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For foreign students wishing to study in Bern:

A complete dossier requires a tutoring agreement signed by a professor from the University of Bern. To obtain this, candidates are required to present their study programme or research project to a suitable professor at their host university (i.e., the University of Bern), together with their application for the above-mentioned agreement. The professor is free to accept or refuse candidates.

Applications submitted in the context of existing cooperation agreements will receive somewhat preferential treatment.

Candidates are pre-selected by their country’s relevant institution(s) as well as Switzerland’s diplomatic representative.

The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students is in charge of the final selection.

For further information and a list of countries please contact the Federal Commission for Foreign Students (FCS) or the Swiss Embassy in your home country.

Contact Grants: Jasmin Fallahi, Tel. +41 (0)31 631 80 49

State Secretariat for Education and Research SER  
Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS)
Hallwylstrasse 4, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland

Tel. +41 (0)31 323 26 76, Fax +41 (0)31 323 30 20

Prof. Philipp Renaud is the delegate of the University of Bern.
 
 
BioToP offers an inter- and multi-disciplinary research-based doctoral education at the interface of basic and applied science in the field of protein biotechnology.

BioToP provides comprehensive and thorough up-to-date research training in the fields of
  • structure-function analysis, engineering and design of proteins,
  • protein synthesis, targeting and post-translational modifications
  • expression systems and cell factories
  • bioinformatics and molecular modelling
Integration of this complementary expertise into a network will foster a translational approach, involving both basic and applied research, with the ultimate goal of rational improvement of industrially relevant protein expression systems for their use in biotechnological processes.

APPLICATION
Highly qualified applicants from all over the world are invited to apply for the PhD Programme "Biomolecular Technology of Proteins (BioToP)". Information about entry conditions to Austria can be found at the homepages of Euraxess Austria and the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research.

Application guidelines:
  • BioToP is a PhD Programme of BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna. Information about the general admission of foreign students to doctoral programmes of BOKU can be downloaded here.
  • Applicants must hold a undergraduate degree equivalent to a master which would qualify them to start a PhD thesis in their home country. Candidates who have not yet obtained their degree will be accepted if they will finish their studies latest by February 28th, 2011. Applicants with only a bachelor degree (B.S.) or similar are not eligible.
  • PhD students applying for a wet-lab research project must have a master degree in biological sciences, biotechnology, chemistry, medicine or closely related subjects. The corresponding curriculum and the diploma or master thesis have to include experimental investigations in one of these fields.
  • PhD students applying for a dry-lab research project must have a master degree in a technical or scientific discipline. The corresponding curriculum and the diploma or master thesis have to bear evidence of modelling or data analysis work.
  • Applicants must be fluent in written and spoken English.
  • Students who have started their PhD thesis in one of the participating laboratories more than 6 months before the call for applications are not entitled to apply for BioToP positions or join BioToP as external students.
How to apply:
  1. Choose Projects

    When filling in the Application Form you will be asked to state your preferences for three open research projects of BioToP. For detailed description of available projects see PROJECTS.

  2. Complete the Application Form and send it toghether with all enclosures by e-mail to biotop(at)boku.ac.at.

    Enclosures:   Copy of your diploma or masters certificate (if already available)
                          Copy of your certificates obtained for coursework including grades (transcript of records)
                          Copy of your passport

    Please send all enclosures as a single pdf file (≤10 MB)!

    Please note: Documents in languages other than German or English must be submitted as English translations.

    Only fully completed application forms will be considered. Other forms of application will not be accepted.

    Download Application Form

  3. Letters of recommendation are requested from two scientists. Applicants must forward the Evaluation Form to the referees and ask them to send the completed form directly to the BioToP PhD Programme office by e-mail (biotop(at)boku.ac.at). Please note: It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the referees send the form within the application deadline.

    Download Evaluation Form

Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of completed Application and Evaluation Forms including all enclosures is September, 30th 2010

Selection: All applications will be pre-screened by the BioToP faculty for formal requirements and completeness of the application form. The short-listed candidates will receive invitations to visit our laboratories at the BOKU VIBT in Vienna for a 3-4 day period for interviews and information exchange at the end of November 2010. Justifiable travel expenses will be reimbursed and free accomodation will be provided. Offers of admission will be made to the successful candidates at the end of the interview period.

Financial Support PhD students admitted to the BioToP PhD programme will have a regular employment with full social security coverage at the BOKU. Students will receive funding according to the salary scheme of the Austrian Science Fund (net annual income after deduction of tax and social insurance approx. € 19.000,--). The salary is guaranteed for the proposed 3-year duration of the thesis work. Furthermore students will receive financial support for participations at International Conferences and for research stays abroad in collaborating international institutions.

Tuition Fees Tuition Fees amount to
  • approx. € 20,-- per semester for students from EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
  • approx. € 400,-- per semester for any other students including stateless students and students with unclear nationality status
Link: http://biotop.boku.ac.at
 
 
Switzerland is offering a limited number of university scholarships to Tanzanian students for the academic year 2011/2012.

