Bagaimana Meraih beasiswa di Luar Negeri?

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Bagaimana Meraih beasiswa di Luar Negeri?

Sekolah di luar negeri bagi sebagian orang yang mampu mungkin bukan sebuah angan-angan. Namun bagi kebanyakan orang, melanjutkan studi di luar negeri merupakan sebuah mimpi yang harus diwujudkan dengan susah payah. Salah satu cara untuk mewujudkan mimpi tersebut adalah dengan mendapatkan beasiswa untuk sekolah luar negeri.

Banyak beasiswa yang ditawarkan bagi pelajar dari negara-negara berkembang termasuk Indonesia dan ada beberapa yang dikhususkan bagi pelajar Indonesia. Apa saja yang harus dilakukan untuk meraih beasiswa, berikut beberapa hal yang bisa berguna:

A. Informasi

Ini hal pertama yang harus dilakukan, cari informasi tentang beasiswa sebanyak mungkin. Anda bisa mencarinya dengan suft/browse di internet, menjadi anggota milis beasiswa (milisbeasiswa@yahoogroups.com), koran, kedutaan besar, bagi dosen atau guru di universitas masing dan kementrian pendidikan nasional, bagi PNS bisa di kantor masing2, Bappenas/Bappeda, Sesneg, dll.

Informasi yang dicari harus lengkap, seperti tata cara pelamaran, persyaratan nilai minimum, bahasa yang digunakan, nilai minimum TOEFl/IELTS, dokumen yang diperlukan seperti Letter of Acceptance, deadline time, syarat-syarat khusus (seperti hanya untuk dosen atau PNS), coverage (full scholarship, partial, atau sandwich) dsb.

B. Bahasa

Mendapatkan beasiswa bukan sesuatu yang mudah dan didapat dengan cepat. Banyak persiapan yang harus dilakukan, dan salah satu kendala bagi pelajar Indonesia adalah faktor bahasa. Kemampuan bahasa asing sangat penting guna kelancaran studi, karena kita akan sekolah di tempat lain dimana bahasa asing digunakan. Kebanyakan program beasiswa dilaksanakan dengan bahasa inggris, sehingga dari kemampuan dasar bahasa inggris dalam surat menyurat, hingga ke TOEFL atau IELTS sangatlah penting. Kemahiran bahasa tidak didapat dalam satu atau dua bulan, perlu berbulan bulan guna persiapannya. Untuk nilai TOEFL nilai minimum biasanya adalah 550 dan IELTS 5 (untuk Australia).

C. Pelamaran Beasiswa

Biasanya sebelum melamar, ada beberapa beasiswa yang mensyaratkan hal2 tertentu, berikut beberapa hal yang pernah saya alami:

1. Beasiswa program Bappenas.

Hanya PNS dengan minimum telah 2 tahun bekerja yang diperbolehkan mendaftar. Ada beberapa proses seleksi; seleksi berkas dan dokumen, TPA (Tes Potensi Akademik) dan TOEFL, Ada tiga jenis beasiswa yg ditawarkan bappenas:

1. Luar Negeri
Anda akan diberi kursus bahasa selama 6 bulan guna persiapan mendapatkan nilai TOEFL yg layak untuk melamar beasiswa luar negeri, spt AUSAID, STUNED, etc.

2. Double Degree
Dalam program ini, satu tahun studi di dalam negeri dan satu tahun di luar negeri dan akan juga diberi program persiapan bahasa selama 4 bulan untuk persiapan pelamaran beasiswa ke luar negeri melalui STUNED, Jepang dll.

3. Dalam Negeri
Untuk program yang terakhir ini kandidat yang lulus langsung studi di beberapa program di universitas di dalam negeri yang telah ditunjukan oleh bappenas.

