Faculty of Science and Engineering Scholarships, Waseda University, Japan

The graduate school of Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University establishes international programs that allow students to earn degrees through programs conducted entirely in English language.
Master’s Program
Aims to offer students a broader prospective and deeper knowledge to equip them with research abilities in specialized fields and advanced competences necessary for professional careers. Students will take classes offered in English. Full time attendance for two years is necessary for a master’s course. It is necessary to obtain the number of credits set by each graduate school, receive supervision in the fields of their study, and pass the thesis and final examinations.
Doctoral Program
Aims to help students develop specialized knowledge and research competences required of researchers and professionals with expertise in their fields. To obtain the doctoral degree, three years of postgraduate study with guidance is necessary, as a general rule. Students must also submit a doctoral dissertation and pass the thesis and final examinations.
Yoshida Scholarship Foundation <YKK Leader 21>
For 1 Master’s or Doctoral candidate entering in April 2013
This scholarship is awarded for student who is accepted to International Graduate Program (Master’s or Doctoral Program) after entrance examination (AO method). Student must have nationality of the countries (including Mongolia)in the following area: South East Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, Africa. AND applicants must have bachelor degree or further degree from the universities in above countries and areas. Applicants must apply for this program from overseas. Applicants must be under the age of 30 for Master’s Program or under the age of 35 for Doctoral Program at the time of enrollment into the Graduate School of Waseda University.
Ting Hsin International Group, Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. Scholarship
For a few Master’s candidates entering in April 2013
This scholarship is awarded for students who are accepted to International Graduate Program (Master’s Program) after entrance examination (AO method). Applicants are required to be strongly committed to study at Waseda’s particular graduate school of his/her primary choice. Applicants must have nationality of the following country/regions : China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan, and must apply for this program from overseas, and have graduated or be scheduled to graduate with an undergraduate degree from universities in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from June 2012 to March 2013. *Students who graduated from Taiwanese universities after June 2010 and completed their military service are eligible applicants.
All of the applicants must be under the age of 30 at the time of enrollment into the Graduate School of Waseda University.
*Applicants may not lodge their Ting Hsin Scholarship applications with two or more graduate schools. Failure to comply with this rule may result in losing eligibility for the scholarship.
For a few Master’s candidates entering in September 2013
This scholarship is awarded for students who are accepted to International Graduate Program (Master’s Program) after entrance examination (AO method). Applicants are required to be strongly committed to study at Waseda’s particular graduate school of his/her primary choice. Applicants must be residing in China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan at the time of application and hold its nationality. Applicants must apply for this program from overseas, and graduated (includes applicants who are expected to graduate by September 20, 2013) with an undergraduate degree from universities in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
All of the applicants must be under the age of 30 at the time of enrollment into the Graduate School of Waseda University.
*Applicants may not lodge their Ting Hsin Scholarship applications with two or more graduate schools. Failure to comply with this rule may result in losing eligibility for the scholarship.
*Applicants scheduled to be away from China at the time of application due to unavoidable reasons such as short-term study abroad must contact the Admissions Office (scholarship-fse@list.waseda.jp ) prior to the application period.
Graduate Admissions Office
Center for Science and Engineering, Waseda University
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555
TEL: +81-(0)3-5286-3808
E-mail scholarship-fse@list.waseda.jp
For more information, please visit official website: www.sci.waseda.ac.jp

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Shari’ah Scholarship Award, International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, Malaysia

The International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) invites qualified students with excellent academic achievements and active in co-curricular activities to apply for the Shari’ah Scholarship Award (SA) to pursue their higher education at either local or overseas universities. The Shari’ah Scholarship Award is part of the Fund for Shari’ah Scholars in Islamic Finance, which was established to enhance knowledge, research, talents, and intellectual discourse in the field of Shari’ah. The Fund represents Bank Negara Malaysia‘s commitment to strengthen the development of the Islamic financial industry.
FIELD OF STUDY

1. Postgraduate (Master or Doctorate) in Shariah or Islamic finance studies at recognized institutions of higher learning;
2. Undergraduate studies at recognized institutions of higher learning in the field of Shari’ah with a double degree or a minor in one of the following disciplines:
   • Islamic banking;
   • Conventional banking;
   • Accounting;
   • Law;
   • Economics;
   • Finance;
   • Management; or
   • other related fields appropriate to the development of the Islamic financial industry.
3. CIFP, only for those with Shariah background.

ELIGIBILITY

1. The scholarship is open to citizens of all countries.
2. Applicants have to secured admission at a recognized institution of higher learning. Applicants are required to pursue either a Bachelor, CIFP , Master or Doctorate programme, as defined above, in a fulltime programme.
3. For a postgraduate application, applicants are required to have a CGPA of at least 3.5 or its equivalent.
4. For an undergraduate application, applicants are required to have a CGPA of at least 3.3 or its equivalent (for the first semester result).
5. Current students enrolled in the programmes specified above may also apply for the scholarship.
6. Applicants should not be in receipt of any other scholarship award.

APPLICATION
An application for a scholarship must be submitted with the following documents, which must be in English:

1. Application form. Please download at the aplication form;
2. Photocopy of personal identification document (passport/identity card);
3. Offer Letter from the institution of higher learning;
4. Certified copies of academic certificates and transcripts;
5. An essay of not more than 100 words on ‘why the applicant should be awarded the scholarship and how he/she plans to contribute to the Islamic financial services industry’;
6. Two (2) letters of recommendation (only for a postgraduate scholarship application). Please use provided template.
7. Thesis proposal (only for Master and PhD application by research or coursework & research); and
8. Other relevant materials to support the application.

