Japan Scholarship Program 2010

The Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program 2010

The Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) was established in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan. The objective of the program is to provide an opportunity for well qualified citizens of the Bank’s Developing Member Countries (DMCs) to undertake postgraduate studies which will assist the economic and social development of their countries.


Who is eligible?
Citizens of developing member countries of the Bank (see list and selection criteria) who have a minimum of two years’ working experience and who are eligible for admission to the following degree programs at the University of Sydney:

* Master of Economics
* Master of Commerce
* Master of International Business
* Master of Transport Management
* Master of International Public Health
* Master of Engineering

Please note, applicants living or working outside their home country are not eligible for this scholarship. Also, no applicant will be allowed to apply for the ADB-JSP scholarship more than two times.

Application Deadline:
Application closing date for courses starting in July 2010 is 30 November 2009.


ADB Developing Member Countries
The following countries are ADB Developing Member Countries:

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Cambodia
* People’s Republic of China
* Cook Islands
* Fiji Islands
* Georgia
* Hong Kong China
* India
* Indonesia
* Kazakhstan
* Kiribati
* Republic of Korea
* Kyrgyz Republic
* Lao People’s Democratic Republic
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* The Republic of the Marshall Islands
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Republic of Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Philippines
* Samoa
* Singapore
* Solomon Islands
* Sri Lanka
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Tonga
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Vietnam


Selection criteria

* Qualifications of the candidate.
* Applicants with less than two years of work experience will not be selected.
* Preference to women candidates.
* Preference to applicants with lesser financial capacity.
* The Program will, in principle, not support applicants who have previously studied abroad.
* The Program will, in principle, not support applicants who are pursuing a second master’s degree or a second doctorate degree.
* Candidates who are applying in a participating academic institution in their own country may not be selected.
* Diversification of nationality in the overall Program as well as at each participating academic institution will be considered.

Application form
You can complete the Application Form by following the instructions on the form.

Please download the ADB-JSP application form (191kb PDF).

You must have a copy of Acrobat Reader to access this form. If you do not have one, you can download a free copy from Adobe.

For further information please contact:

International Office
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
Phone - +61 2 8627 8302
Fax - +61 2 8627 8387
Email - adbscholarships@io.usyd.edu.au

KT&G Foundation Scholarships 2010 for Master Degree

Yonsei University. KT&G Fellowship at GSIS, for Turkish, Iranian, Russian, Kazakhstani, Indonesian, Yonsei 2010

The KT&G Foundation offers scholarships to the Turkish, Iranian, Russian, Kazakhstani, Indonesian students who seek a master’s degree at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) of Yonsei University:

Eligibility and Conditions

1. Degree: A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent degree.
2. Age : No limit
3. Health: Applicants must be in both sound physical and mental health.
4. English Language Proficiency: Applicants must possess strong English language proficiency (Recommended score of TOEFL CBT 237 (IBT 93/PBT 580), IELTS 6.5 or above).

5. Arrival in Korea: Scholarship recipients must arrive in Korea by February 23, 2010 and must attend the new student orientation program on February 24, 2010 at Yonsei GSIS.
6. Application Period: All necessary documents must be submitted to the Yonsei GSIS office between September 1, 2009 ~ November 30, 2009. All original documents should arrive at the GSIS office by this date.

Application address:

Yun Jeong Choi

Graduate School of International Studies
Yonsei University
New Millennium Hall 510
134 Sinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749
Republic of Korea
http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr

Terms of Fellowship
The scholarship covers a maximum of 24 months (2 years), from March 2010 to February 2012. Students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0/ 4.3 every semester to maintain fellowship eligibility.

Scholarship Details

1. Tuition fee: The KT&G Foundation will provide tuition fee for Spring 2010 through Fall 2011 (up to 4 semesters).
2. Stipend: The KT&G Foundation will provide a monthly stipend of KRW 1,000,000(= USD 892) for up to 24 months.

IV. Obligations

1. Participation in a field trip, a roundtable conference prepared by the Foundation
2. Participation in events and activities upon request from the school or the foundation
3. Submission of a report on your life in Korea two months prior to your graduation and a copy of your Master’s thesis
4. KT&G Fellowship recipients must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.3 scale in order to retain their scholarship. If they fail in this requirement at any time, their scholarship will be cancelled and they will be ineligible to receive it again in further semesters.
5. If a KT&G Fellowship recipient decides to withdraw from their program of study they must pay the KT&G Foundation the full amount of the scholarship received up to the time of withdrawal.

