Scholarship from Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies – Hamad Bin Khalifa University opens
scholarship for academic year 2013-2014.

Offered Programs:
1. Master of Arts in Islamic Studies with a Specialization in
Contemporary Fiqh .
2. Master of Arts in Islamic Studies with a Specialization in
Comparative Religions.
3. Master of Arts in Public Policy in Islam.
4. Master of Science in Islamic Finance .
5. Master of Science in Urban Design and Architecture in Islamic Societies .
6. Master of Arts in the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies.

7. Postgraduate Diploma Islamic Finance.
8. Postgraduate Diploma in General Islamic Studies .
9. Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy in Islam

Minimum Admission Criteria for international students:

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum
Grade of VERY GOOD or its equivalent; (the student should submit the
Final Degree Certificate that shows her final average)

• A TOEFL score of 550 or ILETS score of 6.0 (exception for native
English speaker)

• All students admitted to QFIS programs are required to pass the
Arabic Test (80%).

• Writing 2 short essays:

1. essay_why you would like to study in your chosen program (in English)

2. essay_how Islamic Studies can impact your lifecareer (in Arabic)
Note:
Any Arabic essays written or translated using google translate or any
translation programs shall be rejected and dismissed directly.

• Call Interview (Tele-conversation) to all abroad students admitted
to ensure they can speak Arabic prior the final admission decision
made.

Required Documents for Admission
• Submission of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies Graduate
Admission Application

• Copy of the passport�

• Certified copy of the Bachelor degree certificate (Minimum Grade
Very Good) from an accredited university or college or equivalent in
that country

• Final, official certified university transcript. (we need the back
side of the transcript that shows the grading scale)

• Two recent passport size photographs

• Pass Arabic Test with minimum score 80% in our language center after
they arrive to Qatar.

Certification of documents

Admitted students are requested to certify their documents before
their arrival to Qatar, otherwise their registration will be
cancelled.

• Bachelor degree Certificate obtained abroad must be certified by the
Ministry of Higher Education where Certificate was delivered, and: The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country of origin, and Qatar
Embassy of that country

Completed Application
Completed application (scanned documents) and further inquiries should
be sent to admissions_QFIS@qf.org.qa

You may also contact the Admissions office directly at +974 44546588 /
+974 44546560 .
selkaranshawi@qfis.edu.qa or selkaranshawy@gmail.com (for application
to Master of Arts in Contemporary Muslim Societies only

PhD PostDoc dalam studi Higher Education universitas di Eropa (UK, Denmark, Prancis, Slovenia)

Six European universities will join forces to educate young researchers who will be examining the university reforms currently influencing the global university development. This will be part of the new internationalUniversities in the Knowledge Economy (UNIKE) project. The project is supported by the EU's Marie Curie Actions Fellowship Programme and will be running over five years - from 2013 to 2017.

The UNIKE project will train a networked group of critical researchers who will examine the changing roles and scope of universities in emerging global knowledge economies. They will also compare developments in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Rim. The project will comprise 12 new PhD projects and 2 postdoc projects and is currently open. Applicants from all countries are eligible for the positions.

The 12 individual doctoral projects focus on the following topics:

• ASEM meetings and HE ‘policy travel’ from Europe to Asia
• Internationalisation of higher education in centres and peripheries
• Conjunction of Chinese and Western educational traditions in the design and teaching of Sino-Danish Centre courses
• Academic values between globalisation and globalism
• Models of doctoral education
• Mapping the field of higher education industries, and choosing case studies
• Audit culture and the Industries of ranking
• Think Tanks and Academic Entrepreneurs in the Production of Knowledg
• Impact of governance changes on the educational categories and internal life of universities
• Alternative forms of university ownership, finance and organisation
• Governance through Autonomy – A context-rich comparative study.
• Management and gender

The two 2 individual post-doctoral projects are to address the following:

• New landscapes of publishing and knowledge dissemination
• Academic entrepreneurialism, civil society and democracy

Application deadline is Sunday 3 February 2013 at 17:00 CET.

Universities which partnered in this project are Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Bristol (UK),Roehampton University (UK), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France), Univerza V Ljubljani (Slovenia) and Universidade do Porto (Portugal). There is also a number of associated partners, among which are Times Higher Education, The Sino-Danish Center in Beijing, the Magna Charta Observatory, the Center for Graduate Education Research at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, and others.

"The project has a wide and international scope and is initiated in collaboration with five other European universities and 15 universities from the Pacific Region. The purpose of the project is to establish a global network for researchers, including PhDs and postdocs, which can critically analyse university developments in different parts of the world," says Susan Wright, professor at Aarhus University and head of the project.

The project starts with the academic year 2013.

