Nestlé MBA Scholarships in Switzerland for Women from Developing Countries

Nestlé MBA Scholarships for Women

Course(s) Offered: Business, Management
Course Level: Masters (MBA)
Provider: Nestlé, IMD
Country to Study in: Switzerland

Scholarship Description
The Nestlé Scholarship for Women is a Need-based Scholarship program for Women from developing countries to study in Switzerland. IMD encourages talented women to apply for its annual Nestle Scholarship, which offers CHF 25,000 towards the cost of the school’s prestigious MBA program.

The Nestle Scholarship for Women was first awarded in 1997 and was initiated by a group of IMD- Switzerland- MBA participants who desired to encourage women to take the MBA courses. IMD is determined to maximize the number of eligible women who benefit from its various financial aid packages, so judges from IMD and Nestlé concentrate on candidates who will not be receiving other scholarships.

The Nestlé Scholarship helps women through the IMD MBA program. Preference are given to women from developing countries including but not limited to African female Students.

Eligibility
Women candidates who have already applied to the full-time IMD MBA program and who demonstrate financial need. The scholarship is open to accepted women candidates from around the globe (employees of Nestlé and its subsidiaries are not eligible) and preference is given to women who come from the developing world.

Candidates should also submit a 750-word essay.

Selection Criteria:
1) Acceptance into the IMD MBA Program
2) Submitting an essay discussing the issue/topic below

Eligible groups
Worldwide i.e. citizens of ALL countries (with preference given to women from Developing Countries)

Participating Institutions
International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland

Fields of study
Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

Number of awards
One (1) scholarship is offered every year

Scholarship benefits
The value of the award is CHF 25000

Method of Application
Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their scholarship application. It is important to note that employees of Nestlé and its subsidiaries are not eligible.

In addition to the "MBA Financial Aid Application Form", you are also required to submit a 750-word essay using the IMD MBA Scholarship template on the topic: “Many have argued that greater diversity in the Top Management team of an organization is good for profits and customers. What would you recommend as ways to achieve greater diversity?”.

The scholarship applications are essay based, with winning essays typically including the following features:

• Relevance to the essay title
• Organization and structure
• Fully developed arguments
• Persuasiveness
• Personal element and/or passion

It is important to visit the official website (link to it is below) to access the application forms and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

DEADLINES:
The deadline for scholarship applications to be submitted is 30th September every year. Before applying for the scholarship, you must have applied for admissions using the MBA online application (see above) by any of these course application deadlines: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1 and September 1.

PLEASE NOTE:
IMD reserves the right not to award a scholarship if the criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the jury/sponsors.

The Nestlé MBA Scholarship was established in 1996 after a team of women MBAs from the class of 1995 completed a project called “Changing the shape of business” and then Nestlé gladly agreed to fund the scholarship.

Application Deadline: 30 September 2019
Open to International students: Yes (ONLY women)

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