AUSTRIA: The One-World-Scholarship for Undergraduate and Postgraduate (MSc) Students from Developing Countries, 2011

AUSTRIA: The One-World-Scholarship for Undergraduate and Postgraduate (MSc) Students from Developing Countries, 2011
The One-World-Scholarship-Programme is directed at students from developing countries (Africa, Asia and Latin America) at Austrian Universities and is meant to contribute to the peaceful coexistence of people from different countries of origin by enhancing equal opportunities, dialogue, intercultural know-how and partnership. The scholarship will contributes to the socially required production of knowledge and awareness, it promotes a global perspective and the creation of the globally educated citizen.

The One-World-Scholarship-Programme support International students who are interested in development policy and who have come to Austria on their own initiatives, in order to complete their education. With their decision for studying abroad, the students have demonstrated a high degree of assertiveness, creativity and mobility. The scholarship will contribute to following up on the right of education also for those critical and intellectual young people who will find poor conditions in their home countries. These aspects will apply still more strongly to women. So scholarships will offer a chance making up for the ethnic, religious, social and regional discrimination, and in individual cases, also for violations of human rights. The scholarships are divided into:

Scholarships for the promotion of students doing bachelor degrees (application in Austria)
Scholarships for the promotion of students doing doctoral degrees (application in Austria)
Scholarships for the promotion of students doing masters degrees and training programmes (application in Austria or in the country of origin)
Value:

The monthly allowance between 500 and 550 Euro.
benefits for learning aids and visa fees
allowances for the costs of the university preparation programme to students in need from southern countries