School of Business Postgraduate International Scholarships, University of Dundee

International Business Scholarship

£1,500 Scholarship towards tuition fee for international applicantsto MSc International Business.

Accountancy & Finance Scholarship

£1,500 Scholarship towards tuition fee for international applicantsto other Masters courses in the School of Business (excluding MSc Professional Accountancy).

Accountancy & Finance Alumni Scholarship £1,500 Scholarship towards tuition fee for University of Dundee graduates with a first class honours degree entering other Masters courses in the School of Business (excluding MSc Professional Accountancy).

Dean's Scholarship for Overseas Alumni £1,500 Scholarship towards tuition fee for University of Dundee School of Business graduates continuing onto a Masters course in the School of Business. These scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the Dean and can be held in addition to other School of Business scholarships.

 

Application Procedure

Once you have got been given a suggestion to review within the School of Business at the University of Dundee, we are going to send you an email telling you the way to use for a School of Business Scholarship.

You must complete the shape, as soon as doable, and come back it as per the directions provided.

We will notify you when the time limit, to allow you to understand whether or not you have got been successful in being awarded a School of Business Scholarship or not.

 

Application Deadline

The time limit for school of Business Scholarships applications for courses beginning in January is fifteenth November 2012.

University of Luxembourg Offering Postdocs in Empirical Finance

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg has a gap for 2 analysis Assistants (Post-doc) in Empirical Finance (M/F).

Ref: F2-070018 & 120003 (to be mentioned in all correspondence).

2-year contract, 40h/week, renewable once for a most of sixty months Employee and student standing at University of Luxembourg.

The core objective of the Luxembourg college of Finance (LSF), University of Luxembourg is to be an educational leader within the creation and dissemination of an integrated body of information in banking and finance. so as to fulfil this mission, LSF places a high priority on analysis. A permanent analysis program within the areas of asset and risk management, fund business, behavioural finance, law and finance, and quantitative finance has been found out. The successful candidate of University of Luxembourg position are going to be integrated in a very young, strongly analysis oriented team and is predicted to contribute to analysis comes within the space of empirical finance. For additional data on analysis activities, please visit the LSF web-site

For additional data, please contact Prof. Christian Wolff (Christian.wolff@uni.lu).

Your Role

Under the direction of Professor Christian Wolff, Director of the LSF, University of Luxembourg:

turn out tutorial analysis papers within the space of empirical finance;

Publish articles in scientific reviews and contribute to conferences;

Mentor PhD candidates;

University of Luxembourg Position Benefit

comfy operating setting in a very growing team;terribly enticing remuneration package.

Eligibility For University of Luxembourg Position

    PhD in Finance or related discipline;

    Ability to conduct high-level research independently;

    Ability to program using econometric packages such as Gauss or Matlab;

    Have the linguistic skills to evolve in a multilingual environment: fluency in English, good understanding of a second language and possibly a third language, French or German in particular, would be considered an advantage;

    Team-oriented.

Application Deadline

September 15th 2012

Study In Japan By 2013 Panasonic Scholarship

The Panasonic Scholarship Program for Study In Japan was established in 1998 in commemoration of the corporate’s eightieth anniversary as how for the company to precise its appreciation to society. Study In Japan aim is to produce scholarship opportunities to privately financed students from Asian countries who would like to pursue a master’s course in Japan, to supply monetary help to foster highly educated specialists who will contribute to the event of their countries within the twenty first century, and to push mutual friendship between their home countries and Japan

Target cluster

Applications for Study In Japan are accepted and selected by the Panasonic Scholarship offices within the eight applicable countries/area: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and India.

Level

Master

Number of Awards

Not more than 26 students in total (in the 8 applicable countries/area) for Study In Japan

Field Of Study

Science or  technology, Engineering fields

Fully-funded Scholarships 2012, CESET

Fully-funded Scholarships 2012, Centre for Emerging Sciences, Engineering & Technology (CESET),  Islamabad

Centre for Emerging Sciences, Engineering & Technology (CESET),  Islamabad is instituting Fully-funded scholarships in the name of Late  Arfa Karim and Haji Mohammad Rafiq. Arfa Karim Scholarships will be  awarded to the meritorious students applying in its BS Software  Engineering and BS Computer Science Programs whereas meritorious  orphan students in undergraduate engineering and all other programs  will be the recipients of Late Haji Mohammad Rafiq Scholarships on  need cum merit basis.

