University College Cork ? College of Science, Engineering & Food Science
Scholarships 2017-18
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POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Quercus Postgraduate Scholarships:
Eligibility: all students pursing taught postgraduate programmes who attain UCC First Class Honours or equivalent in their undergraduate degree and satisfy the requisite academic criteria for their chosen programme
Mechanism: application via PAC
Value: 50% off tuition fee (not including bench fees)
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
Eligibility: international (non-EU) students on taught masters programmes
Value: as below
UCC First Class Honours or equivalent (1H): 20% off tuition fee
UCC Second Class Honours, Upper Division or equivalent (2H1): 10% off tuition fee
UCC Second Class Honours, Lower Division or equivalent (2H2): ?1,000
Mechanism: Awarded automatically at offer stage
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PROGRESSION SCHOLARSHIPS
(applicable to students applying from?any?other Irish Higher Education Institution)
Value: 20% off international (non-EU) tuition fee
Mechanism: Awarded automatically at offer stage
Scholarship Deadlines:
Round One (for applicants with full results available) ??? ??????????? 1st March 2017
Results communicated to applicants ????????? ????? 30th March 2017
Round Two (for applicants awaiting final results) 1st June 2017
Deadline for Uploading Final Undergraduate Results: 30th June 2017
Results communicated to applicants mid to late July 2017
Automatic scholarships will apply only to applications received before?1st?April 2017
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
?UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DIRECT ENTRY STUDENTS (pursing full-time undergraduate degree)
?Presidential? Merit Scholarships
Value: up to 50% of international tuition fee
Number: Up to 5 per year
Mechanism: Application form
Direct Entry Undergraduate Scholarship:
Value: 25% of international (non-EU) fee
Number: Unlimited
Mechanism: Awarded automatically at offer stage
Scholarship Deadlines:
Automatic scholarships will apply only to applications received before?1st?March 2017
Scholarship Eligibility & Rules:
Applicants may not avail of more than one scholarship. Where an applicant is eligible for more than one scholarship, the scholarship with the higher value will be applied
Applicants must be in possession of a full offer to be considered for scholarships
Scholarships apply to tuition fees only. Bench fees, if applicable, are not discounted
Scholarships will only apply to privately funded/self-funded students (e.g. students with external funding will be charged full international fee)
Undergraduate Scholarship is renewable for 4 years (or the duration of course), subject to the student successfully completing each year to the required standard for progression
Successful applicants will be required to pay deposit of ?2,000 within 21 working days and scholarships may not be used in lieu of the applicants? deposit
New fee and scholarship arrangements should not affect existing agreements with partner universities
Quercus postgraduate scholarship applications must be submitted via application form on PAC
All scholarships will be determined by the academic unit in which the programme is anchored and will be formally approved by SEFS committee comprising the Head of Graduate School, the Chair of the International Committee, academic representation and representation from the International Office