Tuesday, July 16, 2013

IMD Future Leaders MBA Scholarships for International Students

Courses: Business / Administration
Level: Graduate (MBA) Degree
Provider: IMD


Scholarship Description:
 The IMD MBA Scholarships help students to finance their one year stay at IMD.
To be considered for one of the IMD MBA scholarships, students must have submitted their admissions application into the full-time IMD MBA program. Scholarships will be awarded only if the student is accepted into the program.
IMD MBA candidates who can demonstrate financial need may also apply for IMD loans (maximum financial aid awarded CHF 65,000).



Eligibility: Candidates who have already applied to the full-time IMD MBA program and who demonstrate exceptionally strong leadership potential.
Selection Criteria:
  1. Acceptance into the IMD MBA Program
  2. Submitting an essay on: ‘Leadership in an era of Globalization’
    Include in your essay the criteria that you would use to select a future global leader, and why (maximum 750 words)
Eligible groups: Citizens of any country in the world

Participating Institutions: International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland

Fields of study: Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

Number of awards: Three (3) scholarships are awarded each year

Sponsorship duration: One year – whole duration of the program

Scholarship benefits: Each award is valued at CHF 30,000


Method of Application:To apply, you must submit an essay (maximum 750 words) whose topic must be as described under ‘Selection criteria’ above. The essay is to be written using the ‘Essay template’ as on the official website (link to it is below).
To download the ‘Essay Template’ AND also for detailed information on application for this scholarship, you need to visit the official website (link to it is below).
Before applying for this scholarship, you must have applied for admissions into any of the IMD MBA programs. To do this, you need to use the MBA online application form before any of the annual program application deadlines below.

DEADLINES: The deadline date to apply for admission into any of the IMD MBA programs is February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1 and September 1 every year.
The deadline date to apply for the IMD MBA Future Leaders Scholarships is 30 September annually.

PLEASE NOTE:
  The IMD MBA Scholarships are open to candidates who demonstrate leadership understanding through an essay competition.
Winners of the essay competition are selected by a jury of distinguished leaders from businesses around the world.
The IMD MBA scholarship applications are essay based, with winning essays typically including the following features:
  • Relevance to the essay title
  • Organization and structure
  • Fully developed arguments
  • Persuasiveness
  • Personal element and/or passion
IMD reserves the right not to award a scholarship if the criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the jury / sponsors.


Contact: Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

Application Deadline: 30 September 2013

Open to International Students: Yes
 
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