Scholarships & Funding
Scholarships
Rotterdam, July 2009
Subject: NFP-Fellowship for Master Shipping and Transport program applicants
Please note that the Master Shipping and Transport program is added on the NFP-Fellowship Course List academic year 2010. This means that applicants for the Master Shipping and Transport program are eligible for the NFP-Fellowship, which is managed by Nuffic. The course list will be issued and distributed by Nuffic worldwide via their NESO offices and of course on their website. Find more information on this scholarship program on; www.nuffic.nl – international students – scholarships – Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
For a start in September 2010, note to apply well in advance with following deadlines:
- February 1st 2010 at the Admission Office of Netherlands Maritime University
- March 1st 2010 at the Dutch Embassy in your country (note that the Embassy deadline can vary. Please check the Nuffic website or course list).
Loan tuition fees for EU/EEA residences
EU/EEA students can apply for a loan to pay their tuition fees from Dutch Government. This loan is known as `loan tuition fees’ (in Dutch: collegegeldkrediet) and is paid on a monthly basis. You repay the sum you borrowed after your studies. Students from EU/EEA countries and Switzerland who are under the age of 30 and follow full-time studies at an institute of higher education can apply for loan tuition fees of five times the sum of legal tuition fees, which is in total around € 8,000. Find more information on www.ib-groep.nl / international visitors / EU/EEA students.
Scholarship search engine
Grantfinder is the online search engine which brings together a range of Dutch scholarships for international students who wish to come to the Netherlands. Visit www.grantfinder.nl, or see the following sections to see if you are eligible for a scholarship when you are from on of the following parts of the world:
More information can be found at the following website: www.nuffic.nl/international-students/scholarships
Possible Scholarships for Master Shipping and Transport
Find below some references to some possible scholarships which may help you to support your master Shipping and Transport Program Financially:
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID); Eligible countries are;
Africa :
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d`lvoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome& Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia and the Middle East:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Korea DR, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Antigua Barbuda , Belize, Barbados, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Grenada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, , Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Panama, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Europe :
Albania , Bosnia Herzegovina
Find more information on www.ofid.org/Scholarship_Default/ScholarshipApplication2009.aspx.
- The Ford Foundation’s International Fellowships Programme (IFP); You must be a national or resident of an eligible IFP country or territory: Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam). For more information on the IFP-program have a look at this document; International Fellowship Programor on the website www.fordifp.net.
- StuNed Scholarships; for Indonesian professionals with at least two years work experience in a development-related organization.
www.nesoindonesia.or.id/main.php?id=0609&lang=en&PHPSESSID=925ff78611f9c9e65f5fb5cd0786adc6#a
- China program scholarship; neso.nuffic.nl/china/chinese-students/information-in-english/scholarships/huygens-china
- Y.C. Lo Scholarship Programme Taiwan; postgraduate studies supports promising Taiwanese graduates and young professionals intending to pursue postgraduate degree programmes. www.neso-taipei.org.tw
- HEC-Pakistan; Information about Higher Education Commission Pakistan
- Libertas Support Fund; This fund aims to help students who find it impossible or extremely difficult to study in their home country because of the political situation there. In the 2007-2008 academic year, the programme will only be open to students from Belarus and Zimbabwe. www.nuffic.nl/international-students/scholarships/asia-africa-latin-america-and-eastern-europe/libertas-support-fund
- Bolashak program Kazakhstan; The scholarship is granted on an individual basis and is awarded annually for study in a foreign university. http://www.edu-cip.kz/eng
- International Student Exchange Program (ISEP). www.isep.org. For American students
- Fulbright Scholarships; www.fulbright.nl. For American graduate students and researchers
- Worldbank; Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) provides opportunities for graduate study to promising professionals from developing member countries.
- Study Fund for South African Students. Scholarships for post-graduate South African Students; www.zuidafrikahuis.nl/main.php?item=sf