V. Required Documents

1. For all documents concerning admission, please refer to the GSIS website: http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr.
2. KT&G Fellowship at Yonsei GSIS Application Form (attached)
3. A Letter of Recommendation from the Dean or an equivalent official at the student’s institution with an approved signature of the Rector/President of the Home Institution (attached)

Application Deadline: November 30, 2009

UK PhD Scholarship in Corporate Responsibility, Nottingham University

FULL-TIME PHD SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: The scholarship will cover full tuition fees as well as tax-free living expenses of £13,290 per year (estimate at ESRC rate).

Your entry into the scholarship competition will require your acceptance onto the Doctoral Programme. Students who want to be considered for this scholarship competition should submit their postgraduate application by 31 August 2009 at the latest.

You can complete your Postgraduate Application in hardcopy or online at: http://pgapps.nottingham.ac.uk.

Indicate that you are interested in this scholarship in the personal details section of the online postgraduate application form or section 3 of the hardcopy postgraduate application form. In response to the question ‘how do you expect to pay for you studies’ you need to state ‘ICCSR Second Round Scholarship applicant’.

You should also submit, with your application, your research proposal, two academic references, academic transcripts and English language (if required). Applicants should be available to begin their doctoral studies in September 2009.

Scholarship applications will be evaluated on the basis of former qualifications, academic background, references and research proposal. All of the documentation relating to this must be submitted by the scholarship deadline of 31 August 2009.

Your doctoral studies will be supervised by two academic members of staff (at least one of which will be a member of the ICCSR team) and therefore please ensure that a member of the ICCSR academic team is currently working in the area you are interested in studying. At this late stage candidates who have already entered into correspondence with a potential supervisor are more likely to be successful.

To give your application the best chance of success, then please pay particular attention to the following:

* The relevance of your project to your potential supervisors research interests
* The suitability of your topic for study at postdoctoral level
* The feasibility of completing your research within the timescales of a PhD
* The practicality of your research plans particularly with respect to the access you might be able to secure for data collection.

Further guidance on the application process, preparation of a research proposal and English language requirements are available on the doctoral programme pages of the Business School website. Further this UK PhD Scholarship information about the ICCSR is available from the ICCSR website.

PhD Position in Computer Science, France at the University of Bourgogne

PhD Position in Computer Science at the University of Bourgogne (France)

Description : The Institute for Spatial Information and Measurement (I3mainz) at the University of Applied Sciences (Mainz, Germany) and its partner the Laboratory of Computer Science, Electronics and Imaging (Le2i – UMR 5158 CNRS) at the University of Bourgogne (Auxerre, France) are seeking applications from qualified individuals to fill an available PhD position in the field of Computer Science commencing September, 2009.

The successful candidate will be expected to hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field and will be enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Bourgogne. The candidate’s work will be carried out in part at I3mainz in Germany and in part at the Le2i in France.

His research will be within I3mainz’s WiDOP project which benefits from a three-year funding support (~ 27 000 EUR per year for this position) granted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany). WiDOP (Wissensbasierte Detektion von Objekten in Punktwolken für Anwendungen im Ingenieurbereich), which stands for “Knowledge-based detection of objects in 3D point clouds for engineering applications”, is an ambitious project aiming to devise and develop efficient intelligent methods capable of achieving an automated processing of terrestrial laser scanner data.

This project contrasts with existing ones in that it uses prior knowledge as basis for a selective, object-oriented detection, identification and modeling of objects present in the point cloud. This knowledge can be obtained from various sources such as databases, construction plans, as-built plans or Geographic Information Systems. Within WiDOP, the successful candidate will work on knowledge-based numerical processing of 3D point clouds.