Deadline: 27 July 2012

These scholarships start with 100% tuition fee  waiver in the first semester and are continuing in nature based on a  desirable academic performance of the recipients. The scholarships are  purely based on equal opportunity. The scholarship committee comprises  of senior researchers and academicians who will finalize the results  and announce the awards. The eligibility to these scholarships is laid  down on CESET's web site as well as social media pages. Besides these  two instituted scholarships, CESET also offers CESET Merit  Scholarships both on and after admissions in all undergraduate  programs as per CESET Statutes. The last date for applications is27th  July, 2012. Please encourage the meritorious students to visit the  CESET Campus (#61 - SERVICE ROAD (NORTH), I - 10 / 3, ISLAMABAD) or  contact (051-2541101, 051-2541103, 051-4101902, 051-4307338) the  Admissions team for further queries.

CESET is a National Project of Science & Engineering Trust (SET). The  Centre is established in 2011 in the heart of Islamabad (in the  vicinity of International Islamic University, NUST and NESCOM) with a  mission to create knowledge economy in special reference to the  national needs. The vision of the Centre is focused on Human Resource  Development for the broader objectives and scope of the Science &  Engineering Trust. For the purpose, CESET aims to focus to bridging  the gap between existing undergraduate and graduate education  particularly in inter- and cross disciplinary programs in disciplines  related to emerging sciences, engineering and allied management.  CESET's undergraduate engineering programs in Electronic Engineering  and Telecommunication Engineering are approved by Pakistan Engineering  Council (PEC) whereas Software Engineering and Computer Science  programs are in process of being accredited by National Computing  Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC).

Currently over 32 PhDs are associated with the Centre on permanent and  adjunct basis in Five broader areas, namely, Applied Radiation  Physics, Material Science & Nanotechnology, Telecommunication  Engineering, Advanced Electronics & Controls and Engineering  Management. CESET's academic programs are in affiliation with  prestigious and reputed public sector universities along with  collaborative linkages with top-ranked foreign universities.

For further information on Admissions in fall 2012, Scholarships and Research Opportunities, please visit the CESET web (www.ceset.pk) CESET Face book Page or drop a line on info@ceset.pk

Adnan Ghafoor

CESET's IT Admin

adnan@ceset.pk

IPCC Scholarship Programme

Application Deadline : 30 September 2012

Objectives:

The aim of the IPCC Scholarship Programme is to build capacity in the understanding and management of climate change in developing countries through providing opportunities for young scientists from developing countries to undertake studies that would not be possible without the intervention of the Fund.Applications from students from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) researching topics with the fields of study chosen for the call for applications are given priority. Proposals should focus on one of the following fields of study:

Socio-economic modeling related to climate change, Underlying science of climate change, Climate change and water

More detail information, Please visit the Website

PhD Scholarship in Machine Learning

Application Deadline : 15 August 2012

About the scholarship

The scholarship is funded by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation. The PhD project will be carried out in the Image Group at DIKU, in formal cooperation with the project partners and a number of collaborating research groups throughout the world.

The salary and appointment terms are according to the agreement for PhD scholarships as of 1 April 2012, according to which the monthly salary amounts to approximately EUR 3,700 including pension savings. Each scholarship requires a Master´s degree in computer science or in a related field providing equivalent qualifications (see below), at the time of taking up the position. The scholarships can be commenced as of 1 September 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment is for a period of 3 years and is expected to lead to a PhD dissertation.

Qualifications

The applicant should have:

• An MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Mathematics
• An MSc thesis within Machine Learning and/or Image Analysis
• Excellent programming skills, experience in generic programming with C++ is mandatory, knowledge in MATLAB is desirable
• Knowledge in parallelization of algorithms
• A solid background in mathematics and/or statistics
• A wish to combine theoretical method development with practical experiments
• Courage to work together with industrial oriented people, and to spend part of the project time with the project partners.

Enquiries about the position can be made to Professor Christian Igel, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, e-mail: igel@diku.dk, phone: +45 2184 9673.

Submission of Applications

Applicants are requested to submit their application by using the link below. The application deadline is 15 August 2012 at 23:59, CEST (UTC+2). Applications or supplementary material received thereafter will not be considered, unless explicitly requested by the evaluation committee.
The application must contain:

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of motivation, including specific ideas and proposals for research work to be undertaken as part of the PhD project
• Copies of degree certificates and transcripts of university examinations, covering both Bachelor´s and Master´s studies
• Copy of TOEFL or IETS test results and certificates (for non-EU/non-EEA nationals who do not have English as their native language)
• Copies of scientific publications (if any), including the Master´s thesis. If thesis work is still in progress at the time of application, a draft or a 1-2 page synopsis should be enclosed instead
• Contact details for 2 persons for scientific references

The copies of transcripts should preferably be in English or Danish. They need not be notarized. However, any offer made will be contingent upon verification ofacademic qualifications to become effective, e.g. by notarized translation into English or Danish.

The University of Copenhagen wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society at large and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of nationality, gender, marital status, race, personal beliefs, etc.

Apply online

More detail information, Please visit the Website