Only shortlisted applicants will be notify for interview session.
Application Timeline: Applications are invited and accepted throughout the year.
There is no employment bond attached to the scholarship.
All duly completed applications are to be forwarded to:
Shari’ah Scholarship Award
International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA),
Lorong Universiti A, 59100 KUALA LUMPUR.
Further information please email us at scholarship@isra.my

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Install Yamli Smart Arabic Keyboard Add on Firefox

Dulu sulit banget bikin tulisan huruf arab kalo mau ngeblog, terus ada info dari temen pake translatornya yamli jadi lumayan ngabantu meski kadang-kadang lupa alamat situsnya. Alamat situsnya di http://www.yamli.com/arabic-keyboard/
Nah temen2 sekarang tak perlu repot2 lagi kenapa?
Karena yamli juga sekarang tersedia dalam bentuk plugin pad browser firefox.
Berikut cara instalasinya:

1. Buka firefox terus buka alamat https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/collections/pupookhan/islamic-add-ons/ dan download Yamli Smart Arabic Keyboard dengan klik tombol Add to Firefox.
2. Pilh Allow atau Ijinkan maka browser firefox akan mendowloadnya secara otomatis.
3. Install yamli
   
4. Kemudian restart browser firefox dan selamat yamli sudah siap digunakan.
   

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Erasmus Mundus MSc Scholarships in Dependable Software Systems (DESEM), Europe

The National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) in Ireland; the University of St. Andrews (UStA) in Scotland; and Université de Lorraine, Nancy (UL) in France are offering a two-year double Master Programme, named Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems (DESEM)
Course Objective: Our objective is to provide students with the knowledge, skill and in-depth technical understanding of the key concepts required to design and build dependable software systems. This will be achieved by bringing together the theory and practice of software development and, in particular, through the transfer of knowledge from the classroom via research driven and commercially relevant projects.
Degree Description: The double-degree will be achieved over two years, through the allocation of 120ECTS. Students will study in two of the three partner universities, achieving a diploma supplement from each university in which they accomplish 60ECTS from the DESEM Programme.
A student will achieve the double Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems, through studying the relevant course components at two of the three partner universities.
ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR STUDENTS
The following criteria must be fulfilled by students applying for the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems:

• An honours degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with an average grade of 60% (equivalent to a B, II.1, or assez bien) or above. Extensive industrial experience may be considered as equivalent to academic qualification although such applicants will normally be subject to interview by the consortium.
• English-Language certificate (for non-native speakers of English only). Since the language of instruction is primarily English, students whose first language is not English must provide proof of a minimum knowledge of English such as an IELTS certificate or equivalent. An IELTS score of 6.5 or higher is required with a minimum of 5.0 in each indvidual component of the test. Applicants who have previously completed part or all of their education through the medium of English are still required to provide a Certificate. You must upload a copy of your certificate before the close of applications or your application will be incomplete.

The language of instruction in Université de Lorraine, Nancy is English. However, it is recommended that students who intend to study in France have a minimum knowledge of French to help them in their day-to-day living (for instance B1 or B2 in DALF).
Students who do not have such knowledge will have the option of studying the French Language through courses offered during the their course. Letters of motivation which form part of the application requirements should include information about the students willingness to learn the French Language.
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
Category A scholarships

• Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 4 000 for a one-year EMMCs; € 8 000 for courses longer than one year
• Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 4 000 / semester (€8000)
• Monthly allowance: € 1 000 / month

Category B scholarships

• Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 2 000 / semester (€4000)
• Monthly allowance: € 500 / month

The number of monthly allowances is calculated from the start to the end of the course and includes, if applicable, the summer break between two academic years. The monthly allowance amounts may be increased in order to help cover the additional costs of students with special needs; EMMCs concerned will have to inform the Agency accordingly in the context of their annual student scholarship applications.
Participation costs include any compulsory administrative and operational costs related to the participation of the Student in the DESEM Erasmus Mundus Masters programme (e.g., admission, registration, university tuition, course exams, thesis examination, library and computer access, insurance coverage, etc.). The insurance scheme selected by the Coordinating Institution covers adequately the Student in case of accident, injury, hospitalisation and illness while participating in the DESEM Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme.
Other costs, such as document application, visa and residence permits, books, local transportation, travel to the host universities and accommodation, including the travel and accommodation expenditures to participate in the two summer schools are not covered by these participation costs.
Basic criteria for selection of scholarship recipients:
Without prejudice to high academic standards, in order to ensure geographical diversity among students/scholars, EMMC consortia shall respect the following basic criteria when selecting students/scholars for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship:

• No more than two of the students selected for an EMMC scholarship within category A or B should have the same nationality.
• The number of scholarships awarded to scholars from the same HEI should cover a maximum duration of 3 months (i.e. equivalent to 6 scholarships of 2 weeks).
• No scholar can be awarded a scholarship for more than 3 months (i.e. up to 6 scholarships of 2 weeks)

SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STUDENTS

• Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EMMC consortium in accordance with its specific students’ application and selection criteria, are eligible for a scholarship.
• Students can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to the Erasmus Mundus Action 1 joint programme (EMMC) of their choice but the number of applications must be limited to maximum three different joint programmes (EMMC and EMJD together).
• Each project may give rise to the award of only one EU grant to any student for the same joint course over the length of the course concerned.
• In order to make the programme more attractive for third-country nationals, the amount of the full-study scholarship will be higher for third-country masters students (Category A scholarships) than for European masters students (Category B scholarships). More specifically:
  • Category A scholarships can be awarded to third-country masters students selected by EMMC consortia who come from a country other than a European country and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries (The five-year reference period for this 12-month rule is calculated backwards as from the submission deadline for Category A applications by the EM consortia to the Agency).
  • Category B scholarships can be awarded to European masters students selected by EMMC consortia as well as to any masters students selected by EMMC consortia who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.

Students fulfilling the eligibility criteria for both Category A and B – e.g. students with a double nationality – must select the Category of their choice. As a result, they are entitled to apply only to one of the two categories of scholarship at a time.

• Scholarship candidates must have already obtained a first higher education degree or demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices. Candidates who will only obtain their first higher education degree at the end of the academic year preceding the one concerned by the scholarship application can nevertheless apply for a scholarship and be selected by the consortium concerned, under the condition that they acquire the required degree prior to the beginning of the masters course edition concerned.
• Individuals who have already benefited from an EMMC scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship in order to follow the same or another EMMC.
• Students benefiting from an EMMC scholarship cannot benefit from another EU grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies.
• EMMC students scholarships are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the course editions.

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

• Student applications for 2013 will open at the end of September 2012
• Student Scholarships: January 15th 2013
• Fee paying applications: June 30th 2013
• Scholar Teaching Scholarships: Rolling Call 2012-2017

APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR STUDENTS
HOW TO APPLY:
Students should apply online via www.pac.ie/NUIM before June 30th 2013.

• Candidates apply online using the DESEM online application form (http://pac.nuim.ie) using the course code MHG60
• There is an application fee (approx €45 but subject to change) which is paid directly to PAC. Page 3 of the application form provides more details.
• Note that the application may be done in stages – the system will recall your previous data entry, and allow you to modify it.
• During the application process you will be asked for a Personal Statement, this must detail your motivation for applying for this course, and may be used in the scholarship selection process. If you do not complete the Personal Statement your application will be considered incomplete.
• You must have completed your application in full by the application deadline.
• All supporting documents MUST be either uploaded via the ‘Application Status’ from the online applications system (PAC) or posted to the Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway, Ireland to arrive before the deadline. Required documentation can be scanned in and submitted to the PAC system (using “BROWSE” and “UPLOAD FILE”).

HOW TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS:
Apply as above before January 15th 2013. Applicants who obtain scholarships are typically those who have 1st class derees from a university that is listed in the top 500 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Supporting documents that must be uploaded by the application deadline:

• Copies of official transcripts of results for all qualifications listed in your application.
• Transcripts of results in languages other than English should be accompanied by a translation into English PLUS a copy of the original certificate indicating the award.
• Two letters of recommendation (at least one from the institution your have graduated/will graduate from)
• Your CV (we recommend that you use the European Format: see http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/ for details)
• A copy of your Birth Certificate or valid Passport
• A copy of your English Language Competency Certificate i.e. IELTS, TOEFL PBT, TOEFL IBT, or PTE (you must have one of these certificates if English is not your native language)
• Signed copy of the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Criteria.

Supporting documents that may be uploaded after the application deadline:
It is expected that most students will apply before they have completed their final examinations. Such applications will be assessed on their previous results, and may be offered a conditional scholarship. Students who are offered a conditional place must provide their final results and a copy of their diploma/full certified transcript by June 30^th 2013, and will be notified within 10 working days of final acceptance if they meet the conditions or rejection if they do not.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR SCHOLARS
Applicants for scholar positions should consist of a Curriculum Vitae, appropriate evidence of qualifications and scholarly activities and a statement of the potential contribution that the scholar would bring to the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems. Scholars may apply to the Masters consortium at any time. Normally one scholar position per institution will be offered in each year.
It will help us to process your application if you include details such as:

• Your ideal visit site: , or
• Your availability (dates available and ideal visit duration)
• Topics which you could teach based on your research/teaching experience
• Research topics related to the DESEM programme which you could supervise projects on

How you could see yourself contribute to the summer-school – organisation, research talks, tutorials etc related to the Programme
IMPORTANT DATES FOR STUDENT ENTRANTS:

• Acknowledgement of receipt of submission of application: 1 week (5 working days)
• Notification if application is ineligible: immediately after the eligibility check is complete
• Notification for main and reserve list students: after February
• Notification of success for main list students: late April (date to be set by the Erasmus Mundus programme administration)
• Notification of success for reserve list students: May
• Students must make a formal acceptance of their offer within 10 days of the offer being made
• Appeal deadline: 7 days after you receive the Notice of Decision
• The course starts in mid September

