Scholarship at Wageningen University Excellence Programme to Study in the Netherlands 2021

Application details


The Excellence Programme is initiated by Wageningen University & Research to attract excellent students for a master’s programme, and who might have the potential to do a PhD after MSc graduation. In Wageningen or elsewhere.

You can only take part in the Excellence Programme on invitation. See below for the procedure and time schedule. During the selection process, the candidates will be requested to fill in a web form, to do an additional assignment, and might have a skype interview.

Available scholarships: 10

Application deadline for MSc programme: 1 March 2021

Start MSc programme: 1 September 2021 or February 2022

Components of the scholarship:

– A tuition fee waiver for the duration of the programme (24 months).

– A budget for one seminar in Europe (travel, stay, registration fee).

– A budget for participation in the ‘reach your full potential programme’.

Requirements:

1. You come from a country outside the European Economic Area (and Switzerland).

2. You have applied for one of the MSc programmes at Wageningen University & Research before March 1^st, 2021. For the MSc application please see: How can I apply for the master’s programme? (Non EU/EFTA)

3. During your MSc application you have uploaded a reference letter from a professor, preferably of a high ranked institute.

4. You have a high GPA.

Selection procedure

Step 1: Apply for an MSc programme before March 1st, 2021

Step 2: Invitation to apply

Step 3: Result of the selection process

Step 4: Updates/changes

Important dates for the Excellence programme at a glance:

March 1^st, 2021: Deadline to apply for an MSc programme

April 19^th, 2021: Invitation of selected candidates to take part in the further selection process  (approx. 30 candidates will be selected)

May 2^nd, 2021: Deadline of the assignment

May 17^th, 2021: Decision about Skype interviews communicated

May 25^th or May 26^th, 2021: Skype interviews, if needed

May 28^th, 2021: Results of the selection process communicated


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