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1、Volvo Cars and ChalmersProve your skills and win your future Volvo Cars and Chalmers is challenging Chinese students with the task “How do you develop the least complicated car in the world?”. The winners will receive a full scholarship for a masters program at Chalmers. They are also fast tracked f

2、or employment for Volvo Engineering Student Concept and are guaranteed an internship with Volvo Cars during their studies. In a world where most things are becoming more and more complex, Volvo Cars is now exploring the dynamics of simplicity around transportation. The challenge for the students in

3、the Talent Race competition is to write, draw or animate their vision of the “least complicated car in the world”. Volvo Cars and Chalmers are offering one top talented Chinese student the opportunity to prove his or her skills and win their future. First prize is a full scholarship for a master lev

4、el engineering program at Chalmers and a guaranteed internship with Volvo Cars. Four runners up are offered the opportunity to join Volvo Engineering Student Concept, a programme in parallel with the Masters programme. Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) offers the students paid summer work/internship in th

5、e summer of 2013. The student will then return to Volvo Cars for Masters thesis in the beginning of 2014. In addition, the student will be assigned a mentor during the total 2 years of the study. After VESC participation and finished Masters degree Volvo Cars will consider employment for the candida

6、te.The competition which has deadline on December 30th, 2011, is open to Chinese citizens in the senior year of Bachelors study that are major in engineering subjects. About Chalmers University of TechnologyChalmers is one of Swedens largest and most highly acclaimed universities in technology. Chal

7、mers is ranked number 76 in the world on QS Engineering and IT list and placed within the 52-75 bracket on Shanghai Jiao Tongs Academic Ranking of World Universities Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences list (no. 1 in Sweden).The university has about 11000 students and 2500 employees. Approx

8、imately 40 percent of Swedens graduate engineers and architects are educated at Chalmers.About Volvo CarsThe Volvo Car Corporation is one of the car industrys strongest brands, with a long and proud history of world-leading innovations. Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Gustaf Larson and Assar Gabri

9、elsson, the first car left the factory on 14 April, 1927.Volvo Cars is one of Swedens leading multinational employers, represented throughout the world with around 20 000 employees. We have production units in Sweden, Belgium, China and Malaysia and sell cars in about 100 markets worldwide, represen

10、ted by national sales companies and 2 300 local dealers.Please visit TalentR for more information about the competition.ScholarshipThere is another Volvo Cars scholarship Volvo Cars scholarships for Chinese Masters Students outside the competition that can be queried. Scholarships Chalmers can offer

11、 over 87 scholarships for the academic year 2012/2013 over 40 scholarships funded by the Chalmers foundation (hereinafter Avancez) over 40Swedish Government scholarships allocated by the International Programme Office for Education and Training (hereinafter IPOET) two Ericsson Scholarships in Commun

12、ication Engineering twoSievert Larsson Scholarships (Fund within Friends of Chalmers)for Thai citizens twoVolvo Cars scholarship for Chinese Masters Students one US Friends of Chalmers scholarship for US Masters StudentsA registered and complete application for Chalmers Masters programmesonuniversit

13、yadmissions.se is required. The application must also be made according to the instructions and dates stipulated by Chalmers, in order to be valid.Applications for scholarships are automatically considered against all Masters programmes applied for at Chalmers (when the field of study is unrestricte

14、d), regardless of the ranking orderon universityadmissions.seApplicants for single subject courses and Bachelors programmes at Chalmers are not eligible for Chalmers scholarships.Applicantswho are not offered astudy place by Chalmerswill not beconsidered for a scholarship.Key Dates - Keep updated!Ch

15、eck important dates and dead lines at Key Dates.Scholarships for the academic year 2012/2013Available scholarships are presented below. If you scroll downyou will alsofindother available scholarship opportunities, student loans and alternative funding.Scholarship name:Avancez scholarshipDescription:

16、Chalmers will grant over 40 scholarships(in 2012) allocated by the Chalmers foundationandthese are available to all citizens from non-EU/EEA countries who are liable to pay tuition fees for Swedish university education.The scholarship is generally awarded to students based on academic merits, which