OTHER INFORMATION THAT I SHOULD BE AWARE OF REGARDING MY APPLICATION

• Information relating to individuals (personal data) is collected and used in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on “the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data”
• The names of all successful candidates will be published on the course website
• If you are selected (proposed for a scholarship, put on the reserve list, or enrolled on a self paying basis) your data may be used for the purposes of evaluating the Erasmus Mundus Programme and will be made available to the Agency, the EM National Structures, the EU Delegations and the Erasmus Mundus Student and Alumni Association, acting as stakeholders of the programme

If you have enquiries on the application procedure, or on filling in the form, please email erasmus.mundus@cs.nuim.ie or phone +353-1-7083847
For more information, please visit official website: erasmusmundus.ie

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Master & PhD Scholarships, Honjo International Scholarship Foundation, Japan

Honjo International Scholarship Foundation
Guideline of the Application for Foreign Students’ Scholarship in 2013
Outline of Scholarship

1. This scholarship is open to foreign students who will attend a graduate school at a Japanese university.
2. The payment of the scholarship money will be issued starting from April, 2013.
3. The scholarship winners are under no obligation to repay the amount they receive from the Foundation.
4. The period of the scholarship is set in accordance with the shortest period of time required to complete the intended degree. The student, once awarded the scholarship will be able to choose the option (1), (2) or (3) as below.
1. ¥200,000 per month for1 or 2 years
2. ¥180,000 per month for 3 years
3. ¥150,000 per month for 4 or 5 years
• An extension will not be given on the pre-determined scholarship period nor would the student be allowed to change his or her courses after the scholarship period has commenced.
• Those whose enrollment period is shorter than one year are not eligible to apply.
5. Travel expenses for attending an international conference, etc. will be provided to scholarship students following to our scholarship provision rules.
6. The student is not permitted to receive any other scholarship in conjunction with the scholarship offered by the Honjo International Scholarship Foundation.
7. The student cannot gain employment other than part-time work related to his or her studies such as teaching assistant, research assistant, or related to international exchange affairs as translator or interpreter while receiving this scholarship
8. You need to come for an individual interview almost every month; we would like you to participate to events that we will hold.
9. After you graduated, you will be required to attend our alumni events.

Number of Scholarships Available
15 to 20 students
Requirements
(To be considered for the scholarship, the student must satisfy ALL of the requirement criteria below.)

1. The student is registered to attend a graduate school in Japan and does not possess Japanese citizenship. His or her academic achievement as well as moral character is exemplary. He or she must be considered to be in need of financial aid due to extenuating financial circumstances.
2. The student must be registered to attend or have been accepted to attend a graduate school after April 1, 2013. He or she must be able to provide any of the following documentation: a certificate of enrollment, a letter of admission or a letter attesting to the fact that the student has been accepted.
3. To be eligible, students enrolled in a PhD Program must have been born after March 31, 1977. Those enrolled in a Master’s Program must have been born after March 31, 1982.
4. The student must be able to assure the committee that he or she will be able to secure employment in their home country after graduating from a graduate school. This does not require him or her to have employment guaranteed or to return his or her home country immediately after graduating the university, but he or she is expected to have strong will of working in his or her home country in the future.
5. The student must have a deep understanding of international friendship and goodwill, and must be able to attend the events organized by the foundation and take part in the network as an alumni member.
6. The student must be able to carry an everyday conversation in Japanese. Interviews will be conducted in Japanese.

Application Deadline
Postmarked on/by November 30, 2012 is acceptable.
How to Apply

1. Please visit the website below and fill a form, and get your application number. Awarded candidates’ application numbers are announced on our website on January 31, 2013 so be advised to save the number you got. http://www.hisf.or.jp/english/index.html
2. Write down the application number you got on the application form and send the documents listed below to the Administration Office by post mail. To be sent by E-mail is not acceptable.
1. Scholarship application form; make sure to attach your photo to the form as instructed.
2. Your resume
3. Personal information form
• Download the above forms (1)~(3) provided by Foundation. Fill them in Japanese by typed or hand-written.
4. Academic transcript: Please provide the transcript i) from undergraduate course of the university where you graduated AND ii) any other courses that you are currently taking or have taken in the past. If you transferred into the university, the transcript from the previous school is needed. All the applicants must provide at least i) (academic transcript from undergraduate course). Photocopies are acceptable.
5. Research plan: In Japanese, describe focusing around following four points; i) an outline of your research; ii) projected schedule between now and graduation; iii) plans and goals for the future; iv) research you have conducted in the past (if any). There is no limit on the number of pages or style. Either typed or hand-written is available.
6. One letter of recommendation from a professor. (This confidential letter should mention the applicant’s academic achievements, character/personality, and his or her potential for the future.) There is no limit on the number of pages or style.
7. A certificate of enrollment or a letter of admission. In case that entrance examination will not be held or successful candidates of the entrance examination will not be announced before he or she applies for this scholarship, write down the scheduled date of examination or announcement on the margin of the application form and provide a certificate of current enrollment. (Photocopies are acceptable.)

Miscellaneous

1. Your application package will not be returned to you.
2. Your personal information provided by you for the purpose of applying for our scholarship will not be used for any other purposes than for the scholarship selection process except for the following cases.
1. During the scholarship selection process, individuals on the selection committee may obtain/view your application package.
2. In order to verify the application contents or to avoid awarding multiple scholarships to an individual, we provide necessary applicants’ information to the universities and other foundations also offering scholarships.
3. Send application package with A4-sized envelope.
4. Make sure you enclose ALL the necessary documents listed above and send them ALL TOGETHER as your application package will not be eligible if it was found to be incomplete.

