1) Saïd Business School Scholarship
Amount: Up to half the tuition fees
Criteria
1) Academic performance
2) Work experience
2) SMBC Europe Al Mustaqbal MBA Scholarship
Amount: £25,000 towards tuition fees plus college fee £3,000
(Applicants must choose St Hugh's as their College)
Criteria
1) Nationals of the League of Arab States and Persian Gulf area nationals
2) 1,500 words essay should be submitted
3) Dean's Latin America and Africa Scholarship
Amount: £10,000
Criteria
1) Applicants from Latin America and Africa.
4) Skoll Scholarship
Amount: Covers programme fees and an allowance for living expenses
Criteria
1) Candidates who have a strong track record in social entrepreneurship
2) Candidates who intend to return to work in social entrepreneurship after their studies
5) OBA (Australia) Boston Consulting Group Scholarship
Amount: AUD$ 40,000
Criteria
1) Australian or New Zealand citizens
2) Strong academic record and career achievements
6) Man Group Plc
Amount: Up to the value of one full scholarship
(may be split between multiple candidates)
Criteria
1) Strong background in finance and a desire to continue in this field after their studies
7) The Saïd Technology Scholarship
Amount: £15,000
Criteria
1) Strong interest and experience in technology, and an intention to continue in this field after their MBA.
2) 500 word essay to be submitted
8) Prize for an Indian MBA student
Amount: £3,000
Criteria
1) Applicants must be of Indian nationality and belong to Jesus College
9) Santander scholarship
Amount: £10,000
Criteria
1) Applicants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay or Venezuela.
About the Author
I am Atul Jose, Founding Consultant of F1GMAT, an MBA admissions consultancy that has worked with applicants since 2009.
For the past 15 years I have edited the application files of admits to the M7 programs: Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School, together with admits to Berkeley Haas, Yale School of Management, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Darden, Tuck, IMD, London Business School, INSEAD, SDA Bocconi, IESE Business School, HEC Paris, McCombs, and Tepper, plus other programs inside the global top 30.
My work covers the full MBA application deliverable: career planning and profile evaluation, application essay editing, recommendation letter editing, mock interviews and interview preparation, scholarship and fellowship essay editing, and cover letter editing for funding applications. Full bio with credentials and admit history is here.
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