The application for the Fulbright Grants for the academic year 2023/2024 is now open by Koç University for Andorran Students to Study Master or PhD in USA.
The Koç University hereby invites all outstanding students to apply for the 2023/2024 Grants. The Koç University has set-up a tertiary grants to bolster capacity, expertise and work opportunities related to different sectors. It is intended for tertiary students at the Master and PhD. The university will provide financial support for high achieving candidates. Koç University has allocated grants specifically for the following fields below.
The Koç University and its community believe in the potential of youth. We believe that access to education should not be dependent on wealth. Education creates opportunities for youth to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to participate in the economy, achieve upward mobility, and change the world for the better for all in it.
For the Fulbright Grants, we are looking for students who will be meeting the admission requirements and other eligibility requirements of the hosting universities stated below.
FULBRIGHT GRANTS APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY
Eligible courses are:
- The scholarship will be awarded for masters and PhD studies.
Candidate Requirements
Eligible criteria are:
- Applicants must have the nationality Andorran. They cannot apply for the scholarship to citizens of the United States, nor persons who have the right to citizenship or reside in the United States. All candidates must meet the requirements to apply for a J-1 visa. For more information on the J-1 visa, see the following website: https://es.usembassy.gov/es/.
- Applicants must have at least one official higher education qualification, bachelor’s degree, or equivalent recognized by the Andorran authorities.
- Applicants must have very good written and spoken knowledge of the English language at the time of formalizing the demand. People who apply for this scholarship must present a certified photocopy of the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). As a guide, it is considered adequate to a minimum score between 96 and 100 according to the career applicants want to pursue. For more information about this test, see the following website: https://www.ets.org/toefl.
- Applicants who aspire to a master’s degree in business management (MBA) or one of the programs of management that require passing the exam Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) must present a certified photocopy of the Graduate Management Admission results from the Test (GMAT). As a guideline, it is considered suitable a score of 600. For more information about this test, see the following site: https://www.gmac.com/. Apart from this requirement, applicants must also demonstrate that they have experience minimum professional of three years, which has to be documented.
- In accordance with Qualified Law 29/2021, of 28 October, qualified data protection personnel, the candidates who sign the application, which refers to the bases of the Fulbright scholarships, grant express consent because their personal data are treated to execute this call correctly.
- Applicants must submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and certify the highest minimum score required by the universities they have chosen.
Candidates who finish their studies in July 2023 can apply by the deadline, but they will have to present proof of title and academic certification before September 1, 2023. All applications will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria:
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- The future projection of the project in the Principality of Andorra
- Academic merits
- Professional experience
- Letters of recommendation
HOW TO APPLY FOR FULBRIGHT GRANTS
Applications must be submitted online at:
Kindly attach the following documents:
Please note you will need to ensure all the below documents are accessible on the device (cellphone, laptop, tablet, etc.) you will be using to apply. The documents include:
- The requirement include: The application must be accompanied by the following (if the documents are not originals, certified copies must be submitted):
- A document in which the applicants set out to write, in Catalan and in English, the study project they want to carry out United States. This document must have a maximum extension of five sheets of DIN A4 size. The project must follow the following scheme:
- Objective: description of the project, of the specialty chosen, and of the academic degree to which they aspire
- Importance: explanation of the importance of the project in its field and in development personal and professional of the candidates. The applicants must state the reasons why they consider that their projects will have an impact positively in Andorra.
- Motivation: applicants must explain why they want to study in the United States. They must also indicate three universities in which they could take the chosen studies and the reasons why they have chosen these centers, and they must order them in order of preference.
- b) The curriculum vitae has written in Catalan and English.
- c) A certified copy of the certification academic Applicants must submit a full academic certification from the development of their higher studies.
- Or: A certified copy of the certification academic Applicants must submit a full academic certification from the development of their higher studies.
- d) A certified copy of the title. The applicants who are in the process of obtaining the title have to deliver the title deposit.
- e) Three letters of recommendation, written preferably in English. Fulbright letter of recommendation
- f) A certified photocopy of the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
- g) Candidates for the master’s degree in business management (MBA) and similar management programs must deliver a certified photocopy of the results of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS
- Completed applications need to be submitted on or before May 5, 2023. Late applications will not be considered.
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