Selection Process

1. Applications are accepted between October 1, 2012 and November 30, 2012.
2. First selection: The first selection will be conducted with documents submitted by applicants. The results of the first selection will be announced by January 31, 2013 as the awarded candidates’ application numbers will be put on our website.
3. Second selection: Interviews will be conducted between February 1 and 15, 2013, in Tokyo. Its detailed schedule will be communicated at a later date directly to those who passed the first step of the selection process.
4. Scholarship awarded: Mid-March, 2013.

Please send your application package to:
Honjo International Scholarship Foundation
1-14-9, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063
Tel: +81-3-3468-2214 Fax: +81-3-3468-2606
Website: http://www.hisf.or.jp
Send inquiries to: info @ hisf.or.jp
If you want to confirm the arrival of your application package, be advised that you should send it by post mail or delivery service with a delivery record so as to inquire to post office or Delivery Corporation. We are not able to individually reply to the inquiry whether it is received or not.

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University of Adelaide Student Exchange Program – Gadjah Mada University

The University of Adelaide has 7 Endeavour Student Exchange Awards, each worth A$ 5,000 for UGM students to spend a semester as an exchange student at the University of Adelaide transferable to your UGM degree. This program is eligible for all undergraduate students in the following areas:

• Engineering, Computer, and Mathematical Sciences: computer science, engineering, mathematics
• Health Sciences: dentistry, medicine, nursing, psychology
• Humanities and Social Sciences: history, politics, music, social sciences
• Professions: architecture, business, economics, education, law
• Sciences: agriculture, chemistry, earth, and environmental sciences, molecular science, physics, veterinary science

The areas in which you can study can be found here. Information on individual courses (subjects), syllabus information and class details also can be found in the Course Planner.
The scholarship will meet nearly all your cost for one semester, but you will need to find at least Rp. 6.000.000 or preferable Rp 10.000.000 to 20.000.000 for visa administration fee, medical test for visa, health insurance for 1 semester, return airfare, and living costs for 5 months @ A$270/week.
The program will start according to University of Adelaide’s semester schedule: semester 1 from late February until late June, and semester 2 from late July until mid-November.
To qualify for the student exchange and the scholarship, you must:

• have completed one year of studes at UGM before you commence the exchange
• have a Grade Point Average of at least 3 out of 4
• have a TOEFL paper-based test total score of 550, with a minimum of 4.0 in Test of Written English (TWE), or a TOEFL internet-based test total score of 80, with a minimum of 20 in Writing and Speaking and 18 in Reading and Listening, or an IELTS overall band score of at least 6.0, with a minimum band score of 6.0 in Writing and Speaking and 5.5 in Reading and Listening, or a Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic overall score of 58, with a minimum of 58 in Writing and Speaking and 50 in Reading and Listening. The TOEFL ITP is NOT accepted.

Please submit the following documents to OIA UGM:

1. Latest transcript in English (minimum GPA 3.00)
2. Copy of your English proficiency test
3. Copy of your CV
4. Recommendation letter from your faculty
5. 200 words essay of “Why do you deserve to be chosen in University of Adelaide Student Exchange Program”
6. Copy of your passport

no later than October 15, 2012; for the semester 1 study; and 15 March 2013 for the semester 2 study. Nominated students will be notified soon after the deadline.
Office of International Affairs
Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Phone : (62-274) 563974
Fax : (62-274) 552810
E-mail : oia@ugm.ac.id

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Postgraduate International Scholarships, Bournemouth University, UK

This scholarship is offered to international applicants for BU postgraduate degrees beginning in September 2012 and January 2013. You will be eligible to apply for a BU International Postgraduate Scholarship if you can demonstrate an outstanding academic profile relevant to your course. An outstanding academic profile is one which is considered to be equivalent to a UK 1st class Honours degree as assessed by NARIC.
Who is eligible to apply for this scholarship?
All applicants classified as ‘overseas’ for fee purposes are eligible to apply.
To which courses does this scholarship apply?
Applicants for all taught full-time postgraduate (Masters) courses in the following Schools may apply:

• School of Applied Sciences
• School of Design, Engineering & Computing
• School of Health & Social Care
• School of Tourism

How many scholarships are awarded annually?

• School of Applied Sciences – 10 scholarships
• School of Design, Engineering & Computing – 10 scholarships
• School of Health & Social Care – 5 scholarships
• School of Tourism – 10 scholarships.

How much is the scholarship worth?
The value of each scholarship will depend on the course as follows:

• School of Applied Sciences – (£1,500)
• School of Design, Engineering & Computing – (£1,000)
• School of Health & Social Care – (£3,000)
• School of Tourism – (£1,000).

How is this scholarship paid?
Scholarships are paid by a reduction in tuition fee.
What are the criteria for this scholarship?

• You must be able to demonstrate an exceptional academic profile (equivalent to UK 1st Class Honours degree as assessed by NARIC)
• You must be able to demonstrate an outstanding personal profile as evidenced in your personal statement.

Other information about this scholarship

• Recipients of this scholarship cannot be in receipt of any other BU scholarship
• Financial need will not be taken into consideration.

