1 SCHOLARSHIP GUIDE Waqar Baig Erasmus Mundus Joint

1 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/

2 Summary • Scholarships in South Korea • Research CV • Cover Letter/ Email • Erasmus Mundus Scholarships • Scholarships in Italy • Final Year Projects • Questions

3 Scholarships in South Korea

4 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

5 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

6 How to find professor/ professors

7 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)

8 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.

9 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

10 Research. CV

11 Research CV • Final year project • Semester projects • Internship experiences • Job experience • Skills • Education • Where is the difference ?

12 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

13 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.

14 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 professor’s 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

15 Cover Letter/ Email

16 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

17 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

18 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 vel=1

19 Conditions which increase your Chances • 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

20 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships

21 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)

22 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 • c. LINK • Only one university in Europe • Action 3 • For projects

23 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 • 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 Ph. D Programs’ • https: //www. facebook. com/groups/scholarships. pk/

24 Scholarships in Italy • Many scholarships in Italian universities • Apply directly in universities • Ph. D Scholarships • Work Experience • Postings on Scholarship Network Group

25 Final Year Projects • Try to do some final year project • Research publications

26 Questions