This award is being offered in memory of our esteemed  colleague Ashish Vats, sadly missed by the Queen's staff in India and Belfast.

OVERVIEW

Ashish Vats Memorial Scholarship

This award is being offered in memory of our esteemed and much missed colleague Ashish Vats and is to support a postgraduate student from India who otherwise would not be able to study at Queen’s due to financial limitations. 

The Scholarship will cover international tuition fees for a taught masters in MSc Educational Leadership.

One scholarship will be awarded for 2024/25.

Closing date for applications: Friday 07 June 2024 at 15:00 BST.

Please click here to apply

All scholarships are offered subject to terms and conditions

TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. Eligible students must be unable to study abroad through the finances of their immediate family.
2. Applicants should not have previously studied outside India.
3. Eligible students should hold Indian nationality and be normally resident in India.
4. Students must hold an offer for a place on the full-time MSc Educational Leadership starting in the academic year 2024/25 at the Queen’s University Belfast campus which has been confirmed as their FIRM choice, and prior to commencement of study have met any academic and language conditions attached to their offer as stated in their offer letter.
5. Students must be classified as international fee-paying students paying the international tuition fee rate in order to be considered for this award. Students paying NI/GB/ROI fees are not eligible for the Ashish Vats Memorial Scholarship
6. The scholarship will provide tuition fees for a one year taught Masters programme, namely MSc Educational Leadership. The scholarship may not be used for any other programme.
7. To be eligible for the scholarship applicants must complete the online application form and provide all mandatory supporting documents within the deadline.
8. The deadline for the Ashish Vats Memorial Scholarship is 31 May 2024. Only those applications made within the deadline will be considered.
9. The Ashish Vats Memorial Scholarship awarded is for entry to Queen’s University Belfast on the full-time MSc Educational Leadership in the autumn semester of the academic year 2024/25 and cannot be used for 2025/26 entry or any other year.
10. If you wish to defer your entry to the University your scholarship will not be transferred.
11. If you are in receipt of funding (either tuition fees or tuition fees and living costs) from an external sponsorship body such as Government, a charity or a private organisation you will not be eligible for the Scholarship.
12. Students must request authorisation from the International Office before making any changes to their programme of study. Where changes are made without authorisation being granted, the scholarship may be withdrawn and students may be required to repay the scholarship in full.
13. In the event that a student has received scholarship offers for a number of different programmes at Queen’s University, they will only be able to redeem one scholarship award. This will be the scholarship award for the course onto which they enrol in the 2024/2025 academic year.
14. The Ashish Vats Memorial Scholarship cannot be used in conjunction with any other University scholarship.
15. The University is unable to consider requests for increased and/or further funding. The amount of scholarship offered is non-negotiable.
16. The University’s decision regarding successful the scholar of the programme is final, and no further correspondence shall be entered into.
17. The University reserves the right to vary all or any scholarship awards, discounts and regulations at its sole discretion.
18. Queen’s University Belfast reserves the sole right to revoke the awarded scholarship where  incorrect information or falsified documents are submitted.