How do I apply?
You can download the BU Scholarship Application Form here:

• BU Scholarship Application Form (PDF – 123kb)

The deadline for applications is 31 May 2012 for entry in September 2012 and 1 November 2012 for entry in January 2013. You can apply at the same time or after you have submitted your course application form.
When will I hear if I have been successful?
The successful applicants will be notified within four weeks of the decision being made following the deadline.
Completed application forms should be returned to:
askBU Students Service
Bournemouth University
The Base
Poole House
Fern Barrow
Poole
BH12 5BB
UK
Forms can also be scanned and emailed to: askBUstudents@bournemouth.ac.uk
For more information, please visit official website: www.bournemouth.ac.uk

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International PhD Scholarship in Computer Science, RMIT University, Australia

School of Computer Science and IT International PhD Scholarship
If you are an excellent international student wishing to commence a PhD at the School of ComputerScience and IT, this scholarship provides tuition fees and living costs.

Value and duration
The scholarship will cover PhD fees for up to three and a half years plus living costs of $15,000. A paidteaching assistantship may form part of the scholarship.

Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an international student
• not be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand
• have graduated with first-class honours or equivalent results (e.g. a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of 4) from an excellent university
• meet the RMIT English requirement of an IELTS of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0 and preferably 7.0 or more
• show your potential to complete a PhD research project in the School through, for example, published works of academic standing such as theses, conference papers or journal articles
• if you are an excellent student who does not have any of the above, please submit an example of something you have written, this may be a written assignment for your degree, a proposal, or some similar piece of work.

How to apply
Please explore the research fields below and nominate the area(s) that interest you. To begin with, no formal PhD research proposal is required. The fields are:

• Information Storage, Analysis and Retrieval
• Intelligent Systems
• Software Engineering
• Distributed Systems and Networking

To apply, submit PDFs of certified documents, including your grades and completion certificate for any degrees completed, your CV and any research publications

Your research publications could include:

• an honours research thesis
• a masters by research thesis
• an internationally-refereed conference paper or journal

Documents detailing all the above, including contact details, should be emailed to csit.scholarships@rmit.edu.au

Once we have received your application we will communicate with you further by email, possibly having further discussion, Skype interview by an academic staff member, review of a relevant paper, or other interaction. If we are able to support your application through to the next stage you will be required to make a formal application via the official RMIT application process.

Close date
30 November 2012, to commence in Semester 1, 2013.

Terms and conditions
As the holder of this scholarship:

1. You must be aware that if you obtain an APAI or equivalent this scholarship will cease.
2. You may not work more than 10 hours/week while you hold this scholarship.
3. You maintain good or better progress in your six monthly progress reports.

For more information, please visit official website: www.rmit.edu.au

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Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, American Indonesian Exchange Foundation, USA

The Office of Academic Exchange Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U. S. Department of State is pleased to announce an exchange program for undergraduate students – The 2013 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD).

The Global UGRAD Program provides scholarships for one semester or one academic year of U.S. Study in a NON-DEGREE Program. The goals of the program are to provide a diverse group of emerging student leaders, from non-elite and underrepresented groups in Indonesia and East Asia.

All global UGRAD Program participants will be enrolled full-time in undergraduate course work chosen from the institution’s (US) existing curriculum to allow students ample opportunity for ongoing interaction with U.S. Faculty and student peers, and for exposure to U.S. academic and classroom culture.

To ensure that students succeed in their new academic environments, host institutions will offer tailored instruction on topics including academic research and writing, critical thinking, time management, note taking, and studying for and taking tests. Participants will live on campus with American peers.

Students will also be provided with opportunities to participate in up to ten hours of community service per semester. Additionally, an internship component will be offered to all academic-year participants during the academic component of the program. Internships will be related to each participant’s field of study and/or career plans.

Participants may be eligible for up to 4 weeks of intensive English Language instruction in the United States prior to the start of academic portion of their program.

Eligibility:

1. Scholarships will be granted to students who are currently enrolled in S-1 degree programs only, and have completed their first and up to the fifth semester of undergraduate study at an Indonesian university, by November 1, 2012. Please note that those who are in the sixth semester and above are not eligible to apply.
2. Applicants should demonstrate leadership potential through academic work, community involvement, and extracurricular activities.
3. Applicants must have a valid minimum ITP TOEFL score of 500 or IELTS 5.0 or IBT TOEFL score of 60/61. (TOEFL prediction or TOEFL-like score cannot be accepted).
4. Preference will be given to those who have had little or NO experience in the U.S. or outside of their home countries.
5. Applications can be for either for one semester or two semester based on nominee’s availability. No applications should be submitted for both one semester and two semester programs.
6. Applicants are required to return to Indonesia after the completion of the program.

Submission of Applications
Please note that we do not accept emailed applications. An original application and two complete copies should be submitted or delivered to the address below by November 1, 2012:

AMINEF
CIMB Niaga Plaza Lt. 3
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 25
Jakarta 12920

Contact Information
Specific questions regarding the application process may be addressed via e-mail to the following address: infofulbright_ind@aminef.or.id.

The form can be downloaded here.

