Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Fellowship Programme

VUFP = Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Fellowship Programme
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The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Fellowship Programme (VUFP) offers talented prospective international students the unique opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has committed to providing approximately 1 million euro towards attracting highly motivated and excellent students applied for Master’s programme. 
Faculties then nominate applicants to the central scholarship committee 

The award is based on 
the motivation letter, 
the quality of previous education 
and the student’s academic performance therein.

Benefits
The University Amsterdam  scholarship is a tuition fee waiver.
Vrije University Amsterdam scholarship does not provide any additional allowance towards study or living costs.

For students enrolled in a two-year Master’s programme, the scholarship can be extended to a second year if he/she achieved 100% of the credits of the first year and only if the student was granted a scholarship from the beginning,

Eligibilities
The Vrije University Fellowship Programme (VUFP) is a Merit scholarship programme for strongly motivated students with excellent study results.

Eligible candidates must be able to prove their academic excellence, and they must be admitted to an English-taught Master’s degree at Vrije University Amsterdam starting per September 2019.

Students with the Dutch nationality and/or a Dutch degree (given that the Dutch degree is used for admission) are not eligible for admission.
Students following a one-year Master’s programme may not apply for the VUFP scholarship for the second year.
Students already enrolled in a two-year Master’s programme who have not been awarded the VUFP scholarship in 2018/2019 are not eligible to apply for the VUFP scholarship 2019/2020.
Only when a student was granted a scholarship from the beginning, then the scholarship can be extended if he/she achieved 100% of the credits of the first year.
The Faculty VUFP committee will be asked to demonstrate to the Central VUFP committee that these credits have indeed been achieved. The scholarship will only be granted to a student once and is explicitly intended for the Master’s programme for which it has been awarded.
One VUFP scholarship will be reserved for an applicant who previously completed a semester or full academic year abroad at the Vrije University Amsterdam via the Semester in Amsterdam program and is now applying for a full time Master’s programme at Vrije University Amsterdam.


Eligible Regions: Open for All

Application Process 
1. Register for Master’s programme
Students register for a Master’s programme in Studielink and after that in the Vrije University net portal. Here you can find more information on how to apply for one of our English taught Master’s programmes. 
Note that you must have applied for the Master programme before you can apply for the VUFP scholarship.

Deadline: 1 February 2019.

2. Submit VUFP application
Submit your VUFP application  in VUnet.
Deadline: 1 February 2019
For VUFP application 3 documents in PDF format are required:
Proof of excellence/ GPA
Please upload a proof of transcript of your previous degree or current Bachelor’s degree. Please provide a document with the used grading scale and clear explanation of the GPA calculation. Students who apply for a Vrije University Fellowship Programme need to have a GPA of at least 80% of the highest possible mark (calculated over full previous degree or current Bachelor’s degree). For example, if the highest possible mark is a 10 you need to have an average of at least an 8.Excellence in previous education is proven if the grade point average achieved is at least the equivalent of the Dutch grade of an 8.0 on the Dutch grading scale 1 – 10. 
The VUFP Scholarship Committee will decide on the local grade equivalents for the Dutch grade of an 8.0 using the grade information included in the NUFFIC country modules.

Motivation Letter
They would like to know your motivation for the VU Fellowship Programme. Why do you think you deserve to receive a VUFP scholarship?
Topics that are reviewed in the motivation letter are the following:
Why do you want to study this specific programme?
What are your future perspectives?
Why do you deserve the VUFP scholarship?

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
They strongly recommend the use of the Europass format.
Do not hesitate to mention other motivations as well, taking initiative is appreciated!

 Decision
The Central VUFP Committee decides which students will be offered a VUFP scholarship. 
The Committee makes a merit-based selection.

Results
All students will receive an e-mail/ notification informing them of the Central scholarships  Committee’s decision concerning their application.
Expected date:  1 April 2019 (8 weeks after the deadline).

Acceptance of VUFP or HSP offer

Selected candidates accept/ decline the VUFP offer in Vrije University net. 
Deadline: 
15 April 2019 (2 weeks after the results are published).

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