The university scholarships are intended for post-graduate students only, with as special emphasis put on Research Fellowships. Applicants who already hold a Master degree and wish to undertake a second (or 3rd) Master degree are not considered a priority for the Swiss Government Scholarships. Multiplying the Master degrees will not be encouraged by the Federal Commission for Scholarship (FCS). Besides, please be aware that for Master programs, the FCS does not pay for Master tuition fees.

Candidates should not be older than 35 years (i.e. born after 1 January 1976).

Before applying, you must find out whether your planned study program or research project can be carried out at the university concerned. Therefore, you will have to contact the Professor or the Administrator responsible for the postgraduate course. You will have to submit copies of your diploma with grades, a detailed study plan (see guidelines for details) and a curriculum vitae. Should this contact not be made, the Swiss Embassy will reject the candidature.

In order to study in Switzerland the students must have a good knowledge of French, German or Italian, as classes will mostly be given in one of these languages. For research scholarships, the language is often English, more specifically in Sciences.

It is essential that you fill in the application forms electronically and print them out to attach to your file. Forms filled in by hand will not be accepted.

Each application form and all the annexed documents required have to be sent in triplicate in the given order (see Application Guidelines on Downloads). The complete application files should be submitted to the Embassy not later than 29 October 2010.

All documents which are not in English, German or French must be accompanied by certified translations in one of these 3 languages.

IMPORTANT: The FCS has issued new APPLICATION GUIDELINES (see Downloads). These guidelines outline all the important information and requirements to prepare a good application.

Applications will not be taken into consideration if they are in one of the following situations:
  • The application is incomplete, does not respect the guidelines or is badly prepared;
  • The applicant is older than 35 (born prior to 1.1.1976);
  • Applications for 2 or more Universities. Applicants must apply for only 1 University;
  • The applicant is already attending the first year of a Master Program in one of the Swiss Universities. Students already embarked in a Master program in one of the Swiss Universities are not eligible for a Swiss Government Scholarship;
  • The applicant does not have sufficient knowledge of the teaching language (see. Appendix of the APPLICATION GUIDELINES for the teaching languages of the various Master Programs.). In case your application has been pre-selected by the Embassy, you will be invited for a language test at the Embassy;
  • If the applicant is required to attend a complementary program or to catch up ECTS credits in order to comply with the University requirements.
Once you have submitted your application to the Embassy, it is definite, you will not be able to take it back in case any document is missing => Before subitting your application, please check carefully that it is complete with all required documents, photos, signature and prepared according to the guidelines.

E-mail:  dar.vertretung@eda.admin.ch

Downloads Scholarship forms If you have any questions, kindly check the following links
 
 
Programme: Full-time MBA in Switzerland
Scholarship amount:  CHF 30,000

Eligibility: Accepted candidates who are citizens, but not necessarily current residents, of the following geographical areas: Students from  Africa / Middle East,  Asia,  Eastern Europe,  Latin America, and Western Europe / North America / Oceania.

No. of Scholarships: Five (one from each area)

Application instructions: Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their scholarship application. To apply for the scholarship, submit an essay on: “As a business leader, which issue would you set as your first priority to address in your region / country? Why would you choose this issue? How would you, personally, address it?”  (maximum 1000 words)

Please draw on your own experiences in your answer, rather than on general, broad statements. The committee is looking for essays that are personal, visionary and demonstrate leadership, which include a clearly articulated description of how the solution could be implemented.   

Deadline for applications is 30 September annually.

Contact Details: Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

More info at: www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Shell.cfm
 
 
Full-time MBA study in Switzerland for students from all countries

Scholarship amount
: CHF 20,000

No. of Scholarships: 3

Eligibility: Accepted candidates who demonstrate exceptional qualities throughout the admissions process.

Application instructions: Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their scholarship application.  This scholarship is awarded at the discretion of IMD.

Deadline for applications is 30 September annually.

Contact Details: Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

More info at: www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/MBA-Merit-Scholarship.cfm
 
 
Full-time MBA study in Switzerland for students from all countries

Scholarship amount: CHF 30,000

No. of Scholarships offered: 3

Eligibility: Accepted candidates who demonstrate exceptionally strong leadership potential from all countries.

Scholarship conditions: Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their scholarship application. To apply for the scholarship, submit an essay on: ‘Leadership in an era of Globalization’. Include in your essay the criteria that you would use to select a future global leader, and why (maximum 750 words).

Deadline for applications is 30 September annually.

Contact Details: Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

More info at: www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Future-Leaders.cfm
 
 
Full-time MBA study in Switzerland for students from developing countries

Scholarship amount:  CHF 20,000

Number of Scholarships: 1

Eligibility: Accepted candidates who demonstrate strong financial need (with preference given to women) from Africa, Central & Eastern Europe (including all former Soviet republics), and the South-Eastern Asian Peninsula (Thailand, Myramar, Cambodia, Loas, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia) .