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Lotus, Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for South-East Asian Students to Europe

Lotus is an Erasmus Mundus Action Two Partnership (EMA2) of European and South-East Asian Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Associations aiming at fostering mutual enrichment and better understanding between the EU and South-East Asia (China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand), through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills at higher education level and to co-operate in the following program activities:

• Mobility of undergraduate and graduate students
• Mobility of PhD students
• Post-doc mobility
• Academic and administrative staff mobility

The types of mobility to be funded are:

• For students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities
• For academic staff: exchanges for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research

This project is to give South-East Asian students and staff the possibility to go to a European University to improve, enrich, learn, experience, …. their own knowledge and skills. Please bear in mind that the scholarships are only granted to South-East Asian students and staff coming to Europe.

To enable students to benefit in a linguistic, cultural and educational way from the experience of pursuing academic studies in another country, all students should have a thorough command of English (this can only be proven by means of internationally recognized documents, p.e. IELTS certificate, TOEFL, First Certificate of Cambridge, an English diploma, a Degree obtained in English). Please note, however, that this also depends on the language requirements of the host universities within the Lotus project.

The Erasmus Mundus Action Two Partnership programme is a cooperation and mobility scheme in the area of higher education launched by Europe Aid Cooperation Office and implemented by the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA). The European Commissionhas launched this initiative to foster cooperation between higher education institutions. It aims to boost exchanges of students, researchers and academic staff and to support mobility, in particular from non-EU countries to EU member states.

The EMA2 objective is to achieve better understanding and mutual enrichment between the European Union and Third Countries in the field of higher education through promoting the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills at higher education level. This will be achieved through the promotion of partnerships and institutional co-operation exchanges between European Higher Education Institutions and Third Country institutions and a mobility scheme addressing student and academic exchanges.

Objectives

• To promote cooperation between the EU and the Asian countries involved in the project: the project is striving to gradually reinforce the structured long-term cooperation between all partners and to strengthen the relations that were established amongst the partners in the on-going Lotus I and Lotus II project. This should in the end result in a sustainable and strong network. The project continues to offer the perfect opportunity to boost the exchange of know-how for curriculum development, new teaching methods, international relations and university management.
• To enable students to benefit from a study/research period abroad and thus develop a pool from well-qualified, open-minded and internationally experienced young women/men as future leaders. The project aims to bring young people from European and Asian countries closer together by offering opportunities to grantees from the Asia Regional to come to the EU and build up long-lasting relations through their study/research experience in the relevant host country.
• To promote the regional cooperation in the Asian countries involved by encouraging the strong and experienced partners to guide and share their Best Practice with the lesser experienced partner institutions in the project. Thus training a future generation of academics that fosters a culture of sustainable development and durable growth, and promotes regional integration. The goal is to further nourish the mutual understanding between the countries in that region.
• To continue striving for and improving the transparency and recognition of studies and qualifications: the project is focused on mobility and will give explicit attention to the promotion of recognition of studies systems, the (further) implementation of ECTS and Diploma Supplement.
• To contribute to give students from vulnerable groups equal chances and thus disseminating EU social and democratic values: 11% of the scholarships is reserved for students from vulnerable and/or disadvantaged groups in the Asian countries involved (refugees, ethnic minorities, internally displaced populations, disabled students, economically disadvantaged students). Lotus I and Lotus II have proven it to be very difficult to reach possible candidates from these specific groups, so the project aims to continue contacting more active NGO’s and institutions in the region in order to promote the project to this specific target group.
• To further enhance the skills of staff, who can in their turn contribute to the improvement of the educational system in their home country: 22.73% of the scholarships are reserved for staff exchange. Academic and administrative staff members applying will have to argument how their mobility period abroad will contribute to structural reforms in their relevant home institution in Asia. Experience from the Lotus I and Lotus II project has shown that academic and administrative staff consider it an opportunity to gain a new experience, which can be implemented in their own work environment upon their return in their home country.
• To further pursue enhancing the political, cultural, educational and economic links between the EU and the Asian countries involved in the medium term: this project further plans to improve mutual understanding between the EU and Asia, by continuing to take up the challenge of including not only the obviously stronger countries in Asia but also including more sensitive ones, that are striving to overcome their own political and socio-economic past. The project will carry on planning promotional tours in Myanmar and Cambodia in order to strengthen the relationship with the relevant local authorities and thus gradually changing the overall attitude towards these countries.

Fields of Study
Based on the specific countries needs, the following list of thematic fields of study has been prioritized by this project:

01: Agricultural Sciences
02: Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning
04: Business Studies and Management Sciences
05: Education, Teacher Training
06: Engineering, Technology
07: Geography, Geology
10: Law
12: Medical Sciences
13: Natural Sciences
14: Social Science
16: Other Areas of Study

Students from other fields of study can however still apply for a scholarship. In case of equally ranked applications, priority will be given to the student majoring in a prioritized field of study.

Scholarships
The scholarship covers the following aspect:

• Monthly subsistence allowance
• Travel ticket
• Insurance
• Participation cost

More specifically:
Subsistence allowance:

• 1000 € per month for undergraduate and graduate students
• 1500 € per month for doctorate students
• 1800 € per month for post-doctorates
• 2500 € per month for academic staff

Insurance costs:

• All grant holders are insured by a central Group Insurance. In order to arrange your insurance, you should fill out your travel dates on the Grant Holder Pages. Based upon these dates, the Lotus Secretariat will apply for insurance for the period that you are abroad. You will receive the insurance card by email – you should use this for the embassy.
• The claim form for luggage and for medical expenses with contact details can be downloaded here. Please make sure to report claims within 7 days as stated in the policy.

