UCL-AET Undergraduate Scholarships for African students

UCL-AET Undergraduate International Outreach Bursaries for African students

Study Subjects: Any field
Scholarship Level: Undergraduate (Bachelors)
Scholarship Provider: UCL, AET
Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Scholarship Description
University College London (UCL) and the Africa Educational Trust (AET) have agreed to collaborate in a scheme to enable students from Africa, who are financially unable to study in the UK, to pursue full-time undergraduate studies at UCL.

With this scheme UCL supports the aims of AET to help the people of Africa. Under the scheme, two full bursaries are available annually for AET-nominated students who have accepted offers of places at UCL.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must:

• be a national of any African country (including Madagascar), currently living in an African country, and have one or both parents living in an African country, or are orphaned; AND
• be currently attending school or have recently completed school in an African country; AND
• have before or by January applied to UCAS for admission to a full-time undergraduate degree programme of study at UCL starting the following September, which they intend firmly to accept UCL (as the insurance offer choice does not satisfy the conditions of the bursary); AND
• be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to Overseas students, as assessed by UCL; AND
• lack the financial means necessary to pursue undergraduate degree studies at UCL.

Selection Criteria: Scholarships are awarded on financial hardship and academic merit, based on the aims of the scholarship.

Eligible groups
All eligible African students (see 'Eligibility Requirements' above)

Participating Institutions
University College London

Fields of Study
Any undergraduate course area offered at UCL

Sponsorship duration
For the duration of the undergraduate programme, subject to academic performance

Scholarship benefits
Each bursary consists of full tuition fees and a maintenance allowance for the duration of the student’s programme of study, as well as economy air travel to/from the UK at the beginning and end of the bursary-holder’s degree programme. The maintenance allowance will normally rise each year in line with inflation but at the absolute discretion of UCL.

NOTE: The bursary is calculated to be sufficient for the applicant only. In addition, the bursary includes an allowance (on request and up to a specified maximum sum per bursary holder) to permit two members of the bursary-holder’s family to attend their graduation ceremony. Annual renewal of the bursary is subject to good academic progress by the student.

Method of Application
If you fulfill ALL the eligibility requirements, please email Ms May Omona at m.omona@africaeducationaltrust.org with details of your financial circumstances, your academic history, and proof that you have applied to UCAS for undergraduate admission to UCL.

For information about undergraduate admission to UCL, please see UCAS application and entry.
If you have not applied to UCAS for admission to study at UCL and cannot provide a valid UCAS application number, you need not apply for a bursary; your application is incomplete without a valid UCAS application number.

AET will provide eligible applicants with an electronic application form, which must be completed and submitted electronically to Ms May Omona at m.omona@africaeducationaltrust.org before the deadline.

NOTE:
AET will select 10 applicants from eligible applications received – with attention to the financial circumstances of the applicants. The 10 short-listed applicants will be contacted by AET in April (by email), and asked to write and submit a 500-word essay on a topic set each year by UCL. Shortlisted applicants will also be required to submit documentation as proof of the information provided in the application form.
Essays and supporting documentation to complete the application must reach AET by 15 April. Essays must not exceed the permitted word count, and must be in the candidate’s own words, and will be checked for plagiarism.

Successful applicants and reserve candidates can expect to be contacted by UCL in June/July.

Contact
Student Funding
UCL Registry and Academic Services
University College London
Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 0004

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15th March every year
Scholarship Open to International students: Yes (ONLY eligible Africans)

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