The goal is to develop and implement intelligent methods capable of achieving an automated processing, detection, identification and modeling of objects from terrestrial laser scanner data. Applicants should send, by e-mail, their curriculum vitae, the names and contact information of 2 references and a cover letter to Adlane Habed Adlane.Habed@u-bourgogne.fr Tel.: +33 (0)3 86 49 28 57 Links: [i3mainz] http://www.i3mainz.fh-mainz.de/ [Le2i] http://vision.u-bourgogne.fr/le2i/

Category : PhD position

Contact address : Adlane Habed Assistant Professor UFR Sciences and Techniques, Université de Bourgogne BP 16, Route des Plaines de l’Yonne, 89010 AUXERRE Cedex FRANCE E-mail: Adlane.Habed@u-bourgogne.fr Phone. : + 33 3 86 49 28 57, Fax : +33 3 86 49 28 50

Germany PhD Position in Solar Cell

Ph.D. position in solar cell, thin film technology
Institute of Physics / Thin film group / Lab. Prof. Adrian, University of Mainz
Mainz, Germany

The Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz is one of Germany’s largest Universities with more than 30000 students. Mainz is located in the Rhein-Main-area close to Frankfurt airport.

The Physics department has branches in nuclear physics, atomic physics, and solid state physics. Close cooperations to Max-Planck Institues on the campus exist and enhance research possibilities

Description:

Solar cells are now a standard high tech product. However, current thin film solar cells use rare and expensive materials like indium. With decreasing manufacturing costs of the modules material prices will become more important. In our project we look for alternative materials for solar cells which will be relevant in future generation solar cells.

Within a joint cooperative project of several Universities and research institutes we will prepare at the University of Mainz new thin film materials and characterize the inner interfaces of solar cell structures by high energy photoemission using our synchrotron measurement facilities. The material we grow will serve as absorber material in p-i-n type solar cells.

The candidate should have a good knowledge on solid state physics and/or thin film technology. Social competence is needed for integration in a research team as well as for a llimited amount of teaching obligations at the University. Fluency in English is a must, knowledge of German will be helpful.

Start of the project will be in October 2009

To apply:

Please send your cv. to jakob@uni-mainz.de
Expires: November 06, 2009

Denmark : One post-doc scholarship available at the Centre for European Islamic Thought

Subject to the necessary grant, the Centre for European Islamic Thought at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen invites application for a post-doc research appointment. The post is available as soon as possible and is until 30 September 2012. Applications are invited for research on the interaction between classical Islamic thought and the processes of Muslims? adaptation to the contemporary European environment. A combination of textual analysis and social sciences method will be an advantage. The applicant will have relevant academic experience including completed PhD-level research.

Applications must include documentation on the applicant?s education, employment, research contribution, and teaching experience. A complete, numbered list of publications must be included. Up to three representative publications should be included with the application. The applicant cannot require the panel of assessors to ignore the applicant?s other publications. If the panel finds it necessary to look at other material, the applicant will be informed and required to send what is requested. If material is enclosed that is the product of group work, the extent and character of the applicant?s share in such text must be made clear in the application. The deadline for applications is noon, Tuesday 1 September 2009. All material must be sent in four copies.

The appointment and salary will be in accordance with the agreement on state-employed academics in force between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).

After the deadline for applications, a panel of qualified assessors will be established. Applicants will be informed who is on the panel. When the panel has made its decision, every applicant will be sent that part of the assessment that concerns him or her.

Any questions may be addressed to Niels Christian Tolvang-Nielsen on (+45) 3532 3605 or to Prof. Jørgen S. Nielsen on jsn@teol.ku.dk.

Further information on the Centre and the Faculty can be found on the Faculty?s website at http://www.teol.ku.dk/

Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) Australia Indonesia Partnership

Each year, the Australian Government sponsors people from a number of developing countries to study in Australia through Australian Development Scholarships (ADS). The Australian Development Scholarship program in Indonesia aims to promote private and public sector human resource development in areas of agreed development priority.

This is achieved by providing post-graduate scholarships for Indonesians to study in Australia and by working in close cooperation with the Indonesian Government to deliver a program which is flexible to Indonesia’s human resource development needs.
ELIGIBILITY

In General, Candidates must :

Be an Indonesian citizen and not have permanent residence in Australia or New

* Zealand;
* Not be married or engaged to a person who is eligible to hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residence;
* Satisfy Australian Government requirements for international student entry to Australia (health, character etc);
* Not hold a scholarship that would give similar benefits;
* Not have held an Australian Government Scholarship in the 12 months preceding the application;
* Be applying to commence a new course of study and not be seeking support through ADS for a course already commenced in Australia;
* Be able to take up the scholarship in the year for which it is offered; and
* Satisfy the admission requirements of the Australian tertiary institution in which the course is to be undertaken.

