2.  Motivation
 Agenda
 Introduction
of Panelists

3.  Fulbright Scholarships
 Exchange Programs
 Register with USEFP (http://www.usefpakistan.org)
 This website gives you information regarding lots of
scholarship in USA for Pakistani students.
 After registering with the above website, you will be
assigned an advisor who will guide you for applying to
USA Universities
 You can ask any kind of queries regarding higher
studies/scholarships in USA from your advisor

4.  U.S. has not recovered from the
global financial crisis of 2008
and getting a job is more
competitive now.
 Make a good sound profile on
both LinkedIn as well as
Monster.
 The layoff rates have risen in
U.S
 There are two types of
employer in U.S. for foreign
students, those who sponsor
your H-1 visa, and those who
don’t.

5.  McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca/
 University of Toronto http://www.utoronto.ca/
 University of Alberta http://www.ualberta.ca/
 University of British Columbia
http://www.ubc.ca/
 Memorial University of Newfoundland
http://www.mun.ca/
 http://www.canadian-
universities.net/Campus/International-
Students.html
(Provides links to all universities in CANADA)
 Requirement for admission is solely dependent
on University
(University’s website to be consulted)

6.  Funding from Professor
 Scholarship
 Canadian Common Wealth Scholarship
 Professional Development Awards (PDA)
 The Pearson Fellowship
http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/Pages/default.aspx
 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/IPS-
BESII_eng.asp
 Graduate Student office

7.  Emerging and highly dynamic economy
 Best universities are NUS and NTU
 Easy availability of scholarships
 NUS offers substantial fee reduction if a
3 year bond is singed with them
 Job opportunities
 Opportunity to work in other emerging
Asian countries like China, Malaysia etc.

8.  World’s 9th largest economy ,totally engineering & technology based
 Enormous job opportunities for engineers in Korea
Some famous Korean companies are:
 Samsung
 LG
 Hyundai
 Daelim
 Doosan

9.  Almost every university provide Scholarships
 You can talk to Korean Professors by emails
to get a scholarship if you are good enough with
research skills
 Korean Government Scholarships
 http://www.niied.go.kr/, www.gks.go.kr
 Korean Company Scholarships
 Samsung Scholarship (Samsung global scholarship-SNU)
 Direct from Professor:
 Hundreds of Pakistani student are there in Korean schools on Professor’s
scholarships

10.  Backbone of the European Economy
 Attracts students from all over the world
 Career opportunites

11.  Most of the scholarships are offered by www.daad.de
 DAAD SEIMENS Scholarships
 You need to learn German language in order to apply for
this scholarship as it’s a perquisite for it
 It is very common to see students coming to RWTH
without any scholarship and they are able to find student
job here. These student jobs are known as hiwi jobs
 In RWTH Aachen one has to pay negligible fee and tution
fee is waived off
 Student jobs pay enough that a person can survive in
Aachen without any scholarship
 Yahoo group PSA RWTH Aachen and PSA RWTH

12.  France Grant Search Engine :
http://www.scholarshipportal.eu
 HEC Scholarships for France.
 French Language is required in most cases.

13.  Italian Government Scholarships
 Many Italian universities provide full/partial scholarships
 You need to visit University websites for such kind of
scholarships
 In many cases, you are automatically considered for
scholarships
 Please get Italian Universities list from internet and then
explore these websites.

14.  The Dutch higher education system enjoys a worldwide
reputation for high quality.
 The best site where you can find all the information about
choosing university and scholarship grants:
http://www.nuffic.nl/home
 Visit the universities homepage for finding the grants. They
are often available there.
 Finding jobs during your studies is a bit hard due to
language issues. You can try at
http://europa.eu/youth/working/finding_a_job/index_nl_
en.html

15.  Good Universities
 BUT
 High fees
 High living expenses
 Part time working hours reduced from 20 to 10 h per week
 2 Year post study work visa option also finished.

16.  For Students from developing Countries
 It’s a talent and need based scholarship
 Apply in only selected courses in selected
universities as mentioned on its website
 This scholarship provides you a chance to study
in world leading universities including those in
USA.
 After getting admission, apply for Scholarship
http://www.adb.org/jsp/default.asp

17.  Scholarships for excellent students and researchers to
follow an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course or Joint
Doctorate at two or more European universities.
 76 of Europe’s top 100 universities (according to the
Shanghai rankings) are participants in Erasmus Mundus
courses.
 85% of Erasmus Mundus courses are taught in English.
 Go to the Erasmus Mundus website:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus

19.  IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 90
 Good Academics
 Strong Reference Letters
 Strong Motivation Letter
 Extra Curricular Activities like Voluntary experiences
 Job Experience ( Some time must and some time optional)
 Tailor your previous education with the program, you are
applying for

20.  Huygens Scholarship
 Netherlands Fellowships
 Erasmus Mundus
 Endeavour Awards
 Australian Development Scholarships
 DAAD Scholarships
 Fulbright Scholarships

21.  Government Scholarships of different
 countries (China, Spain, Korea, Indonesia,
 Japan etc)
 HEC Scholarships
 Bank of Japan Scholarship
 Islamic Bank Scholarship
 SINGA

22.  http://www.openscholarship.info/
 http://pkstudents.com/ ( for Pakistanis only, a
very good one)
 http://scholarship-positions.com/
 http://www.scholars4dev.com
 SAATFASE ( one of the leading Yahoo Group for Pakistan
Students)

23. Name University Program Contact
Sharique Javaid KTH, Sweden MS Communication Systems sharique.javaid@yahoo.com
Wahaj Arshad KTH, Sweden MS Communication Systems
Khawar Shahzad RWTH Aachen University, MS Communications khawer12@yahoo.com
Germany Engineering
Khawar Abbasi RWTH Aachen University, MS Communications khawarmuneer@hotmail.com
Germany Engineering
Fayyaz Kashif Seoul National University, MS Electrical Engineering mfkashif@hotmail.com
Korea
Fahad Bakhtyar Memorial University of Meng Oil & Gas (Pipeline fahadbakhtyar@gmail.com
Newfoundland, Canada Engineering)
M. Hasnain Hyder Georgia Institute of Technology, MS Industrial Engineering
USA
M. Hasnain Hyder National University of Masters in Logistics and
Singapore, Singapore Supply Chain Management
Rafay Ahmed TNO Holst Centre, Netherlands MS Nanotechnology (KTH)
Rizwan Mumtaz University of Trento, Italy MS Software Systems
Engineering