International Scholarship

• Overview of the MBA Course

• The MBA Experience

• AMBA accreditation of the MBA

MBA Scholarships: 2007 - 2008

The Aberdeen Business School is able to offer a limited number of scholarships to assist exceptionally able students who wish to undertake its International MBA programme on a full-time or online basis.

Full-time MBA
Scholarships range from ‘Full’ fee Scholarships to ‘Overseas’ Scholarships. The numbers of Scholarships awarded varies from region to region.

Online MBA (eMBA)
Scholarships range from £500 to £3,000 and are open to all applicants.

The scholarships take the form of a reduction in the normal tuition fees by a specified amount. Successful applicants will be responsible for paying the balance of their tuition fees, and for all their other travel and living expenses.

Criteria for the award of scholarships

All applicants must meet the normal admission criteria for the MBA programme. These comprise the Robert Gordon University’s admission requirement for all postgraduate courses:

• A good degree from a recognised university, and
• for international students, evidence of proficiency in the English language.
• Have a minimum age of 25 years

In addition, to meet the requirements of the University’s AMBA accredited MBA programme, applicants must have had at least 3 years business or professional experience since graduating.

Applying for a scholarship

Prospective students should apply for a Scholarship at the time of their application.

Please Note: Prospective students who wish to be considered for a scholarship must submit their application as soon as possible. Upon receipt, each application will be considered on its merits.

Scholarship application paper

Full-time Application
Please download and complete the MBA Full-time Scholarship Application Form (Word document):

MBA Scholarship Application Form (58 KB)

This Form and the Submission Paper should be sent with all other essential documentation to the RGU International Office:

• International Office

Online MBA (eMBA) Scholarship Application
Please download and complete the MBA Online Scholarship Application Form (Word document):

eMBA Scholarship Application Form (64KB, Word)

This Form and the Submission Paper should be sent with all other essential documentation to the eMBA course leader.

Guidance Notes

Applicants for a scholarship should prepare and submit a paper of 1,000 - 1,500 words under the following headings:

1. Business Experience
Demonstrate how your business and managerial experience to date has provided some unique insights into business and business processes and how these can be made relevant to your class colleagues and in which modules of the course.

2. Interpersonal Skills
Demonstrate how your interpersonal skills will exceptionally enhance group based learning during your course.

3. Cultural and National Prospective
Outline your cultural and national prospective and demonstrate why this will be of interest to other members of an international class.

4. Special Attributes
Outline any academic or other specialised skill achievements that you possess which will enhance and contribute to class discussion and debate.

5. General attributes
Generally demonstrate why your application should be considered ahead of others from your region.

Award of Scholarships

Applications for a scholarship will be assessed by the admissions panel on a competitive basis.

Scholarships will be awarded to students on the basis of their potential contribution to the course, assessed by information gained from their application form, scholarship application paper, references, and any other relevant information.

Decisions on the award of scholarships will be made within four weeks and will be immediately communicated to all applicants.

The School will not enter into any correspondence about unsuccessful applications for scholarships. 

 

More Info Please Visit : http://www.rgu.ac.uk/abs/postgraduate/page.cfm?pge=19407