Application instructions: Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their scholarship application. To apply for the scholarship, submit an essay on: ‘Why I would like to do an MBA at IMD’ (maximum 500 words).

Candidates will also be considered on the basis of merit as per the quality of their admission application.  

Deadline for applications is 30 September annually.

Contact Details: Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

More info at: www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Jim-Ellert.cfm
 
 
The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at ETH Zurich is seeking a PhD student in International Political Economy

Research area: The International Political Economy research group at the CIS is led by Prof. Thomas Bernauer (www.ib.ethz.ch ). It studies the interactions between states (politics) and markets (economics) in an open world economy in areas such as environment, finance, trade, and technology.

Your background: We are looking for a candidate who holds an MA/MSc in political science and/or economics. Applicants should have strong methodological skills, a keen interest in questions of political economy, good knowledge of political science and political economy theories, and a strong command of English.

Your application: Please submit a full application that includes a motivation letter, a CV, two letters of recommendation, and a writing sample (e.g., a published article, a chapter from your MA/MSc thesis, a seminar paper).

Only online applications are considered.
Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
 
 
Full-time MBA study in Switzerland for female (women) students from all countries (with preference given to developing countries)

Scholarship amount:  CHF 25,000

No. of Scholarships: 1

Eligibility: Accepted women candidates who demonstrate financial need. Employees of Nestlé and its subsiduaries are not elegible.

Scholarship Conditions: Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their scholarship application. To apply for the scholarship, submit an essay discussing the issue: ‘Does diversity in management impact the bottom line? If so, how?’ (maximum 750 words).  Our 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
Deadline for applications is 30 September annually.

Contact Details: Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

More info at: www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Nestle.cfm
 
 
Non Tanzanians please visit: www.sbf.admin.ch/htm/themen/bildung/stipendien/eskas_en.html

Tanzanian citizens, please continue reading below.

The Swiss government awards a range of scholarships to foreign students through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS): university scholarships (Swiss universities and Federal Institutes of Technology), arts scholarships (schools of music and fine arts) and scholarships for universities of applied sciences. These scholarships provide graduates from all disciplines with the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies or research in Switzerland at a public funded university or recognised institution.

Swiss Government scholarships for university, fine arts and music schools for foreign students for the academic year 2010-2011 Tanzania
  1. Types of scholarship: University scholarships: University scholarships are open to students from both industrialised and developing countries, but are intended exclusively for study at one of Switzerland's 10 universities or 2 federal institutes of technology.

    Arts scholarships: No scholarships.

    UAS scholarships: No scholarships.

  2. Eligibility
    • Candidates must hold a university degree (Bachelors/Masters) on commencement of the scholarship.
    • Candidates must be able to demonstrate their academic abilities and what they aim to achieve.
    • Candidates must contact the institution and/or the professor supervising their period of research. Universities may request supplementary information and/or set certain additional conditions to determine whether or not you qualify for admission.
    • Candidates must be under the age of 35 (born on or after 1.1.1975).
    • Candidates must be suitably proficient in the language of instruction (French, German, Italian or English) in order to draw full benefit from their studies in Switzerland.
    • Candidates who have already embarked on the first year of a Masters programme at a Swiss university or UAS are no longer eligible for a Swiss government scholarship (with the exception of arts scholarships). Such applications will not be considered by Swiss diplomatic representations.
    • Swiss government scholarships may not be combined with other scholarships or awards.
  3. Length and amount Scholarships are provided for a nine-month academic year. Scholarships for postgraduate or Masters programmes lasting up to 2 years (3 or 4 semesters) may be extended depending on results from the first year.

    Scholarships consist of monthly payments of:
    CHF 1920.- for postgraduate students CHF 1920.- for fine arts and music students CHF 1600.- for students attending language courses in Fribourg or Lugano The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students does not cover the cost of academic and /or term fees. Generally-speaking, the universities and the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology exempt holders of Swiss government scholarships from term fees, but not necessarily from Masters programme enrolment fees. In the event that these fees are not waived, it is up to the scholarship holder to arrange payment.

  4. Application procedure
    1. If you fulfil the eligibility requirements contact the Swiss diplomatic representation in your country of origin.
    2. The diplomatic representation will provide you with all the necessary information regarding the procedure including application forms and a list of required documentation (click here).
  5. Awards Technically, the scholarships are offered to the government of the student's country of origin and not to the student. Applications are subject to preliminary selection by the relevant national authorities and the Swiss diplomatic representation. The Swiss diplomatic representation then passes on the selected applications to the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS) which subsequently takes the final decision. The FCS is composed of academic staff drawn from Swiss universities. Scholarship awards are made on the basis of academic and scientific excellence.
Swiss Embassy contact: www.eda.admin.ch/daressalaam