More about the calls and the project on the project page: http://unike.au.dk/

Courses offered by the Italian Education Network [2 Attachments]

Hereby I've attached information specifically for those interested in studying abroad in St. John International University, Italy. The program consist of bachelors, masters, certifications, and summer courses in various courses and departments.

Courses: 

International Business and Sustainable Development

Film Studies

Sustainability Through Design and Technologies

Italian Studies

Departments:

Architecture and Planning

Business and Economic Sciences

Environmental and Social Sciences

Fine Arts

Humanities

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Further inquiries please open the website enclosed or email kikiamaliat@yahoo.com. Thank you.

Regards,

Kiki

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 brochure study abroad turin.pdf

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Mathematics PhD Teaching Assistantships and Studentships ,University College London

Mathematics PhD Teaching Assistantships and Studentships at UCL
University College London -Department of Mathematics

Applications are invited for PhD funding opportunities in the UCL
Department of Mathematics starting in September 2013.

Studentship Description

Applicants will be considered for the following sources of PhD funding:

5 Teaching Assistantships
EPSRC studentship funding
Departmental nominations for UCL Graduate Research Scholarships
Various individual PhD studentships
Departmental nominations for Overseas Research Scholarships (non
EU applicants only)

Details of each type of funding can be found below.

Person Specification
Successful candidates will be admitted to the MPhil/PhD programme in
Mathematics (Pure or Applied).

The Teaching Assistantships last for 4 years and will cover tuition
fees at UK/EU rate plus a stipend of approximately £15,590 per annum
based on the standard EPSRC rate. Teaching Assistants will spend 25%
of their time teaching and the rest devoted to research towards their
PhD.

EPSRC funding will cover tuition fees at UK/EU rate plus a stipend of
approximately £15,590 per annum based on the standard EPSRC rate.
This is tenable for 3 or 4 years (exact duration to be confirmed).

UCL Graduate Research Scholarships, tenable for 3 years, will cover
tuition fees at UK/EU rate plus a stipend of approximately £15,590 per
annum based on the standard EPSRC rate.

Overseas Research Scholarships (non EU applications only), tenable for
3 or 4 years, cover the difference in PhD fees between Overseas and
UK/EU rates. Successful candidates may also be nominated for a Dean's
Prize, providing scholarships up to the value of UCL student fees.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/beams/phd/funding/deans.

REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should possess a good honours degree (1st class or 2:1
minimum) in Mathematics, or an equivalent qualification from other
countries.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants should apply for the MPhil/PhD programme in Mathematics at
UCL, 2013 entry, by completing the UCL Graduate Application on-line
form for Research Degrees available at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/graduate-study/application-admission
and send an up to date CV and a covering letter/email confirming that
the on-line graduate application has been submitted and indicating
that they are applying for PhD funding directly to the Department. If
there is any particular source of funding for which applicants do not
wish to be considered, they should state this clearly in their
covering letter/email.

Please note that the offer of an MPhil/PhD place is separate from
decisions regarding funding.

DETAILS
Deadline for receipt of completed applications is midnight on Monday 4
February 2013.

Interviews are planned for 11 & 12 February 2013. The start date will
be September 2013.

Address for applications:
Prof Valery Smyshlyaev (Applied); Dr John Talbot (Pure)
Department of Mathematics
University College London
London WC1E 6BT
v.smyshlyaev@ucl.ac.uk or j.talbot@ucl.ac.uk

PhD Studentships - School of Business and Management , Queen Mary University

PhD Studentships
School of Business and Management

The School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of
London, invites applications to be put forward for PhD Studentships,
commencing September 2013. We welcome applications in the following
areas:

Equality and diversity - working with The Centre for Research in
Equality and Diversity (CRED)
Globalisation - working with The Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR)
Business history - working with The Centre for Management and
Organisational History (CMoH)
Marketing
Public management
Management learning and leadership
Business ecologies - innovation, knowledge and networks

Candidates must specify which research group they wish to join on
their application form.

The Award
Queen Mary Studentships are open to suitably qualified candidates from
the UK, EU and overseas. The Studentship consists of the full cost of
(home or overseas) fees and £15,590 a year for maintenance for 3 years
for London-based students. Award holders will be expected to undertake
some departmental duties through the course of their PhD as a
condition of the award.

Candidate Profile
The School of Business and Management is committed to appointing only
the very best candidates to its PhD programme. To apply you should
have a good first degree (BA or BSc Honours or equivalent), at upper
second class or equivalent with evidence of some 1st class work,
and/or a Masters qualification (at Merit or above with evidence of
some Distinction level work) in a cognate discipline related to the
studentship. All applicants will be judged according to the same
criteria, namely: record of academic and/or professional achievement;
quality of their research proposal; and compatibility with the theme
of the studentship.

