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:Â Scotland
Number of Scholarships:Â 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:Â 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
