Potential participants of the project are citizens of Ukraine aged 35 or under, who are admitted to the world's best universities (according to the QS- Times Higher Education rating) at the Master’s program in one of the fields: agrarian studies, environment and ecology, law and public administration. Each participant should also be able to convince the Selection Panel during the contest, that the chosen Master’s program fits his/her priorities in the future employment in Ukraine.
We plan to support up to 25 people, who will start education in 2011. The final quantity of grants will depend on the cost of the Master’s programs selected by the finalists. Cost of the education significantly varies in different countries and in the fields of study, but we will do our best to support as many participants as possible.
No. All participants will compete with each other independently from the field of study, country or language of instruction.
Our competition is based on the 200 Universities THE Times Higher Education rating. Applications to the Universities outside the rating will be taken into consideration only if there are no other qualified candidates admitted to the Universities within he rating list.
The WorldWideStudies project supports only Master’s level of education, 1- or 2-years degree programs, in the following fields:
- agrarian studies,
- environment and ecology,
- law (LLM),
- public administration.
The WorldWideStudies project supports young Ukrainians, who thrive to get education in the world's best universities in the fields, which the Foundation considers as top priority for the future development of Ukraine. As a rule, Master’s programs are targeted to the specifics of certain field and give profound knowledge in the specified practical field. For example, Master’s program in agrarian business – and not MBA; Master’s program in ecological economics – and not Master’s program in economics. The program administration will scrutinize all courses of the selected Master’s program, and will make a conclusion on whether this program is appropriate for the Ukrainian realty, and the four fields of study.
After the grant application process is over, all applicants whose application fits the formal requirements, will be invited for an interview. You will be invited to make a short presentation: who you are, what are you going to study, why did you choose this Master’s program, how do you plan to use the gained knowledge in Ukraine. Members of the Selection Panel — representatives of the Foundation, Ukrainian and international business, civil society, state bodies, embassies – will make a judgement on each candidate according to a single system of criteria and will give recommendations to the Foundation. When the Foundation receives the list of recommended candidates, it will make calculations of the possible grant amounts.
Grant of the program can make up to 60% of the total cost of education (but not more than USD 50,000 or equivalent), comprising of: tuition fees and all necessary payments to the university (except application fee), books, insurance, minimal cost of living and food. The assistance from the Foundation will primarily cover tuition and fees, books, insurance. In those countries where there are no tuition fees, we will cover up to 60% of the cost of living. All grant calculations will be based on the official data obtained from the university.
In general no, but we will inform candidates about possible matching funding which is available. All candidates have identify and apply themselves for the matching funding.
The WordWideStudies Grant is a targeted charity aid for education outside of Ukraine with the main goal to promote Ukraine’s further development. Therefore, we expect each participant to come back to Ukraine after graduation and work at least 5 years within the chosen field.
According to the results of the experts’ survey which was conducted on our request, specialists with Western diploma are in high demand on the Ukrainian job market. We forecast that the majority of our grantees will find a job quickly. At a later stage of the project we also plan to put on our site available vacancies and classifieds in our fields.