The ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme 2019 is available for excellent students. Moreover, application for the ITC Excellence Scholarship programme is a procedure separate from the application for course entry at the University of Twente.

Eligibility

 Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Residing in and being a national of a country listed on the OECD approved List of Recipients of Official Development Assistance
• Also, Having completed the Bachelor’s degree from a well-acknowledged university outside the Netherlands
• Academic performance among the top 10%
• Also, English: IELTS 6.5
• Relevant background for the intended field of study
• Also, Not eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans; as well as
• Before applying for the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme, applicants first should apply for the ITC Master’s Geo-information Science and Earth Observation through on-line application system to become academically accepted.

Expectation from Applicants

They expect applicants to score an average mark for the ITC study programme that falls in the 10% highest mark range obtained by their regular students. As such only academically excellent applicants will be selected for the award of these scholarships.

Half-way through the study programme, a progress appraisal will be made to determine if the candidate is making satisfactory progress and if the ITC Excellence Scholarship funding may be continued to the second year. In case of under performance (average score of 7.0 on a scale of 10) the scholarship may be terminated.

Finance

As this is a partial scholarship, admitted applicants must be able to show that additional funding is available to complement the funding through this scholarship (i.e. covering all remaining fees and costs before the payment deadline).

Application

How to apply

First, applicants must have applied for the ITC Master’s Geo-information Science and Earth Observation through the on-line application system and have received an academic acceptance letter. If subsequently applicants are interested to apply to the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme, they will have to send the completed application form.