ø Please note: you can apply for the
master programme at UM and the scholarship simultaneously. However, you must be
conditionally approved for admission to your master programme in order to be
awarded a scholarship.
Ø Please note: if your study programme
requires the payment of a handling fee as part of your programme’s admissions
procedure, the UM International Services Desk does not cover handling fees. You
are responsible for paying any handling fee your programme may require by 1
February 2022. To check whether your programme requires the payment of a
handling fee, please check your programme’s webpage under the menu tab
'Admission requirements'.
Step
2: Please fill in the application
form, you need to log in with your UM account
Upload the following documents in .doc, .docx or PDF format, and submit your
application. Please note that you will only be able to submit your application
once, so please ensure that all of your documents and referee contact details
are up-to-date. If you have applied for multiple UM study programmes, the
UM International Services Desk will ensure that your complete scholarship
application is considered for all eligible programmes for which you have a
conditionally approved or approved admissions status.
Ø Curriculum Vitae
Your CV should be up-to-date, contain relevant information about your education
and (job) experience, and should not be longer than two A4 pages. Please
emphasise proven previous extracurricular engagement and active citizenship in
your community.
Ø Letter of motivation
Your letter of motivation should be up-to-date and specifically tailored to
this scholarship programme, including the substantiated envisaged contribution
to the respective Brightlands Campus during the study programme and the
thesis-internship-programme. Your letter of motivation should be no longer than
one A4 page. Be sure to argue why this scholarship is important to you, why you
should be selected, and what your role as an ambassador of UM would be during
your scholarship period, and during the upcoming years after you finish your
studies at UM.
Ø Proof of academic excellence
You may upload one of the following documents in order to prove your academic
excellence:
1. Your university transcript that explicitly states your grade point average or
class ranking (i.e. first class honours) for your entire study programme; or,
2. A letter signed by your institution’s Head of Department or Registrar
stating that you are one of the top 20 students in the graduating year of your
study programme.
Excellent results during your prior education programmes, as demonstrated by
your latest grade transcript. If several applicants are equally qualified, UM
will give preference to applicants whose academic transcript demonstrates that
they are among the top 5% of the 2022-2023 scholarship programme applicants
Ø Personal statement of financial needs
Please explain why you would benefit from being awarded a scholarship and
describe your personal circumstances such as financial difficulty, sole
parent/caretaking responsibilities, medical condition, disability, refugee
status, et cetera.
Ø A reference letter
We have prepared scholarship
reference letter guidelines; please print these out or forward them to your
referee, as they will help your referee to write a good reference letter on
your behalf. Please note that referees must be (former) professors, lecturers,
or employers, and not family members. Recommendation letters should be dated
and written no earlier than February 2021. Letters which do not agree with the
guidelines are not taken into account, which means your application is
incomplete.
Ø The contact details of one referee
Please note that we check the authenticity of your referee by contacting your
referee. Therefore, ensure that you take the following steps when choosing a
referee and submitting their details:
- Relationship to applicant; indicate your referee’s connection to
you. Is this your professor, thesis supervisor, employer? Please remember that
family members may not function as referees.
- Work telephone number of your referee; be sure to include the
applicable country calling code.
- Work or institutional email address of your referee. Letters
referencing only a personal email address will be rejected.
Application Deadline:
The
application deadline for UM Brightlands Talent MSc Scholarship is 2022-02-01