2020/2021 Maastricht University High Potential Scholarships, Netherlands

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Application Deadline: midnight on 1 February 2020 (Central European Time).

The Maastricht University (UM) Holland-High Potential Scholarship Programme offers 24 full scholarships of €29.000 (including tuition fee waiver and monthly stipend) each academic year for highly talented students from outside the European Union (EU) who have been admitted to a Master’s programme at UM.

The Scholarship programme consists of both the High Potential Scholarship (funded by the Maastricht University Scholarship Fund), and the Holland Scholarship, which is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in conjunction with Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences. It is aimed at international students from outside the EU/EEA who wish to follow a full degree programme in the Netherlands.

Duration of the UM Holland-High Potential scholarship

  • 13 months for a one-year Master’s programme
  • 25 months for a two-year Master’s programme

Amount of the UM Holland-High Potential scholarship programme 2020-2021

Living expenses € 12,350* (13 months) or € 23,750* (25 months) Paid to students by the UM International Services Desk
Health & liability insurance € 700* Arranged for and paid by the UM International Services Desk
Visa application costs € 171* Arranged for and paid by the UM International Services Desk
Tuition fees € 13,800; € 15,500 or € 16,800 depending on the tuition of your study programme Arranged for and paid by the UM International Services Desk
Pre-Academic Training costs € 695* Arranged for and paid by the UM International Services Desk

*These amounts are subject to change for academic year 2020-2021

Application procedure

Step 1:Register for one of the participating Master’s programmes at Maastricht University. For further details on how to register for a Master’s 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 Maastricht University. You will need a student
number in order to complete and submit the Scholarship Application Form
(see Step 2 below).

  • Please note: only the Master’s programmes in the list above are eligible for a UM Holland-High Potential scholarship.
  • Please note: you can apply for the Master’s programme at UM and the
    scholarship simoultaneously. However, you must be conditionally approved
    for admission to your Master’s programme in order to be awarded a
    scholarship.
  • Please note: if your study programme requires the payment of a
    handling fee as part of your programme’s admissions procedure, UM
    International Services Desk does not cover handling fees. You are
    responsible for paying any handling fee your programme may require by 1
    February 2020. 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 (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.

  • Curriculum vitae. Your CV should be up-to-date, contain
    relevant information about your education and (job) experience, and
    should not be longer 2 A4 pages.
  • Letter of motivation. Your letter of motivation should
    be up-to-date and specifically tailored to this scholarship programme.
    Generic letters of admission that do not directly address your
    motivation for UM Holland-High Potential scholarship selection will be
    rejected. Your letter of motivation should be no longer than 1 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 Maastricht
    University would be during your scholarship period, and during the
    upcoming years after you finish your studies at UM.
  • 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. Please ensure that the
    letter contains the contact details of your Head of Department or
    Registrar.
  • 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.

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.

Step 3: You will have to contact the referee you
provided in your application form and ask them to submit their reference
letter per email to [email protected] by midnight on 1 February 2020 (Central European Time).
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 2019. Please also note that
it is your responsibility to liaise with your referee and ensure that
they submit their letters before the deadline. Applications for which we
have not received reference letters are unfortunately incomplete, so
please communicate on time with your referee about this important step
in the scholarship application process.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2019/2020 Maastricht University High Potential scholarships

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