The University of Twente in the Netherlands invites applications for the ITC Excellence Scholarship in the 2022/2023 academic session.
The ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme provides a partial scholarship which is available to students with a very good academic track record, and who are applying for ITC’s Master’s degree programme Geo-information Science and Earth Observation with specializations in various domains.
A number of partial scholarships are available from the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme (ITC-ES), which can be awarded to applicants with a very good academic track record. The ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme is available for excellent students applying for the faculty ITC’s Master’s degree programme Geo-information Science and Earth Observation with specializations in:
- Applied Remote Sensing for Earth Sciences
- Geoinformatics
- Geo-information Management for Land Administration
- Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
- Natural Resources Management
- Urban Planning and Management
- Water Resources and Environmental Management
- Free specialization
Worth of Award
As this is a partial scholarship, admitted applicants must be able to show that additional funding is available to complement the funding through the scholarship (i.e. covering all remaining fees and costs before the payment deadline).
Eligibility
- The ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme is available for excellent students applying for the ITC Master’s degree programme Geo-information Science and Earth Observation.
- Application for the ITC Excellence Scholarship programme is a procedure separate from the application for course entry at the University of Twente. Before applying for the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme you first should apply for the ITC Master’s Geo-information Science and Earth Observation through their online application system to become academically accepted.
- Residing in and being a national of a country listed on the OECD approved List of Recipients of Official Development Assistance (see below)
- Having completed the Bachelor’s degree from a well-acknowledged university outside the Netherlands
- Academic performance among the top 10%
- English: IELTS 6.5
- Relevant background for the intended field of study
- Not eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans.
How to Apply
- First, you must have applied for the ITC Master’s Geo-information Science and Earth Observation through the on-line application system and have received an academic acceptance letter.
- If subsequently you are interested to apply to the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme, you will have to send the completed application form.
Deadline: April 1, 2022.