6 Funding opportunity for students of developing countries - Edinburgh Global Online Distance Learning Master's Scholarship

Deadline: 31 May 2013
Funding Source: The University of Edinburgh

Academic Year: 2013/2014

Host Country:The UK

Type of Scholarship
	Parially funded
Periodicity
	Annual (double check with them)
Description
	The University of Edinburgh will offer 6 Master's scholarships for eligible distance learning Master's programmes offered by the University. Scholarships will be available for students pursuing one of the following distance learning programmes: College of Humanities and Social Science LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law LLM Intellectual Property Law LLM Law LLM Medical Law and Ethics LLM Information Technology Law MSc Global Challenges MSc E-Learning (including PG Certificate and PG Diploma) MSc Landscape, Environment & History College of Science and Engineering MSc Next Generation Drug Discovery MSc Research-Informed Science Education College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine ChM General Surgery MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health MSc Clinical Education MSc Equine Science MSc Global Health and Infectious Diseases MSc Global Health: Non Communicable Diseases MSc Internal Medicine MSc International Animal Health MSc Neuroimaging for Research MSc Paediatric Emergency Medicine MSc Pain Management MSc Surgical Sciences MSc Translational Medicine Each scholarship will have a total value of £5,000 which will be deducted from the tuition fee for the entire part-time programme of study.
Eligible  Countries
	The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission onto the above eligible distance learning Master's programmes at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in the following countries: Afghanistan Bangladesh Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo, Dem Rep Côte d'Ivoire Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia, The Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti India Kenya Korea, Dem Rep Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Sudan Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Uganda Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen, Rep Zambia Zimbabwe Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.
Application
	Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application. The closing date for applications for these scholarships is 31 May 2013. When completing the personal statement of the scholarship application form, please indicate why Distance Learning suits your particular circumstances making reference to both online learning and distance learning.
Contact
	http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-funding/postgraduate/international/global/distance-learning