Receiving a scholarship to study abroad can be a life-changing experience. Some of the world's best and brightest have had the opportunity to discover endless possibilities through scholarships.
The Faculty ITC of the University of Twente aims to attract students to its international classrooms who are eager to engage with what is happening in the world and use their skills to make our planet more sustainable. Therefore, it has established several scholarship programmes specifically designed to offer talented and motivated international students from developing countries the opportunity to pursue an MSc degree at ITC in the Netherlands in Spatial Engineering or Geo-information Science and Earth Observation.
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Scholarship programmes
Below we have listed some of the scholarship programmes for ITC programmes.
Colfuturo and the University of Twente provide a shared financing programme to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The programme is for talented Colombians interested in a Master's programme at the University of Twente, within the framework of a Joint Graduate Loan-Scholarship programme.
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ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme The Faculty ITC provides a limited number of partial scholarships to candidates for the MSc programme in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation and the MSc programme in Spatial Engineering.
More information can be found here
Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme (Türkiye) The Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme aims at increasing the number of people specialized on the fields related to the EU acquis and hence supporting Türkiye's administrative capacity building efforts for the effective implementation of the EU acquis.
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Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan | LPDP (Indonesia) The Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP) scholarship offers talented students from Indonesia the opportunity to obtain a Master's or PhD degree at the University of Twente. The University of Twente is listed as one of the top 200 eligible and preferred LPDP foreign partner institutions.
Tip!
Check with your Ministry of Education to see if they have scholarships available. For instance, for Nigerians, there is the TETfund, for Ghanese the GETfund, and if you are Indian, you can check this governmental website.
Have you ever considered the possibility of a study loan? This might be the opportunity for you to join us at ITC.
How to prepare for a scholarship application?
To avoid putting pressure on yourself and trying to apply for that scholarship you desperately want at the last minute, start your research early.
Check if you are eligible Another important element you want to consider early on is finding out what scholarships you are actually eligible for - because you will not be eligible for them all.
Before you can apply for a scholarship you should be fully admitted to the University. Apply online through the university website.
Include all required information Make sure you have all of the information that the scholarship provider has requested of you in your application.
Remember, late applications won't usually be considered. Applying for a scholarship can be a quite an endeavour so start early!
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We talked to students who study for their Master's at ITC on a scholarship programme .
