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SCHOLARSHIP GUIDE
Waqar Baig Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Fellow UNIGE, Italy. TU Eindhoven, Netherlands (2012-2015) http://www.icephd.org/wiki/index.php/Mirza_Waqar_Baig https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarships.pk/

Summary
Scholarships in South Korea Making a CV Cover Letter/ Email Conditions which increase your Chances even if you have low CGPA Erasmus Mundus Scholarships Scholarships in Italy Final Year Projects Questions

Scholarships in South Korea

Why South Korea ?

Offers large number of scholarships Almost every field Direct work experience with companies Samsung
Electronics Construction

LG POSCO Hynix Semiconductors Daelim Hyundai Many small and large industries

Research Masters / Taught Masters Research papers / research profile Job Opportunities

Types of Scholarships
Two Types

University Scholarships University money

Professor Scholarships Company / professor projects money

Main Point: In both Cases to get scholarship, you have to convince the professor that you are the most suitable candidate for his lab

How to find professor/ professors

First Step
First finalize yourself your interests Interesting subject/s in your degree in which you are strong Your final year project Your semester projects Specific skills
Programmer (certificates, projects)

Passion to make ideas and conclusions after reading of many

research papers of professors whom you applying

English Test scores (TOEFL/IELTS) : MOST IMPORTANT

Second Step
Open a list of universities using wikipedia Find your relevant major department Find the list of professors there Now go thorough each professor websites and find the

professors whose lab is working more relevant to your interests

How to find relevancy ? By looking at the lab projects or research By finding with professor name on google his recent research papers

Choose one professor to contact at one time from your list

of professors in the same deparment of same university

Because if you email many professors of same department at same

time, then they can get negative impact about your research intentions.

Third Step
Choosing one professor

Read his recent research papers and get to know about

his interests more well

Passion to make ideas and conclusions after reading of many

research papers of professors whom you are applying

Email him with Research CV Cover letter

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Making a CV

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Research CV
Final year project

Semester projects
Internship experiences Job experience Skills Education

Where is the difference ?

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Difference 1
Description of projects (final/semester) Explaining more like a paragraph by explaining the whole method how you did it,and what are the results you obtained, any improvement or novelty, rather than just mentioning the techniques you used. For example
Affect of TIG Welding on Corrosion & Mechanical Properties of Surgical

steel (Final Year Project)

Semester Projects: Wireless Communication using 8051 microcontroller Key pad interfacing using 8051 microcontroller LCD and hyper terminal interfacing using 8051 microcontroller 32-bit processor using VHDL 4-bit processor using verilog Inverted pendulum Power supply

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Difference 2
Internships experience or Job experience

Explain the experience fully in a paragraph Techniques, tools and algorithms you worked on. Results obtained Did implementation etc.

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Difference 3 , Important one

When you read a specific professor profile i.e. His

research areas and research papers Relate your written projects/experiences in some way if you can, with his area. Bring those projects/ experiences above than other in CV If your relevance with professor research area is strong, then you can even give reference with professors work in that specifc paragraph in CV. This will have much impact DO Not mention the things which you do not know, as professors are more experienced than you

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Cover Letter/ Email

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Important Points
Just introduce yourself a little Not big explanations /motivations Do mention that you have read his research papers by

mentioning some specific reserch paper which you understand fully

You can give suggestion if you have some good suggestion about its

improvement in few lines OR You can relate from your previous work his resecrh paper that you have some ideas relating to it in few lines Write always technically

Avoid Casual language Subject of Email Do not ask about weather/health Know the Culture
Flatter/beg

Be precise

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Final Step
Now wait for professor reply after sending CV , cover

letter If yes, then you can pursue with asking about fundings, etc If not, then try another professor Keep on trying. Do not get disappointed You can call them also Speak the English slowly

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Famous Universities
KAIST( Korea Advanced Institute of Sciences and

Technology) SNU(Seoul National University) Hanyang University Korea University Kyunghee University GIST UST More explained guide on Scholarship Guide for South Korea
https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarships.pk/ http://bric.postech.ac.kr/myboard/list.php?Board=job_recruit&selfle

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Conditions which increase your Chances even if you have low CGPA
Published research paper

Good CGPA
If you have not good CGPA, and have publication If not good CGPA but you have good control over

subjects/skills/experience, which is relevant to professor interests whom you are applying Trying again and again

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Erasmus Mundus Scholarships

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Erasmus Mundus Scholarships

Prestigious Scholarships Fullbright of Europe Combined or Joint or Double degrees by two or three

universities in Europe Good financial support Exposure to different research / education environments EMMC ( Erasmus Mundus Masters Course) EMJD (Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate)

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Types
Action 1 Open competetion Has possibilities of two or three universities in two or three European countries Action 2 Offered by the specific universities for specific lots
Experts cLINK

Only one university in Europe

Action 3 For projects

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Action 1 Tips
Apply directly with in deadlines on respective websites IELTS and TOEFL are required, English Proficiency certificates

also work Good CGPA Good recommendation letters, well written and in line with the field applying Research proposal, well written
Explained projects

Motivation Letter ( Most Important ) Geniune Cultural Experiences Research papers published increase your chances of

scholarship You do not need to contact any university or professor More Details on Erasmus Mundus Master and PhD Programs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/scholarships.pk/

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Scholarships in Italy
Many scholarships in Italian universities

Apply directly in universities

PhD Scholarships Work Experience Postings on Scholarship Network Group

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Final Year Projects

Try to do some final year project

Research publications

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Questions