Specifically, Candidates must :

* Be applying for courses that fall within the four areas of development priority;
* Have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.9 (on a scale of maximum 4.0) and an English language proficiency of at least 5.0 in IELTS (or 500 in Institutional TOEFL or equivent). The IELTS or TOEFL result must be current (a test result obtained in 2008 or 2009 will be considered current);
* Already hold an undergraduate degree, if applying for a Masters;
* Already have a Masters, if applying for a Doctorate;
* Apply for a degree at a level higher than their current highest qualification;
* If applying for a Doctorate, applicants must be staff of universities, higher education institutions, research institutes, key policy makers and targeted candidates in other agencies associated with AusAID activities. It is highly desirable for Doctorate applicants to have a letter of support from an Australian university for their proposed field of study;
* Answer all relevant questions on the application form;
* Be willing and available to take full-time (Monday - Friday, 08.00 - 16.00)English for Academic Purposes(EAP) training in Indonesia prior to studying in Australia, if offered a scholarship; and
* Be not older than 42 years old at time of application.

NUMBER OF AWARDS AND STUDY OPTIONS

The number of ADS awards each year will depend on Australian government budget appropriations. In the 2009/2010 ADS cycle, 300 ADS scholarships are available for commencement in 2010/2011. The scholarships are allocated as follows:

* 2/3 of all awards will be offered to applicants from the public sector category;
* 1/3 of all awards will be offered to applicants from the open category;
* Up to 50% of awards overall will be offered to applicants from the Targeted Category;
* Up to 30% of all awards will be offered to applicants from Geographic Focus Areas.The geographic focus will include East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Papua, West Papua, and Aceh;;
* 90% of all awards will be offered at Masters level (270) and 10% of all awards will be offered at PhD level (30); and
* An equal number of awards will be offered to males and females

LENGTH OF STUDY AND COURSE OPTIONS

Scholarships will be available for full-time study of an Australian post-graduate qualification for the minimum period required to complete the award through the relevant Australian university, selected from AusAID contracted universities (normally a maximum of 2 years for Masters and 4 years for Doctorate).
DEADLINE

4 September 2009
FURTHER DETAILS

http://adsindonesia.or.id/files/ADS%20Brochure%202009.pdf

PhD Studentship in Computational Modelling of Polymer Nanocom

PhD Studentship
Computational Modelling of Polymer Nanocomposites
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
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Applications are invited for a PhD position to be held at the Department of
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering of the University of Limerick
(www.ul.ie). This studentship is for 3 years. The award includes a scholarship
at the rate of EUR 1300/month and payment of University fees.

Background:
Nanoclay particles offer a cost effective reinforcement for
thermoplastic polymers. The main challenge in exploiting these materials is
optimisation of their morphology. This can potentially be achieved in a typical
industrial forming process, through a careful optimisation of process
parameters. Advanced computational modelling of such processes can be a
useful tool in achieving that goal.

Research tasks:
The successful candidate will work on the development of
advanced computational modelling of a highly-complex nonlinear behaviour of
nanoclay-reinforced polymers subjected to mechanical loads at temperatures
around glass transition. The ultimate objective of this research is to optimise
process parameters (strain, strain rate, temperature) to enhance both
mechanical and barrier properties of polymer nanocomposites. The research
will address: (1) implementation of the 3D polymer constitutive model into FE
software ABAQUS, (2) development of computational models reflecting 3D
nanocomposite morphologies, and (3) development and implementation of a
3D multi-scale strategy to predict overall nanocomposite response.
Eligibility criteria and further information: Both EU and non-EU resident
candidates will be considered. Candidates should hold a first or upper second
class degree in engineering (or closely related discipline). They should have a
strong background in solid mechanics and FEM, previous experience in
programming (e.g. Fortran, Python), and interest in polymers.

Applications should include a personal statement (max. 800 words), CV,
student transcript and the names and email addresses of two referees. Please
direct all enquiries and applications to Dr. Lukasz Figiel by email:

Lukasz.Figiel@...

The position is available immediately. Applications will be
considered on a rolling basis until the post is filled.

