Panasonic names Master scholarship winners
Carnegie Mellon international university in Australia on Tuesday announced new partial and full scholarships for Vietnamese students to study Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) and Science in Public Policy and Management programs (MSPPM).
The scholarships range in value from A$20,000 to A$65,000 for the MSIT program which is ranked No. 1 and the MSPPM program recognized as No. 4 by the benchmark US News and World Report.
Qualified candidates should complete an online application form at www.cmu.edu.au by mid-October 2010 to qualify for January 2011 intake and scholarships, which the university’s executive director Terry Buss described as an invaluable opportunity for Vietnamese students.
“This is an unprecedented opportunity for talented Vietnamese students to gain a number 1 ranked U.S. IT degree in the Asia-Pacific region,” Buss said. He added that partial or full scholarships would be granted to Vietnamese candidates depending their qualifications.
The South Australian government supports Carnegie Mellon University in Australia through a comprehensive scholarship program available to domestic and international applicants.
According to the university, the South Australia government has offered up to AU$3.8 million over the next four years to be paid in the form of scholarships and support.
Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with its School of Computer Science ranked first in the United States according to US News and World Report. This American, internationally renowned research university also has campuses in Qatar in the Middle East. The campus in Adelaide in Australia was set up in 2006.
Carnegie Mellon University in Australia is a global university campus, with faculty and staff representing more than 25 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific, the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
* Panasonic Vietnam has awarded the 2011 Panasonic scholarships to three outstanding Vietnamese students to attend Master courses at universities in Japan from March, after four months of learning Japanese in Vietnam.
Ninh Van Cuong, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang and Nguyen Thi Minh Viet defeated other candidates from 15 universities nationwide in five selecting rounds to win the Panasonic Master Scholarship for the courses in the 2011-2014 period.
“The three winners have successfully surpassed the other 37 candidates with the theses highly appreciated for great feasibility and possible contribution to the social economic development of Vietnam in the future,” Shinya Abe, general director of Panasonic Vietnam Co., Ltd, said.
The scholarship program, which also covers living allowance and tuition fees for a three-year Master course in Japan, provides students from Asian countries with opportunities to study in Japan so that they can contribute to the development of their home countries, as well as to enhance the cooperation between Japan and other Asian countries.
Launched in Vietnam in 2003, the Panasonic Scholarship Program has awarded 19 outstanding Vietnamese students. Eight of them have completed their courses and four of these graduates are following a Doctorate degree.
