Institute for Transport Studies FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
UK Transport Scholarship 2012
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/masters/scholarships
UK Transport Scholarship The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, is offering a full-fees Masters scholarship, to provide a unique opportunity to a student of outstanding ability, achievement and potential. The UK Transport Scholarship 2012 will fund the fees for an international student to undertake a Masters programme at ITS, on a one year full-time basis. The scholarship forms part of the ITS mission to advance the understanding of global transport, via the development of skills and best practice. It is envisaged that the scholarship recipient will remain in the UK after the Masters programme, to apply their new skills to an area of identified need.
Institute for Transport Studies ITS is recognised as one of the world’s largest and most successful University departments for transport teaching and research - as evidenced by the Research Assessment Exercise and the award of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize. The Institute offers a choice of five Masters programmes:
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MA Transport Economics MSc Sustainability (Transport) MSc Transport Planning MSc Transport Planning and the Environment MSc (Eng) Transport Planning and Engineering
The programmes are accredited by leading professional bodies and are designed to equip students with the practical skills for progression to a professional-level career in the transport industries. Scholarship eligibility Applicants must first hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) of an academic place on an ITS Masters programme for the academic year commencing September 2012, be designated as ‘Home fee status’ and be domiciled in the UK. Value of the scholarship The scholarship is a full-fees waiver for the 2012-13 academic year, to the value of £4900. Application process Applicants should submit the ITS scholarship form and include a statement of 500 words which outlines an important UK transport issue (policy, technical, social, economic) and proposes a dissertation topic which could make a significant contribution to this issue. Deadline Scholarship applications should be submitted to ITS no later than 31st July 2012. Further information For further details including the application pack and full terms and conditions, please visit the ITS website
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/masters/scholarships
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