2. STUNED

Program beasiswa ini di kelola oleh NEC (Netherland Education Center) dan anda bisa mencari infonya di website : www.nec.or.id. Secara umum langkah2 yang harus dilakukan adalah:

a. Karena NEC mensyaratkan bahwa kita sudah diterima di salah satu universitas di belanda maka carilah informasi program dan universitas yang anda ingin tuju untuk studi, ini anda bisa dapatkan via internet atau datang langsung ke kantor NEC di jakarta.

b. Lakukan kontak dengan universitas yang anda minati dan pelajari syarat-syarat yang harus dipenuhi untuk menjadi student disana.

c. Untuk stuned, anda diperbolehkan untuk mendaftar dan mengikuti tes beasiswa meski belum mendapatkan Letter of Acceptance dari universitas. Namun saat anda terpilih menjadi kandidat penerima beasiswa, anda harus bisa menunjukkan surat LOA tsb.

3. AUSAid.

Bagi anda yang ingin bersekolah di negeri kangguru, salah satunya bisa melamar ke beasiswa AUSAid. Program beasiswa ini cukup terkenal dan pembukaan beasiswa biasanya diumumkan di koran nasional. Bagi program master, ada 2 jenis program yakni master by research or by course. Program beasiswa yang satu ini tidak mengharuskan kita untuk kontak dan telah diterima di salah satu universitas di Australia. Kita cukup melamar dengan mengisi formulir yang tersedia. Jika ternyata kita memenuhi persyaratan, kita akan dipanggil untuk tes IELTS dan wawancara. Keduanya sangat menentukan.

Untuk IELTS anda bisa belajar dari lembaga2 kursus2. Dalam wawancara ada beberapa pertanyaan yang seingat saya ditanyakan:
1. Background, pendidikan, pekerjaan saat ini
2. Program master yang diminati, serta hubungannya dengan pekerjaan saat ini dan pembangunan indonesia ke depan.

Untuk wawancara saya rasa sangat krusial, karena jika IELTS sudah melebihi nilai 5 sudah dinyatakan lulus IELTS, hanya saja nanti saat masa persiapan bahasa akan lebih lama (sekitar 6 bln)

4. VLIR (Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad)

Beasiswa yang satu ini memang jarang didengar oleh para pencari beasiswa, karena memang tidak ada pengumuman di koran2 dan tidak ada lembaga perwakilannya seperti STUNED di NEC, dll. Namun jumlah penerima beasiswa VLIR dari indonesia jauh lebih sedikit dibandingkan dengan program beasiswa lainnya. Anda bisa mulai dengan memperhatikan informasi selengkapnya di: http://vliruos.be, kemudian pilih program master yang cocok dan sesuai dengan minat anda. Di setiap program, terdapat seorang professor yang merupakan ketua dari selecting committee di universitas. Sebaiknya anda kontak beliau dan juga browse untuk mencari info tentang riset yang sedang dilakukan oleh universitas tsb.

Salah satu alat para pemberi beasiswa utk meng assess kemampuan serta kecocokan seorang kandidat adalah dari motivation statement serta dari riset proposal. Tentunya akan lebih bagus jika background, pekerjaan anda skrg serta riset yang akan anda tekuni sesuai dengan bidang serta riset di universitas yang anda tuju.

D. Doa dan tawakal.

Selain anda berusaha juga doa baik dari anda sendiri maupun dari orang tua, keluarga dan teman adalah factor yang paling penting. Dan yang paling penting diingat bahwa hasil dari usaha anda adalah hak Allah SWT. Kita hanya diwajibkan untuk berusaha yang terbaik.

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[Australia] PhD Scholarship in Research of RFID Traceability Networks, The University of Adelaide

PhD Scholarship in Research of RFID Traceability Networks School of Computer Science
The University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia

We are now offering a PhD scholarship funded from the prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects. The ARC Discovery project aims at developing a Web-based Peer-to-Peer (P2P) system that enables tracking applications (e.g., product recalls) to share traceability data efficiently and effectively across independent enterprises in large RFID networks.

The PhD research will be performed under the supervision of Dr. Michael Sheng from School of Computer Science and Prof. Peter Cole, the Director of the Auto-ID Lab Adelaide. The stipend of the scholarship is (approx) $19,616 (2007 rate) per annum (tax exempt) plus travel funds for attending conferences. The scholarship is available from March 2008 for 3 years of PhD studies.