PhD position at INSA, Lyon, France

In the framework of the iPLAN European project the aim of this thesis is to
enhance the computational efficiency and to adjust the complexity-accuracy
trade-off of the MR-FDPF (Multi-Resolution Frequency Domain Partial Flows)
method for indoor radio coverage prediction. This method, particularly efficient
for indoor propagation, is devoted to be implemented in a radio

network planning tool. This tool needs to propose all kind of modern radio link
conditions: indoor, outdoor, indoor to outdoor, outdoor to indoor, for 3G/4G,
WLAN or WMAN (WiMax), from macrocells to femtocells.

Thus, the study will contain four main parts:

-computational efficiency enhancement of the MR-FDPF method;
-implementation of statistical analysis of radio channel behaviour
rather than only considering mean power level;
-integration of our indoor propagation tool into a wide areas
simulation tool with other propagation methods such as ray-tracing in
collaboration with other partners;
-measurement campaigns and model calibration.

The PhD candidate will work the first year in the CITI Lab of INSA Lyon in order
to propose all possible enhancements on the MR-FDPF method and will be
associated to the SWING INRIA project team (at INSA Lyon, France). Then he will
spend two years seconded in Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd, partnet of the
iPLAN project (located in Luton, UK). Ranplan's R&D department is expected to
launch an automatic planning tool, and the results of this work will contribute
to this innovating tool.

References:
[1] G. de La Roche, K. Jaffres-Runser and J-M. Gorce. "On
predicting Indoor WLAN coverage with a fast discrete approach,"
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation. Vol 2, No 1,
2007, pp.3-12.
[2] J-M. Gorce, K. Jaffres-Runser and G. De La Roche.
"Deterministic Approach for Fast Simulations of Indoor Radio Wave
Propagation," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. Vol 55, Issue 3,
Part 2, March 2007, pp.938-948.

Contacts: guillaume.villemaud@...; jean-marie.gorce@...
http://citi.insa-lyon.fr

--
Prof Jean-Marie Gorce
CITI, INSA-Lyon
head of SWING team, INRIA
bat Claude Chappe
6 avenue des Arts
69621 Villeurbanne cedex
tel : 33 4 72436068

PhD positions at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Call for applications for the Research Doctorate schools at
Ca' Foscari University of Venice 25th cycle – Academic Year
2009/2010

Available courses
1. Ca' Foscari University of Venice starts the 25th cycle of the following
research doctoral courses for the
2009/2010 academic year:

Doctoral school in Linguistic, cognitive and education sciences

1. Research doctorate in Linguistic science
2. Research doctorate in Cognitive and education science

Doctoral school in Humanities
3. Research doctorate in Philosophy
4. Research doctorate in Italian studies and classical and medieval philology
5. Research doctorate in Ancient history and archaeology, Art history

"Ca' Foscari" Inter-university doctoral school in Law
6. Research doctorate in European law for civil, commercial and employment
contracts

International doctoral school in European and Mediterranean social history
7. Research doctorate in European social history from the Middle Ages to the
contemporary period

Doctoral school in Languages, cultures and societies
8. Research doctorate in Languages, cultures and societies

Doctoral school in Science and Technologies (SDST)
9. Research doctorate in Computer science
10. Research doctorate in Environmental sciences
11. Research doctorate in Chemical sciences

Call for application:
http://www.unive.it/media/allegato/Placement/Dottorato/25_cicloB/announcement.pd\
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http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=67002
http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=67003

Various PhD positions at University of Verona, Italy

It is open at the Università degli Studi di Verona the public competition, for qualifications and/or exams, for the admission to the Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs, Year 2010.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Doctoral Program BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Doctoral Program ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Doctoral Program ECONOMIC HISTORY


GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW
Doctoral Program ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Doctoral Program CORPORATE LAW AND ECONOMICS
Doctoral Program THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW OF PATRIMONIAL, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

GRADUATE SCHOOL IN TRANSLATIONAL BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Doctoral Program TRANSLATIONAL BIOMEDICINE
Doctoral Program MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
Doctoral Program FORENSIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
Doctoral Program HUMAN ONCOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY AND STEM CELL BIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPLICATION
Doctoral Program SCIENCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HUMAN MOVEMENT 5 1

GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Doctoral Program BIOSCIENCE
Doctoral Program MOLECULAR, INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Doctoral Program CLINICAL PROTEOMICS
Doctoral Program CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES
Doctoral Program MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING MEDICINE
Doctoral Program APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Doctoral Program COMPUTER SCIENCE
Doctoral Program NEUROSCIENCES
Doctoral Program PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMAN SCIENCES AND PHILOSOPHY
Doctoral Program PHILOSOPHY
Doctoral Program PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS: DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION PROCESSES
Doctoral Program EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING SCIENCE
Doctoral Program SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES
ENGLISH STUDIES
Doctoral Program CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TERRITORY
Doctoral Program LITERATURE AND PHILOLOGY
Doctoral Program FOREIGN LITERATURES AND LITERATURE SCIENCES
Doctoral Program LINGUISTIC
Doctoral Program HISTORICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES


DOCTORAL PROGRAMS – YEAR 2010
MULTIMODAL IMAGING IN BIOMEDICINE
NANO-TECHNOLOGIES AND NANO-MATERIALS FOR BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
SURGICAL SCIENCE AND HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC ILLNESSES

website link:
http://www.univr.it/documenti/Documento/allegati/allegati385106.pdf
or
http://www.univr.it/main?ent=catdoc&id=2393&idDest=2&sServ=68&serv=65&ssServ=127〈=en

Open PhD positions at University of Pisa, Italy

Call for Admission of Candidates Educated Abroad to the Ph.D. Schools of the
University of Pisa - Year 2010
http://www.unipi.it/studenti/offerta/dottorat/accesso/banest/index.htm

Art. 1 Announcement
The University of Pisa announces a competition, based on academic
qualifications, for the admission of candidates educated abroad to the Ph.D.
Schools starting in 2010. The list of the Ph.D. Schools (and their Ph.D.

programs) is attached to this document (Attachment A). The overall number of
candidates without the study grant which can be admitted to each Ph.D. program
is one.

In addition the available University grants are indicated in the table of the
article 4 (only for some Schools or Ph.D. Programs).
An application for this competition does not prevent candidates from applying
the other competition based on both academic qualifications and examinations
planned to be announced at the beginning of September 2009 at
http://www.unipi.it/studenti/offerta/dottorat/accesso, with deadline for
application at the end of September 2009.
If some public or private financing becomes available, within the expiry date of
the call, additional study grants may be offered.
The courses of each Ph.D. program will start on January 1st, 2010.

Art. 2 Requirements
Applications are invited from candidates who:
• are not resident in Italy;
• have obtained abroad a secondary school qualification, from a school that is
not subject to Italian regulations, examinations and curricula, giving access to
University education at first degree level, and an academic qualification
equivalent to the Italian "laurea specialistica/magistrale". Both qualifications
must be awarded by non-Italian institutions.
The equivalence of each qualification to one of the above-mentioned Italian
degrees will be established (for the sole purpose of this competition) by the
Academic Board of the School.
The University may exclude candidates lacking admission requirements at any
time.

Art. 3 Application and deadline
The registration to this competition should be completed within September 4th,
2009, 1.00 (CET - Central European Time) pm, only by web, filling in the form on
http://www.unipi.it/phdcall following the instructions indicated. After this
date it is not possible to apply to this competition.
You should send only by web using the same on line modality within September
4th, 2009, 1.00 pm, the following documents (only in pdf format):

http://www.unipi.it/studenti/offerta/dottorat/accesso/banest/index.htm

IES Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship

Institute for the International Education of Students
Deadline: November 01, 2009
Type of Award: Scholarship
Amount: $1500

The Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship is available to students at institutions that are members or associate members of the IES college consortium. You must be accepted into an IES study abroad program to be eligible for this award.


You also must currently be receiving financial aid at your home school, and the home school must have a policy of transferring at least 75 percent of home school aid to IES. Consideration is given to the level of financial need, the IES program location and IES membership status of your home campus.

How to Apply:
IES Need-Based Financial Aid

* Submit a completed IES Abroad Need-Based Financial Aid Application to IES Chicago.
* Download an IES Abroad Application for Admission. If you have any questions, please call 1.800.995.2300 or email us at info@IESabroad.org.

Website: http://www.iesabroad.org/

Study Abroad & Internship Programs from IES Abroad
Since 1950, The Institute for the International Education of Students has provided students and U.S. colleges and universities with high-quality academic study abroad and internship opportunities that foster intercultural development.

