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Kent Law School Taught Masters Overseas Scholarships
For entry in September 2012
Kent Law School offers a limited number of scholarships to students who are liable to pay overseas students’ fees. The scholarships are open to all overseas applicants on the LLM programmes offered at the Canterbury campus.
The scholarships will provide tuition fees at the full overseas rate. For the academic year 2011/12, the overseas rate was £11,230.
The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.
The closing date for applications is Monday 19th March 2012. A decision will be taken as soon as possible after the closing date. Candidates who have not been contacted by 31 May 2012 can assume that they have not been successful.
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|Detailed Rules
- Applicants for study on an LLM programme at the Kent Law School in Canterbury may apply to be considered for an Overseas Scholarships.
- The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.
- Where candidates are rated equivalent in terms of academic excellence, their financial circumstances will (if possible) be taken into account in deciding on an award.
- The number of scholarships to be awarded will be at the discretion of the Law School.
- An applicant should apply for the award of the scholarship as outlined below.
- The scholarships will take the form of a full reduction in tuition fees for that programme.
- In order to take up a scholarship, it will be necessary for an applicant to meet all of the conditions specified in their offer of a place on the programme of study.
- Scholarships may not be deferred.
- Applicants who are unsuccessful, or who are unable to take up the offer of a scholarship, may apply for funding in subsequent years.
- Any scholarship offered should be firmly accepted within one month of date of offer.
Information to be provided by applicants
An application should make a case for the award of the scholarship to the applicant. The case for the award of a scholarship should be between 1000 and 1500 words. The case for the award should:
- Describe the applicant's academic achievements and performance in university studies.
- Indicate which LLM degree programme the applicant has applied for and discuss the applicant's reasons for wishing to study for this degree.
- Outline the applicant's financial circumstances, indicating in particular whether the scholarship will make a difference to the feasibility of studying at the University of Kent. Please be reminded that the scholarship covers the overseas student fee only so that applicants should consider how they will pay for living expenses and all other costs.
Applicants are reminded to ensure that their academic referees have submitted full references in support of their application for a place on the programme.
Applicants may also submit a limited number of supporting documents, as they think appropriate. It is unnecessary to send a copy of documents which have already been submitted as part of the process of application for a place on the programme(s) in question.
Correspondence and enquiries
Enquiries may be addressed to the Postgraduate Office by e-mail on klspgfunding@kent.ac.uk, or by telephone on 0044-(0)1227-823405 or 0044-(0)1227 824595.
How to Apply
To be considered for the scholarship, following the completion of the online LLM application process, candidates must forward a case for the award and a completed KLS PG Funding Application form, available at www.kent.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/pg-downloads/kls_pg_funding_application.doc, to klspgfunding@kent.ac.uk.