We are looking for a highly-motivated, dedicated candidate who meets the following requirements:
- An excellent Honors (1st class) or equivalent degree (Masters) in Computer Science or a closely related field,
- Very good programming skills,
- Very good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and in writing,
- Experience within the fields of database, P2P, sensor networks, Web services, are of
advantage,
- Australian citizen and permanent resident are preferred but outstanding overseas students are encouraged to apply.

Local Information:
The University of Adelaide is the third oldest university in Australia (established in 1874) and a member of the Group of Eight: Australia fs most prestigious research universities. The main university campus is centrally located adjacent to the CBD of Adelaide city, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the SA Natural History Museum. Also nearby are the Botanic Gardens and Conservatory, the River Torrens. More information can be found from http://www.adelaide.edu.au/uni/.

Application:
Interested candidates are requested to send their application by November 21, 2007 to Dr Michael Sheng (qsheng@cs.adelaide.edu.au), including:
1. A cover letter describing yourself and your interests (put gRFID networks h in the top of your cover letter)
2. Soft copy of your publications (e.g. master fs thesis, conference papers)
3. Your CV
4. Your transcripts
5. Recommendation letters from at least two reference persons
6. Proof of proficiency in English (e.g. TOEFL test or IELTS) if English is not your first language

http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~qsheng/presentations/PhD-RFID.pdf

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[Australia] Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS)

Source: http://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarship.cfm?id=42

Description:
The Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS) is available to any international student wishing to undertake a Higher Degree by Research at Curtin in 2009.

Download:
AQSS page 2 - Enrolling Area Use Only (.doc)
Referee Reports - Please provide 2 (.doc)

Division:
* Curtin Business School
* Division of Health Sciences
* Division of Humanities
* Division of Science and Engineering

Area of Interest:
* Accounting, Mathematical and Financial Analysis
* Agri-science
* Animal-Plant Interaction
* Australian Indigenous Studies
* Biomedical Sciences
* Built & Natural Environment
* Business Law and Corporate Administration
* Chemical Engineering
* Chemistry
* Computing / Electronic
* Design for Garment Innovation
* Earth & Physical Sciences
* Economics
* Education and Training
* Engineering
* Environmental Science
* Garment Design and Innovation
* Geochemistry
* Geographic Information Science
* Geology
* Habitat Restoration
* Health and Life Sciences
* Health, ageing and well-being
* Industrial Organisation
* Management
* Marketing
* Mathematics
* Media / Communication
* Mining
* People, Society, Language & Culture
* Physical Sciences
* Resources
* Social Work & Social Policy
* Speech Pathology
* Sport and Lifestyle
* Textile & Design
* Visual Arts / Design

Applicable to:
* Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander Students
* Students with a Disability
* Students from Rural or Regional Areas
* Mature Students
* Sole Parent
* Current Students
* Prospective Students

Nationality: Other Nationalities

Scholarship Type: Merit Based

Year of Study: Postgraduate

Type: Research

Opening Date: 1 June, 2008
Closing Date: 31 August, 2008

Maximum number awarded: 8

Value:

* The Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship provides:
- Course tuition fee for two years for a Masters by Research and three years for a Doctoral degree; and
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the recipient and their dependants for the duration of the award.

* No other allowances are available under this award.

* A Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship (CUPS) living allowance will be awarded to the top two ranked applicants in each awarding year.

Tenable at: Curtin University of Technology.

Eligibility:
This award is open to citizens of an overseas country (excluding New Zealand). Scholarships will be awarded on academic merit and research capacity to suitably qualified overseas graduates eligible to commence a higher degree by research in 2009*.

Please refer to the Guidelines for Higher Degree by Research Candidates for infomation on entry requirements at http://research.curtin.edu.au/graduate/hdrguidelines/contents.html

*Students currently enrolled in the degree for which an EIPRS is being sought, who commenced their degree after 1 September 2006, are eligible to apply.

