De Montfort University (DMU) is committed to supporting talented graduates to enhance their careers and personal development through postgraduate study.

We are therefore delighted to offer five new Postgraduate Scholarships of £2000 each to help five first class graduates study a full-time Masters (MA/MSc) course at DMU Leicester.

The scholarships are available for full-time Masters courses* starting in September/October 2008 only and Art and Design Courses starting in January – June 2009.

All UK and EU status students are welcome to apply. We regret that this scheme is not available to non-EU/overseas status students.

To be considered for a scholarship, you must have achieved (or be aiming to achieve) a First class honours degree (or 70%+ equivalent from a recognised international institution) in any subject.

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We are currently looking for students who want to pursue a PhD in Materials Chemistry or Nanotechnology in 2008/2009.

Applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Master or Bachelor (Honours) or equivalent in Chemistry, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering.
• Fluency in English.

Moreover, experience in some of the following areas is desirable: Polymers, Nanomaterials, Surface Analysis, Sol-gel Process.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their application (including CV and copies of transcripts) via e-mail to Dr. Walid Daoud. Consideration of applications will begin in 2008 and will continue until the positions are filled.

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De Montfort University is committed to supporting foreign students enjoy studying in Britain. Writing for courses starting in September 2008, De Montfort University Vice-Chancellor is very pleased scholarships 2000 pounds each. £ 2000 scholarship equivalent to a reduction of about 20% of the total tuition fees, and will be paid in full tuition fees for overseas students from the status of any country in the world who wish to study any of the following types of courses at De Montfort University, Leicester:

• Full-time degree (BA / BSc) in any subject
• Full-time postgraduate diploma and masters courses (PGDip / MA / MSc / MBA / Master of Law) on any topic
• Full-time MPhil / PhD research degrees in any subject

Scholarships are available for courses starting in September 2008 only (or between September 2008 and June 2009 at MPhil / PhD research degrees).

£ 2000 scholarships will be as one-pay leave and will be deducted from the total training fee for access to the first (or only) year of study.

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Cardiff Business School is already one of the most successful and popular business schools in Britain. There are currently 340 international students at the business school at our normal degree programmes. Standard applications and high competition for places is strong. In order to ensure that we continue to recruit the best foreign students, we have a number of prestigious scholarships for the academic year 2008 / 9.

Cardiff Business School scholarships for students beginning their studies in September 2008.

In what subject areas are scholarships?
Scholarships are available for degree programmes in the following areas:

• Accounting
• Banking and finance
• Business Management
• Business training with the Japanese
• Economy

How many scholarships are worth?
Scholarships amounting to £ 2000. They will be available in each year of your normal study, subject to ongoing satisfactory performance in years one and two of your chosen degree.

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The Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon announces two research positions in the framework of research project Development of Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Modelling, under contract PTDC/ECM/70781/2006 funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and FEDER through Programa POCI 2010:

The duration of the grant is 36 months, subject to annual renewal, starting on October 1, 2008, and can be extended for an additional period of six months. The contract provisions are those set by the funding agency, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (http://www.fct.mctes.pt/pt/apoios/formacao/ambitoprojectos) and by the internal regulations of the host institution, Instituto Superior Técnico.

Candidates will join one of the following research tasks of the supporting project (http://www.civil.ist.utl.pt/HybridTrefftz/): Poroelasto-plastic modelling of saturated soils; Thermomechanic modelling of early age concrete; Cohesive fracture modelling of concrete; Parallel processing.

The research is supervised by Prof. J.A. Teixeira de Freitas.

Candidates must have a Master degree (or equivalent). They will be selected according to their experience and skills in: structural mechanics; finite element modelling; C or C++ programming; parallel processing algorithms. Effective communication skills, in both written and spoken Portuguese or English, are essential.

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