17、primarily includes academic excellence. Home universitys stature (including position on global ranking lists), priority order of the application for Chalmers Masters programmes on www.universityadmissions.seas well as Chalmers ambition to promote diversity among international Masters students is als

18、o taken into consideration.Field of Study:Determined annually by the university President. For the academic year 2012/13 the field of study is unrestricted, but it will be distributed according to targeted areas of education determined by the university management, based on the total number of appli

19、cants per each area of education from previous academic year.Available to: Citizens from non-EU/EEA countries who are required to pay tuition fees for Swedish university education. 1st year applicantsAmount:A 75% reduction of the tuition fees (4 semesters / 2 year programme).For students with excell

20、ent academic performance during the first year of studies, the scope of these scholarships may be increased to cover 85% of the tuition fee during the second and final year of studies.Type of Scholarship:Tuition fee reductionConducting studies at:Advanced level / Masters programmeApplication deadlin

21、e:16 January 2012Applying for the scholarship:Link tothe scholarship application formScholarship name:IPOET scholarshipsDescription:Chalmers will grant over 40 Government scholarship (in 2012) allocated by the International Programme Office for Education and Training (IPOET).It will be administered

22、by the university directly.The IPOET scholarship is awarded primarily based on academic merits, with an emphasis on academic excellence.Field of Study:Unrestricted, all of the currentMasters Programmes at Chalmers startingin 2012.Available to: Citizens from non-EU/EEA countries who are required to p

23、ay tuition fees for Swedish university education except for the following countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. 1st year applicantsAmount:A 75%reductionof thetuition fees (4 semesters / 2 year programme).For s

24、tudents with excellent academic performance during the first year of studies, the scope of these scholarships may be increased to cover 85% of the tuition fee during the second and final year of studies.Type of Scholarship:Tuition fee reductionConducting studies at:Advanced level / Masters programme

25、Application deadline:16 January 2012Applying for the scholarship:Link tothe scholarship application formScholarship name:Ericsson Scholarship in Communication EngineeringDescription:Two scholarships in totalare awarded in 2012 to two selectedstudents based on excellent academic merits, which primari

26、ly includes academic excellence but also home universitys stature (including position on global ranking lists) and priority order of the application for Chalmers Masters programmes.Field of Study:the Masters programme in Communication EngineeringAvailable to: Citizens from non-EU/EEA countries who a

27、re required to pay tuition fees for Swedish university education. However, students from countries on the UN embargo listare not eligible tobe grantedthis scholarship. 1st year applicantsAmount:100% of the tuition fees (4 terms/2 year programme). Type of Scholarship:Covering the full tuition feeCond

28、ucting studies at:Advanced level / the Masters programme in Communication EngineeringApplication deadline:16 January 2012Applying for the scholarship:Link tothe scholarship application formScholarship name:The Sievert Larsson Scholarship Fund within Friends of ChalmersDescription:Two scholarships in

29、 totalare awarded in 2012totwo selected Thai students based on excellent academic merits, which primarily includes academic excellence but also home universitys stature (including position on global ranking lists) and priority order of the application for Chalmers Masters programmes.Field of Study:A

30、ll of the currentMasters Programmes at Chalmers startingin 2012,except for the following Mastersprogrammes: Architecture and Urban Design Design for Sustainable DevelopmentAvailable to: Thai citizens from less well off homes Students with an approved or soon completed (during spring semester 2012) B

31、achelors Degree (equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen) with a minimum grade of 3.0 (GPA) from a prestigious Thai university* 1st year applicantsPlease note that if you fulfill the above requirements you will be sent an email asking you to submit further documentation.These documents arelisted onthe Siewert Larsson webpage.*Based on home universitys stature including global position on ranking lists.Amount:100%of the tuition fees+living expenses (4 semesters / 2 year programme)Type of Scholarship:Full scholarship + living expensesCond