Singapore University comes scouting for Indian students
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Kolkata, April 12 2013 :
With an aim to attract Indian brain, James Cook University Singapore, an offshore campus of Australia's noted University, is offering incentives and scholarships for Indian students aspiring to pursue higher education abroad.
The varsity will be conducting a series of scholarship tests in four Indian cities -- New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai � this month to scout for Indian talent.
In Kolkata, the scholarship test will be held on April 20 at Birla High School from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm.
The test is aimed at picking meritorious students and providing them financial help to achieve their dream of pursuing an education abroad.
JCU, Singapore is conducting scholarship tests in India for past four years.
The scholarship ranges up to 50 per cent of the Master's degree course fee -- around USD 16050, approximately 6 lakhs -- for Masters degree in Business/IT/Tourism Subjects and up to 50 per cent of the Bachelor's degree course fee -- around USD 23883, approximately 10 lakhs -- for Bachelor's degree in Business/IT/Psychology.
"A major advantage for students who enroll in JCU, Singapore is that they can also avail campus transfer to Australia from the second year onwards.
This would give them an exposure of studying in more than one country.
JCU, Singapore has students from almost 50 different countries.
This also gives students an opportunity to mix with people of different backgrounds," says Ms.Sultana Khan, Senior Marketing Executive, JCU.
The test will be a combination of English and Aptitude component in general and covers language-based, Mathematics based and General Knowledge based questions.
The JCU initiative brings a lucrative opportunity for Indian students to bag a chance to pursue higher studies at its state of the art campus in Singapore, the city-state that is fast emerging as a hub for global students.
Students with 65 per cent and above marks in the qualifying exam can enroll for the test.
"India along with China is one of the emerging powers of our time and we are keen to provide Indian talent a platform to study in our campus.
The scholarships can make it affordable for them to study at our Singapore campus.
We want to give it to a lot of people who pass through the merit test and do enroll for the admission," said Mr Det Fischer, Director, International & Marketing, James Cook University.
In Delhi, the test will be held on April 21, while in Mumbai and Chennai it will be held on April 27 and May 5 respectively.
Since its establishment in 2003, JCU Singapore has vigorously worked on its intent of internationalizing its activities and in pursuit of its vision of "Providing a Better Life for People in the Tropics".
With pre-university curriculum level specifically designed to provide pathway for students who are unable to immediately attain university entrance standards, the University offers a suite of university level programs for both UG and PG students.
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