Italy Scholarships of PhD Program in Business Administration, University of Bologna

The PhD program in Business Administration of the University of Bologna trains brilliant researchers in the fields of management, by offering courses in several areas such as organization theory, business strategy, marketing, technology and innovation management, research methods, advanced statistics, econometrics. In addition to the courses, PhD students have the opportunity to attend seminars held by internationally renowned scholars, present their work at conferences, spend a research period of at least 6 months in international academic institutions. The courses are held in English. The PhD in Business Administration (3- year program) is organized by the Department of Management of the University of Bologna (www.sa.unibo.it).

In order to apply, a Master degree (laurea specialistica/magistrale) is required. The 2010 edition of the PhD in Business Administration (25th cycle) will start in January 2010. 10 students will be admitted to the program and 5 scholarships will be offered. The number of scholarship-assisted places may increase thanks to the financial support of public or private institutions. The net amount of the scholarship is around 1000 Euro per month, for a 3-year period. The amount of the scholarship can be increased during the research period spent abroad (+50%) and through assistantships in teaching or contract research activities.

Applications from foreign students are encouraged.

For further details on the PhD program in Business Administration, the admission requirements and the selection procedures, please visit the website:
http://www.sa.unibo.it/SA/Ricerca/Dottorati/Dottorato+in+Direzione+Aziendale/dottoratoinenglish.htm
or contact the PhD Coordinator, Professor Federico Munari (federico.munari@unibo.it).

The call for application will be published at the beginning of August 2009 on this website:
http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ricerca/Dottorati+di+ricerca/default.htm

The deadline to submit all the application documents (approx. 14th September 2009) will be specified in the call.

Informasi Beasiswa S2 & S3 di Saudi Arabia 2009 2010

King Saud University Riyadh – Saudi Arabia -, insyaallah akan
mengadakan muqabalah untuk Program Pascasarjana ( Magister dan Doctoral ) khusus untuk studi keislaman, yang meliputi takhassus
berikut ini:

1. Fiqh dan Ushul Fiqh
2. Tafsir Hadits
3. Aqidah dan Mazahib Mu’ashirah.

Pelaksaan muqabalahnya Insyaallah pada minggu terakhir sya’ban atau
minggu pertama bulan Ramadhan 1430 H.


Tempat pelaksanaan menurut rencana di Kantor Kedutaan Arab Saudi di Jakarta .

Informasi beasiswa ini sifatnya dari mulut ke mulut saja, jadi tidak ada pengumuman resminya di Kedutaan Saudi di Jakarta, bahkan besar kemungkinan mereka belum mengetahuinya.

Persyaratan untuk mengikuti muqabalah :

1. Mahasiswa ( laki-laki ) yang sudah lulus S1 untuk Magister, dan
lulus S2 untuk Doctoral ( baik dalam maupun luar negri )
2. Pendidikan terakhir berlatar belakang agama ( seperti Syariah,
Ushuluddin, Tafsir, dsb, kalau pendidikan terakhir adalah lughah
mungkin gak diizinkan ikut muqabalahnya)
3. Hafalan Al-Qur’an ( 5 juz untuk program S2 dan 10 juz untuk S3,
hafalannya gak mesti berurutan, boleh mulai hafalan dari belakang
ataupun dari depan, yang penting untuk tiap juznya full, jangan
setengah-setengah juz )
4. Nilai IPK terakhir minimal JAYYID JIDDAN ( dan diprioritaskan yang
mendapat MUMTAZ atau MUMTAZ MURTAFI’ ).
5. Menguasai Bahasa Arab secara aktif ( lisan dan tulisan ).
6. Prioritas untuk mereka yang punya aktifitas dakwah di masyarakat,
sekolah ataupun yayasan.

