viernes, 25 de octubre de 2013

Scholarships for Nicaraguans


Hi there, looking for scholarships is hard, but as a Nicaraguan sometimes it can be quite challenging, mostly because it seems that they are only available for people from other countries and we sometimes do not qualify for this reason.

This article is mainly focused on scholarships for Nicaraguan people, however if you are not from Nicaragua, don't worry keep reading, I know this issue happens not only for Nicaraguans, there are some people in other countries that really desire to travel, study and live abroad but do not have enough money to do this.

I have searched the web and have listed some links to scholarships where Nicaraguans can apply, filling the procedures and paperwork is not as hard and challenging to do as you may think, but they do require some time to gather and start by validating your university documents with the CNU if your university is a private one, this is around C$100 or C$150 as far as I remember, and after that you can take your documents to the foreign affairs ministry, you'll need to pay around C$15 per document at Banpro first to have them validated. You may need the validated copy of your high school diploma this is done by MINED

Well that is the inexpensive part, depending on the country where you'll be studying you might need to translate the documents, the range is around $10-13 per page, I suggest to check with the university or the institution providing you with the scholarship, about which translation agency is accepted if they say your university can do it, that is ok, but if the translation has to be validated by the foreign affairs agency then I think UCA and UNAN are the only ones they validate.

I have also placed some links to websites where you can find different lists of scholarships if you are from different countries as well, however I also recommend you take a look at the list of scholarships for Nicaraguans because some of them are intended for developing or Latin american countries, so if yours falls under that description go ahead and check.

Uk
Chevening / Masters/ any university   
Reach Oxford Scholarship
Westminster  International Scholarship
Clarendon Scholarship at university of London

Switzerland
PHD,  postdorctoral and research scholarship / any university
Lausanne/ Masters / IMD Business School
Bern / Masters/ University of bern

New Zealand
Post-graduate, master’s, Phd

Canada
University of British Columbia

Australia
Melbourne International Research Scholarship

USA
Walton scholarship
Fulbright/ bachelor’s, postgraduate, others/  Arkansa

Germany
DAAD scholarship masters and research/

Taiwan
Bachelor’s, Master, Phd

Belgium
Vlir-USO/ list of universities on the website/ Master

Netherlands
Master, phd, short courses/ dutch universities
University of Groningen, Netherlands/ Masters

Sweden
The Swedish institute study scholarship 
Participating Swedish higher education institutions and universities/ masters
Uppsala University/ exchanges and Master degrees/ only for Latin American university partners,  UNA is the only Nicaraguan partner

France
French institution and universities/ Masters and PHD
Note: applications are not accepted from students directly, they must be submitted 
by French higher education institutions.

Different countries/ Masters/ world bank/ they provide a list of universities
Joint Japan world bank graduate scholarship program  (jj/wbgs program)

International / any country

Data base of International scholarships
http://www.fastweb.com/

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