Further Details and Application Process
General enquiries should be addressed to the PhD Administrator, Monira
Begum (m.begum@qmul.ac.uk).

Candidates are encouraged to discuss their research proposal with a
member of academic staff specialising in their research area. Details
of academic staff and their research interests can be found on the
School website (http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/staff/index.html)

For further details and how to apply visit:
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply/ and see the School's
web pages: http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/phdprogramme/index.html.

Application Deadline
The closing date for applications is 31st January 2013. All
short-listed applicants will be interviewed shortly after the closing
date (either face-to-face or, in the case of overseas candidates, by
Skype or telephone).

PhD Studentships in Literary Research and English Studies - Queen Mary University London

PhD Studentships
Queen Mary, University of London -Department of English

The Department of English is offering a range of AHRC and Queen Mary
Principal's Studentships for entry to its PhD programme in September
2013 to candidates wishing to develop a PhD in any area of the
Department's research expertise.

English at Queen Mary
The Department is widely recognized as one of the country's leading
centres for literary research and English studies. The research and
teaching interests of our staff span a wide range of periods from the
classical to the contemporary, and we have an international reputation
for our pioneering interdisciplinary and collaborative work attracting
postgraduate students from all over the world. We have specialists who
can offer supervision in the following periods of study: Classical and
Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern, Eighteenth Century and
Romanticism, Nineteenth-Century Studies, Modern and Contemporary and
Postcolonial. Many of the Department's staff are known internationally
for their work. They bring to their teaching and project supervision
expertise in the most recent developments in research methodologies
and an awareness of current directions in research. We have a large
thriving graduate community with a significant number of PhD projects
supported by AHRC and Queen Mary awards.

The Awards
Queen Mary Principal's Studentships are open to suitably qualified
candidates from the UK, EU and Overseas. The Studentship comprises of
the full cost of (home or overseas) fees and £15,590 a year for
maintenance for 3 years for London-based students.

AHRC Studentships are open to suitably qualified candidates from the
UK and EU. The Studentship comprises of the full cost of fees and
£15,590 a year for maintenance for 3 years for London-based students.
For eligibility requirements please consult the AHRC's guidelines:
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Postgraduate-funding/Pages/Current-award-holders.aspx.

Application Deadline
The deadline is 5 pm on Thursday 31 January 2013. All short-listed
applicants will be interviewed (either face-to-face or, in the case of
overseas candidates, by telephone or skype) and applicants must be
available for interview in the middle of February 2013 (specific dates
are yet to be confirmed).

PhD in Global Health Innovation,Imperial College London

Institute of Global Health Innovation PhD Programme 2013
Imperial College London

Imperial College London's Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI)
is pleased to announce the next round of PhD Studentships. The
Institute is working to improve the health of people and reduce health
inequalities throughout the world.

By channelling Imperial's interdisciplinary and pioneering research
strengths across its faculties and Business School, the Institute aims
to overcome scientific, technical, managerial and political obstacles
to respond to global healthcare challenges. The Institute is part of
Imperial's strategy to develop solutions to global challenges by
harnessing the critical mass of its multidisciplinary research
expertise.

The Institute comprises a series of research centres that reflect
Imperial's commitment to improving global health by capitalising on
innovation in medicine, engineering, health policy and systems, and
technology to address global health challenges associated with
demographic, environment, social and economic changes.

The PhD programme is open to UK/EU and overseas students. The funding
is for three years and covers both fees and living expenses. Research
progress is assessed each year and continuing receipt of funds will
depend on satisfactory academic progress. Ideal candidates will have
research interest in the following areas:

Centre for Health Policy:

Comparative health system performance
Evaluation of innovative health system reforms
Behavioural economics

The Hamlyn Centre

Medical Imaging and Robotics
Pervasion Sensing (body sensor networks and surgical implants)
Medical Devices and Design in Healthcare

Gut Health

Modelling gut-microbial-human metabolism in relation to disease
aetiopathogenesis
Building chemically aware surgical devices for real-time operative
diagnostics
Mass spectrometric chemical tissue imaging

Applicants should usually have a good 1st class undergraduate degree
(or equivalent) in a relevant subject and preferably also a good
Masters degree in the relevant area for their PhD. Applicants must be
fluent in spoken and written English.

Applications must include the following:

A 2 page research statement that describes:

What you see as an interesting research issue.
An outline of the objectives and methodology for the research.
What relevant experience you have.

A detailed CV
Transcripts of all degree results
The contact details for two referees

Please email your application to ighi@imperial.ac.uk with the subject
title 'Global Health PhD studentship application'

Closing date: 3rd March 2013

Imperial College London values diversity and is committed to equality
of opportunity.