Funded University of Minnesota Yousriya Loza-Sawiris Scholarship Programme for Masters Students in USA 2020

The Sawiris Foundation for Social Development invitations applications for the Yousriya Loza-Sawiris Scholarship Programme at the University of Minnesota, the USA in 2020

The Yousriya Loza-Sawiris Scholarship Program could be a fully-funded, regular program for college kids seeking to earn a Master’s Degree in Development observe (MDP) from the Hubert H. Humphrey faculty of Public Affairs, University of Gopher State, USA. The Master of Development observe could be a biennial degree providing graduate-level students with the talents and data needed to higher establish and address the world challenges of property development, resembling economic condition, population, health, conservation, global climate change, and human rights.

The YLSS started within the year 2016-2017 and needs to date offered seven scholarships.

Value description: 

The scholarship covers university fees, insurance, instructional materials, living allowance and travel expenses.

Eligibility & selection criteria:

• Completion of a 50-credit tutorial master’s program in a pair of academic years
• Completion of Associate in Nursing 8-10 week mid-program summer field expertise
• Employment within the development sector in Egypt following graduation for no under a pair of consecutive years
• Egyptian national
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a well-reputed tutorial establishment during a connected field of study
• the entry needs into the tutorial MDP program
• Demonstrate a superb skilled and tutorial log
• Demonstrate sturdy social skills (extracurricular activities/community work/entrepreneurial initiative)
• Demonstrate Associate in Nursing inability to finance studies from own resources
• While no specific expertise or tutorial track is needed, students with a powerful humanistic discipline education background and sound quantitative and analytical skills are best ready for tutorial success at the Humphrey faculty of Public Affairs
• Previous work in arithmetic, statistics, and political economy is suggested
• English language proficiency is needed. Valid TOEFL or IELTS test scores with a minimum of 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based), one hundred (internet-based, minimum twenty two on every section), or seven for the IELTS
• MDP accepted Graduate Record Examination score (GRE). No specific score is needed, however, Fall 2015 admitted students tested at intervals average GRE Verbal Percentile: 68th and average GRE Quantitative Reasoning Percentile: 54th

Application Deadline: October 15, 2020.

Application details

Interested candidates should submit 2 separate applications to the Sawiris Foundation and to the Humphrey faculty by their individual deadlines:

• Scholarship application to be submitted to Newton Education Services, on behalf of SFSD.
• Academic application to be submitted to the Humphrey faculty.
• the varsity code for the University of Gopher State is RA 6874.

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