Scholarships Scheme 2011 for International Students in University of Adelaide, A ustralia The University of Adelaide offers a scholarships scheme

for international studen ts undertaking postgraduate research study. Its purpose is to attract high quali ty overseas postgraduate students to areas of research strength in the Universit y of Adelaide to support its research effort. The selection for scholarships is extremely competitive. Up to 10 prestigious scholarships may be available in the mid year round of scho larships for 2011 to outstanding international students from any country underta king postgraduate research in any academic discipline. The ASI provides: <ol> <li>Course tuition fees for two years for a Masters degree by Research and three years for a Doctoral research degree (an extension is possible for doctoral pro grams only);</li> <li>Health insurance cover for students; and</li> <li>An annual living allowance of approximately $22,860 (2011 value) for the nor mal duration of the program.</li> </ol> Applicants should hold at least the equivalent of an Australian First Class Hono urs degree. This is a four year degree with a major research project in the fina l year. Other criteria that will be taken into consideration is undergraduate pe rformance, bachelor and honours awards and scholarships, other postgraduate degr ees, publications in internationally refereed journals, the presentation of conf erence papers and relevant industry experience. Applications for these scholarships are always highly competitive. Generally AS I recipients have completed a Masters degree including a significant research co mponent and have several publications and relevant work and research experience. Conditions <ul> <li>ASI Scholarship will be awarded strictly on academic merit. Extra-curricular achievements will not be considered.</li> <li>Citizens and Permanent Residents of Australia, and citizens of New Zealand a re ineligible. Those undertaking research via remote candidature are ineligible.</li> <li>International applicants are not eligible for an ASI if they have already co mmenced the degree for which they are seeking an award, unless they can establis h that they were unable to apply for an ASI in the last round of the previous ca lendar year.</li> <li>International applicants who have not provided evidence of their meeting Eng lish language proficiency requirements by the closing date are not eligible for an ASI.</li> <li>International applicants must not hold a research qualification regarded by the University of Adelaide to be equivalent to an Australian Research Doctorate degree or, if undertaking a Research Masters degree, not hold a research qualifi cation regarded by the University of Adelaide to be equivalent to or higher than an Australian Research Masters degree.</li> <li>Candidates are required to enrol in the University of Adelaide as internation al students and must maintain international student status for the duration of thei r enrolment in the University.</li> <li>Scholarships holders must commence study at The University of Adelaide in Se mester 2, 2011. No ASI may be commenced after 30 November.</li> <li>Scholarship winners will not be permitted to defer commencement until 2012.< /li> <li>Applicants who applied in previous international scholarship rounds are not

eligible to apply again.</li> </ul> Closing Date: 1 May. We strongly recommend that all applicants submit their appl ication and all required documents well before the closing date. Incomplete appl ications at the scholarship application deadline will not be considered for a sc holarship. Application Form The source of Adelaide Scholarships International (ASI)