The Faculty of Law-Amsterdam Law School – aims to attract talented students to its LL.M. programs. Amsterdam Merit Scholarships are available for those who completed their LL.B. degree with flying colors. The eligibility assessment will be made on the basis of your AMS motivation letter, average grade, resume, motivation letter and letters of reference regarding your academic qualities.If the number of applicants exceeds the number of scholarships that can be awarded, only the most outstanding candidates will be awarded a scholarship.
Study Subject:
Scholarships are provided in the field of law offered by the University of Amsterdam in Netherlands.
Eligibility:
Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship when they meet the following criteria:
- Having completed an LL.B. degree with an average grade of 7,5 (on a scale from 1-10) and being admitted to one of the LL.M. programs of the Amsterdam Law School.
- No more than five years should have elapsed between obtaining the LL.B. degree and start of the LL.M. program.
- Scholarships will not be awarded to applicants who already obtained an LL.M. or any other master degree nor to applicants who have been granted another scholarship.
If the number of applicants exceeds the number of scholarships that can be awarded, only the most outstanding candidates will be awarded a scholarship.
How to apply?
Applicants should write an AMS motivation letter (tell us in not more than 300 words your motivation to get the scholarship), addressed to the Director of the Amsterdam Law School, Dr. M.Y.A. Zieck.
This letter should be accompanied with the other required application documents:
- Printed version of the completed online application form
- Certified copy of university transcript of grades
- Certified copy of university diploma
- Evidence of English proficiency
- Motivation letter
- Two letters of reference
- Curriculum vitae
The above mentioned documents must be sent as hard copies to:
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam Law School
P.O. Box 1000
NL-1030 BA Amsterdam
Netherlands
Selection Criteria:
Only students who are admitted to one of the LL.M. programs of the Amsterdam Law School can be awarded a scholarship. Students are selected on the basis of academic merit. Decisions as to eligibility for award of a scholarship are made in June 2014. Applicants will be informed before July 1, 2014.
Scholarship Value:
The scholarship consists of either 6000, € 9000 or € 12.000. In the first month of study – September 2014 – the student will be paid 1000 €. The remainder of the scholarship will be paid in 12 monthly installments. Note that the scholarship can not be used by way of (partial) tuition waiver: the applicant has to pay the full amount of the tuition due (12000 €).
Conditions:
- Amsterdam Merit Scholarships are only awarded to applicants who are admitted to one of the LL.M. programs of the Faculty of Law – Amsterdam Law School.
- A scholarship granted for the academic year 2014-2015 can not be transferred to another academic year. Failing to enroll in the LL.M. program to which the applicant has been admitted when the program actually starts in September 2014 entails forfeiture of the scholarship.
- Amsterdam Merit Scholarships are not available to those who have been granted another full scholarship.
- Students who are awarded an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship are expected to complete the LL.M. program to which they have been admitted within one year (30 EC per semester) and otherwise maintain good academic standing: the scholarship may be terminated when the student does not obtain 30 EC in the first semester.
- Students who are granted an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship are required to assent to the conditions attached to the scholarship in writing preceding the grant of the scholarship.
Scholarship Duration:
The Scholarship for 2 year Research Master programs. Students enrolled in the Research Master who are granted a Merit Scholarship will be evaluated after one year of study. If the student has 50 EC on August 1, and has a positive recommendation of the coordinator of the program, the scholarship will be continued for one more year.
For any Questions:
Specific questions may be posed in writing to the International Office of the Amsterdam Law School, als-fdr@uva.nl.
Application Deadline:
The application deadline is April 1, 2014 with respect to a scholarship for the academic year 2014-2015.
For further information: Amsterdam Merit Scholarship
