Netherlands – Royal Dutch / Shell Centenary Scholarships for Postgraduate Students at Delft University of Technology

Introduction
The Technische Universiteit Delft (TUD) with support from The Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund (TSCSF), offers scholarships to postgraduate students from developing countries. The aim of the scholarship is to give students the opportunity to study at the TUD and gain skills that will make a long-term contribution to the further development of their countries.

Eligible students
Candidates for these scholarships should normally be:

• aged 35 or under;
• intending to study a subject that will be of significant value in aiding the sustainable development of their home country;
• of such outstanding academic ability as to be able easily to obtain a place on the MSc programme of their choice;
• fluent in spoken and written English (paper based TOEFL-score at least 550, computer based at least 213, Internet based at least 80 or IELTS-score (academic version), overall Band score of at least 6.0);
• neither a current nor former employee of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies.

Eligible countries
Students who are nationals of and resident in any country other than the following may apply for a scholarship: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

Students must also intend to return and take up permanent residence in their home country/country of residence after completion of the MSc programme in the Netherlands.

Eligible master programs at TU Delft
The following master programmes are eligible under the TSCSF scholarship scheme:

• Aerospace Engineering
• Applied Earth Sciences
• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Physics
• Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
• Biochemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering*
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Design for Interaction
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering and Policy Analysis
• Geomatics
• Integrated Product Design
• Life Science and Technology **
• Management of Technology
• Marine Technology
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Media and Knowledge Engineering
• NanoScience**
• Offshore Engineering
• Science Education and Communication
• Strategic Product Design
• Systems and Control
• Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

* Jointly with Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC)
** Jointly with Leiden

How many scholarships are available?
For the academic year 2007-2008 a total of 6 scholarships will be available. Students who already started their studies at TU Delft are not eligible.

Costs covered: Full-cost scholarship including tuition fees, international travel, living allowances and health insurance.

Duration of scholarship: The duration of the Master programme with a maximum of two years.

Application procedure

• In order to be nominated you must have been (conditionally) admitted to a MSc programme of TU Delft.
• If you have been (conditionally) admitted, the MSc programme selection committee may decide to nominate you.
• If the MSc programme selection committee wishes to nominate you they will inform the International Office accordingly.
• The International Office will subsequently send you the application form by email.
• You must fill in the application form as soon as possible and return it by email to the International Office.
• The International Office will check your application on the basis of the Royal Dutch/Shell criteria.
• If you meet these criteria the International Office will nominate you to Shell.
• Shell will then start the selection procedure and after a positive assessment, you will be invited for an interview with the local Shell Operating Unit.
• Once the results of these interviews are available, Shell will decide which student will be awarded a scholarship and will inform the International Office accordingly.
• The International Office will inform the nominees about the outcome of their scholarship application in June 2007.

Deadline
If you wish to be nominated for a scholarship, you must submit your MSc application form to arrive before the 1st of February 2007. Students who have been nominated by the MSc Selection Committee must return their completed scholarship application form by e-mail to the International Office to arrive before the 28th of March 2007.

For further information please contact:

TU Delft
International Office
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL Delft
The Netherlands
Telefax: +31 15 278 5690
Email: msc2@tudelft.nl
Website: www.tudelft.nl/msc

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