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The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
The selection criteria for Chevening Scholarship aim to identify "high-calibre graduates with the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities necessary for leadership". Specific selection criteria for Chevening Scholarships vary from country to country, and from year to year. In 2017/18, of 65,000 applicants, 1,650 scholarships were awarded.
On 20 July 1922, the British Malayan Petroleum Company was established under the Royal Dutch-Shell group and registered as a business in the United Kingdom. The Asiatic Petroleum Company and Shell's Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company sold oil-prospecting concessions to the BMPC the same year, giving the BMPC broad mining and prospecting rights in Brunei.
It is considered among the world's most prestigious and selective international scholarship programs alongside the Rhodes Scholarship. It was established in 1982 to commemorate the company's 150th anniversary and was founded with the objective of developing future leaders, who would give back to the societies in which Jardine Matheson operates.
The program is also offered to SPM school leavers who scored well in the national examination. It is a fast-track one-year program aimed at preparing students for campus learning. The program is STEM-based and offers courses like physics, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics, Calculus, Algebra, Language Appreciation, Research, and Self-Development.
In March 2010, Shell announced the sale of some of its assets, including its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business, to meet the cost of a planned $28bn capital spending programme. Shell invited buyers to submit indicative bids, due by 22 March, with a plan to raise $2–3bn from the sale. [58]
Erasmus Mundus funds a number of scholarships for students and academics studying or teaching on Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses. Since 2010, fellowships have also been available for doctoral candidates following one of the Joint doctorates. Scholarships cover participation costs, subsistence costs, and insurance for the duration of the study ...
Education in Malaysia is overseen by the Ministry of Education (Malay: Kementerian Pendidikan).Although education is the responsibility of the Federal Government, each state and federal territory has an Education Department to co-ordinate educational matters in its territory.