Scholarships to Study in Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is a Scholarships in Qatar provided by The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, dedicated to level Postgraduate and for all specialities, the deadline is the 31 Mar 2016. This opportunity is destined for all countries.
ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
As part of its mission, the DI is committed to providing quality education and research for all prospective students regardless of their backgrounds and needs. The DI seeks to attract the most competent students who are able to clearly demonstrate a strong passion for their programs of study and in serving the DI’s mission.
For achieving this, the DI has placed specific admissions requirements and operates a fair and transparent admissions system to encourage healthy competition amongst outstanding prospective students who show evidence of high academic achievement, intellectual potential and motivation for the pursuit of advanced learning and research at the post-graduate level.
The entire admissions process comprises of two main stages of assessment.
Stage 1- Admissions requirements and assessment at the Institute level:
The first stage of assessment takes place at the Institute level and focuses on assessing high academic achievements, high language proficiency in Arabic and English, and an ability to engage in and contribute to a professional learning and research environment. In order for students to be considered for a place at the DI, all students must fill in the application form, have the following minimum requirements and submit the following required and supporting documentation:
Each applicant must fill in an application form and submit, where indicated, all required and supporting documents. These include copies of the applicant’s original official identification (e.g., a passport, laissez passer, or other official ID issued by a government agency) and a passport photo.
A high school certificate, or equivalent, with a transcript showing the grades for all subjects, certified by official authorities.
A Bachelor’s degree certified by official authorities.
Transcripts of grades in all years of study at the undergraduate level, to date where applicable, certified from official authorities.
A minimum of TWO references from academics familiar with the applicant’s work. They must be signed and scanned in a PDF format, and sent directly to [email protected] or mailed by post to the attention of DI admissions. An additional letter of recommendation may be submitted by a supervisor from previous employment.
A TOEFL or IELTS certificate demonstrating the applicant’s English language level. For further information on these tests, please visit:
TOEFL: www.ets.org
IELTS: www.ielts.org
Note: Academically qualified graduates of English speaking universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia only will not be required to submit TOEFL results. Graduates from English speaking universities from the Arab world will have to submit test results.
A personal statement in Arabic (Between 750 and 1000 words), demonstrating the reasons and motivations for choosing the DI and the program applied for, in addition to future plans.
A sample of research or academic writings during the applicant’s time at the Bachelors level, if available.
Updated curriculum vitae (CV) in Arabic.
Once the application form has been submitted in full, with all the required and supporting documents, the application will be assessed.
Please note, that your application will not be assessed, without filling in the form and submitting all required and supporting documents.
Outcomes of the Institutional assessment:
The outcome of the assessment process at the Institute level can be one of the following:
The application meets the minimum institutional requirements and will be referred to the relevant school and program for further assessment and final decision.
The application meets most of the minimum institutional requirements but falls moderately short of meeting some aspects of the academic or language requirements. The applicant is advised to apply again within a specified period, if he/she can provide evidence that the identified shortcoming has been addressed. If the applicant cannot meet these requirements before the deadline they will not be referred to the relevant school and program.
The application does not meet the minimum institutional requirements and will not be considered for further assessment.
Stage 2- Admissions procedures at the School and program level:
If the applicant passes the Institute level assessment, they will be referred to the relevant school and program for further assessment, by the School’s admissions committee, which chooses qualified candidates and moves them onto the next assessment stage, based on their academic achievements. Assessment at this stage focuses on the applicant’s depth and breadth of knowledge and understanding of the program applied for, intellectual potential, curiosity and capacity for critical analytical thinking and scholarly exploration and the ability to dialog and to articulate and communicate academic concepts, questions and ideas verbally and in written form.
It is worth noting that there may be admission requirements specific to each program. For more information, please visit the programs of study page for more information before applying.
As part of the assessment and final decision making at the School and program level, applicants will be asked to write an essay (no less than 1,000 words), on a topic pre-assigned by the admissions committee. This may also be a review of an important reference book that will be used in the chosen program. This paper will then be presented as part of a personal interview with the admissions committee, where the ideas presented by the applicant in the essay submitted will be discussed. Applicants are expected to be able to conduct the interview in both Arabic and English.
Outcomes of assessment at the School/Program level:
The outcome of the assessment process by the school and program can be one of the following:
Full unconditional offer to study at DI as from the new academic year.
A conditional offer to study at DI as of the new academic year subject to fulfilling certain conditions within a specific period of time before the start of the academic year.
The applicant will not be accepted.
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