Berkas-berkas yang harus disiapkan :

1. Foto copy ijazah terakhir 1 lembar
2. Transkrip nilai
3. Rekomendasi dari Yayasan Dakwah ataupun Ulama dan tokoh masyarakat
atau dosen yang pernah mengajar sebelumnya dalam bahasa arab, minimal
2 buah.
4. Sirah Zatiyah atau CV ( dalam bahasa arab, kalau bisa cantumkan
semua pengalaman yang berhubungan dengan aktifitas dakwah disertai
dengan tahunnya, karena ini termasuk yang menjadi bahan pertimbangan )

Berkas-berkas tersebut bisa dikirim terlebih dahulu ke email berikut : aokareem@yahoo.com, dengan cara di scan, dan mencantum judul pada Subjek Email :

supaya bisa menjadi bahan pertimbangan mereka terlebih dahulu, dan
berkas-berkas tersebut harus juga dibawa waktu mengikuti muqabalah
nanti.

Untuk kepastian tanggal pelaksanaan muqabalahnya, silakan hubungi para
mahasiswa KSU program Dirasat ‘Ulya (hubungi nanti kira-kira dua minggu sebelum Ramadhan, mudah-mudahan sudah ada kepastian tanggal kedatangan tim muqabalah KSU nya).

Kontak beberapa Mahasiswa Dirasat Ulya KSU:
1. Ahmad Nizarudin (akhmad.nizar@gmail.com)
2. Abdurrahman Wahid (alqassam_81@yahoo.com)
3. Hanafi Dain (hanafimks@yahoo.com)
4. M. Thalib (muhammad_thalib@yahoo.com)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Statistics, United States

Post-doctoral Fellow in Applied Statistics
Employer: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Florida State University
Location: Tallahassee, FL, United States
Expires: October 30, 2009

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL has an opening for a Post-doctoral Fellow. The position will require a two-year commitment and prior background in Quality Engineering, Engineering Statistics and Bayesian Models.

The Post-doctoral Fellow will be expected to participate in research projects in Quality Improvement and Variability Reduction of Nano-material Manufacturing processes. Proficiency with MATLAB (particularly the Optimization, Statistics, and System Identification Toolboxes) is highly desirable. The candidate must have research interests and experience in the areas of Design of Experiments, Response Surface Methodology, Markov chain Monte Carlo Methods and Time Series Analysis for consideration for this position.

To apply e-mail your resume, related publications and a list of three references to:

Dr. Arda Vanli at oavanli@eng.fsu.edu.
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/ime/

Beasiswa Belajar Leiden University Program Master’s Degree 2009/2010

Study Scholarship at Leiden University Excellence Scholarship programme

Netherlands – Leiden University offers scholarships to outstanding non-EU/EEA students pursuing an English taught master’s degree programme at Leiden University.

About Leiden Univeristy

Leiden University is a comprehensive and research intensive university with a 430-year history of producing outstanding graduates. A Leiden master’s diploma provides you with a firm basis for entering the employment market both at home and internationally.

Areas of Interest

* Arts and Humanities
* Business, Communication and IT
* Education
* Law/Criminology for Dutch Students (regular LL.M./Msc)
* Law for International students and professionals (LL.M./LL.M. Advanced )
* Science and Biomedical Science
* Social and Behavioural Sciences

Who is eligible.

Non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a Leiden University master’s degree programme starting September 2009 or February 2010 ( All MA, MSc and LL.M programmes as mentioned on the website Master’s programmes in Leiden).

All nationalities enrolling in the following programmes starting September 2009 or February 2010:

* Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in Air and Space Law
* Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in European and International Business Law
* Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Tax Law
* Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in Public International Law
* MA in International Relations and Diplomacy

Students should be aware that the LExS is not a full scholarship. It is necessary to find additional funding to be able to finance their study and stay completely.

One of the requirements for being granted a residence permit in the Netherlands is that students must submit proof that they have sufficient financial means to finance their study period in the Netherlands. Leiden University advises a budget, not including the tuition fee, of approx. €10,000 to €14,000 per year to cover the costs for rent, insurance, living expenses, course books and local transportation. How much money students actually spend will of course depend on their life style and spending habits.

APPLICATION

To apply for the scholarship, you should write a letter of motivation (in Word) of a maximum of 500 words, in which you indicate why you believe you should be considered for this scholarship. The Word document can then be attached to your online application for the master’s programmes for which you are applying.

Application DEADLINE

April 1 for programmes starting in September 2009
October 15 for programmes starting in February 2010

CONTACT INFORMATION

Postal address
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9500
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Visiting address
Rapenburg 70
2311 EZ Leiden
Phone
+31 (0)71 527 27 27 (operator)

Website: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/en/