Participation costs:

• The tuition fees are covered by the project.

Travel costs:

• One return ticket will be provided by the coordinator by means of booking via a central travel agency. Self-purchased tickets will not be reimbursed.
• Travel Costs: depending on the distance.

Partners
The Lotus project is sustained by a consortium consisting of 20 partner universities: 9 universities from the EU and 11 universities from the South-East Asion Region:

EU Universities:

• Ghent University (Belgium)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
• University of Goettingen (Germany)
• Sciences Po (France)
• Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier University (France)
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
• University of Porto (Portugal)
• Uppsala University (Sweden)
• University of Kent (UK)

South-East Asian Universities

• University of Health Sciences Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
• Nanjing University (China)
• Peking University (China)
• Sichuan University (China)
• Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia)
• University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
• West Yangon Technological University (Myanmar)
• Thamassat University (Thailand)
• Can Tho University (Vietnam)
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
• Hue University (Vietnam)

Associated members: there are multiple associate partners involved in Lotus III:

• Universitas Airlangga (Indonesia)
• EIAS – European Institute for Asian Studies (Belgium)
• Kasetsart University (Thailand)
• Morning Tears (China)
• Province East-Flanders (Belgium)
• Royal University of Agriculture (Cambodia)
• Support Fund Myanmar (Belgium)
• Tuning (Spain)
• University of Sumatra Utara (Indonesia)
• VLIR-UOS (Belgium)
• Yezin Agricultural University (Myanmar)
• University of Veterinary Science (Myanmar)

The project is managed by a Project Coordination Team, which consists of staff members of all partner universities’ International Relations Offices. In every university there is a Local Management Team with representatives of the university management, of the International Relations Office and of the academic staff members. They will coordinate the project within their own university, and they report to the Project Coordination Team at Ghent University.

Eligibility criteria for students 
Please bear in mind that the scholarships are only granted to South-East Asian students and staff coming to Europe. Asian students who want to participate in mobility to the EU:

• Must be a national of one of the third countries covered by the relevant lot;
• Must have not resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries;
• For Target Group 1 (TGI): students need to be registered at one of the third-country HEIs within the partnership at the time of submitting their application to the partnership. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies in their home institution;
• For Target Group 2 (TGII): students need either to be registered in a HEI (not included in the partnership) of the third-country concerned by the lot or to have obtained a university degree or equivalent from a HEI of these third-countries;
• For Target Group 3 (TGIII): students need to be nationals of one of the third-countries concerned by the lot and be part of the vulnerable target groups;
• Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries.
• No student can benefit from more than one mobility activity in the same project.

Eligibility criteria for staff
In order to be eligible, academic and administrative staff hereafter referred as “staff”:

• Must be a national of one of the eligible countries;
• For Target Group 1 (TGI): Third- country staff must work in or be associated to one of the third-country Higher Education Institutions (=HEI) participating in the partnership. EU staff must work in or be associated to one of the EU HEIs participating in the partnership;
• For Target Group 2 (TGII): Third-country staff must work in or be associated to a HEI (not included in the partnership) of any third-country concerned by the lot. EU staff must work in or be associated to a HEI (not included in the partnership) of any European country.
• The mobility assignments must be based on partnership agreements between the members of the partnership;
• The home and host universities and the individual staff must agree on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting staff, on the research activities or on the type of training to be followed;
• The mobility may constitute a post-per-post exchange or a one-way visitor flow to or from a third country.
• Priority will be given to mobility that:
  • Ensures that the visiting teacher’s contribution will be an integral part of a program of the host institution
  • Will lead to the production of new teaching material
  • Will be used to consolidate and extend links between departments and faculties and to prepare for future cooperation projects between the home and host university (joint projects, joint degrees etc.)
  • Will help strengthen the international cooperation departments in the foreign universities
  • Will lead to progress in the application of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) and other systems for recognition of studies and qualifications in the partner institution
  • Will improve the university – enterprise cooperation
  • Will help to start up Doctoral Schools
  • Will lead to the improvement of quality assurance mechanisms at universities.

The Lotus III Project provides the following types of scholarships:

• Scholarships for bachelor students (6 months exchange mobility)
• Scholarships for master students (ranging from 6 to 22 months depending on the country of the applicant concerned)
• Scholarships for PhD students (ranging from 6 to 36 months depending on the country of the applicant concerned). PhD’ers applying for a 36 month scholarship should be aware of the fact that they should start their mobility before the end of June 2013.
• Scholarships for Post-Doc students ( 6 months exchange mobility)
• Scholarships for academic and administrative staff ( limited to 1 month)

The application form is for Asian postdoctoral applicants only, who are a national from one of the countries belonging to the Lotus consortium or having obtained a PhD-degree at an HEI in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar or Cambodia.

For more information, please visit official website: www.lotus.ugent.be

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Change your Gnome 3 menu with cinnamon

Cinnamon is a Gnome 3 fork that allow you to have a panel at the bottom with a classic Menu, this is useful for people that want to use Ubuntu with a classic Bottom Menu.

More info about Cinnamon can be found in here.

To install Cinnamon on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly

To install Cinnamon on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Oncelot, use the following PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

and then restart your computer. Before login change your default desktop environment and choose cinnamon.
This is screenshoot of cinnamon menu.

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