St Andrew’s Society for the State of New York Scholarships at University of Scotland, 2019

The St-Andrew’s Society for the New York State offers two scholarships to Scottish students, wishing to study for a postgraduate Masters in the U.S. It is a merit-based scholarship promotes postgraduate exchange between American and Scottish universities in any field of study.

Course Level: The scholarship is open for postgraduate and master’s

Study Subject: the scholarship will be awarded on any subject

Scholarship Award: Up to $35,000 in support of tuition, maintenance, and travel

Nationality: Scotland

Number of Scholarships: 2 each year

Scholarship can be taken in Scotland

To be eligible, the applicants must be following all the given criteria:

Eligible Countries: Scotland

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be Scottish by birth or descent and have up-to-date knowledge of Scotland, Scottish current affairs and of the Scottish tradition generally
• The Society expects its scholars to be good ambassadors for Scotland
• Preference is given to candidates who have no previous, or limited, the experience of the United States and for whom a period of study in that country may provide a life-changing experience

Candidates must also be:

• Either graduate of a Scottish university, Glasgow School of Art, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, or of Oxford or Cambridge, who have completed their first-degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) not earlier than 2018.
• Or students of a Scottish university, Glasgow School of Art, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, or of Oxford or Cambridge, who expect to complete their first-degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) in 2019.

Application Procedure:

Application forms can be obtained from the appropriate contacts in each of the universities listed in the full particulars (see Downloadable documents).

• Full particulars
• Contact list for officers in the eligible Scottish institutions, Oxford and Cambridge

Method of Application: Candidates apply directly to the university where they are studying in Scotland, Cambridge or Oxford. Under no circumstances should candidates apply directly to the trust.

• As part of the application, two references are required
• Candidates will be informed by 1st April 2019 whether they have been selected for the interview.
• Interviews will be held in April-May 2019.

Scholarship Link

Scholarship Application Deadline: March 15, 2019