Further Information:
Application forms will be available between 1st June 2008 and 31st August 2008 from this site or by contacting:

Office of Research & Development
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
PERTH WA 6845
Telephone: (08) 9266 4905
Fax: (08) 9266 3793
E-mail: scholarships@curtin.edu.au

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Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship

Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship (Fujitsu Scholarship) to study business management at JAIMS in Hawaii

To commemorate its 50th anniversary in 1985, Fujitsu Limited established this forward-looking scholarship program with the objective of providing business people from the Asia-Pacific region with the opportunity to study cultures, values and management styles of Japan, the United States and China to strengthen relations and foster mutual understanding within this region. The Fujitsu Scholarship is available for academic programs at JAIMS.
Students

JAIMS, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, is a nonprofit postgraduate institute established by Fujitsu Limited in 1972. Since then, JAIMS has educated and trained over 20,000 program and seminar participants from over 50 countries and is still dedicated to -- and has expanded upon -- the mission set out by its founders: to contribute to the human and economic development of the Asia-Pacific region by educating managers to be effective leaders in an increasingly interdependent global economy.

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/responsibility/community/scholarship/

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ASEAN Research Scholars 2008

ASEAN Research Scholars 2008 The Asia Research Institute of NUS invites applications from ASEAN citizens enrolled for a fulltime advanced degree at a university in an ASEAN country (except Singapore) for consideration as ASEAN Research Scholars. These fellowships are offered to current graduate students working in the Humanities and Social Sciences on Southeast Asian topics, and will allow the recipients to be based at NUS for an ‘in residence fellowship’ for a period of three months. The aim of the fellowship is to enable scholars to make full use of the wide range of resources held in the libraries of NUS and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Scholars will be expected to commence on 1 May 2008, and to make a presentation on their work at the Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies at the end of July 2008.

Successful candidates can expect the following benefits:
1) A monthly allowance of SGD$1,750 (inclusive of housing allowance).
2) A one time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical and direct route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the fellowship.
3) Access to library and computer resources on campus.

Applicants are invited to e-mail/facsimile/mail their curriculum vitae, a 2-page outline of their research proposal in English (this may be accompanied by a longer statement in a Southeast Asian language) to the address below by 15 November 2007. Arrangements should also be made by which at least two letters of reference, one of which is from your principal supervisor, are sent confidentially to the same address by the same deadline.

The 2-page outline of the research proposal must include the following details:
1) Whether the data collection or fieldwork stage of the research has already been completed;
2) how the fellowship will contribute to the research;
3) the types of sources to be consulted in Singapore;
4) proposed work plan during the fellowship.

You can look forward to excellent library and internet computer facilities at NUS’ main library (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/), the library at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/library.html) and the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library at the National Library (http://www.nlb.gov.sg) to facilitate your research for the dissertation. NUS’ main library has 2 million volumes covering all topics while ISEAS’ library has 200,000 on Southeast Asian topics, half of which are in Southeast Asian languages.

Selvi
Asia Research Institute
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Tower Block #10-01
Bukit Timah Road,
Singapore 259770
E-mail : arikk@nus.edu.sg
Fax: 65 67791428
Website: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/

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[Singapore] PhD Research Scholarships, NUS

The Asia Research Institute is pleased to offer Ph.D. research scholarships from August 2008 in the following interdisciplinary areas:

- Asian Migration
- Religion & Globalisation in Asian Contexts
- Cultural Studies in Asia
- Cold War in Asia
- Sumatra Heritage, Archaeology and Reconstruction


The PhD scholarship is to be taken up jointly with the appropriate discipline-based department. This would normally be with a department of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, but where appropriate could also be with the Faculty of Law, School of Business or School of Design & Environment at the National University of Singapore.

Interested applicants are required to submit their application to ARI at the address stated below by 15th November 2007, indicating clearly both which ARI interdisciplinary area they wish to join and which department they would be attached to. Application procedures and forms can be obtained from the NUS website via this URL: http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/edu/gd-applnresfeeform.html

Applicants must use the application forms in the respective Faculty websites depending on the Faculty to which they wish to seek admission. They should send their applications to ARI directly.

The following interdisciplinary areas or "clusters" are offering scholarships:
1) The Migration Cluster (Research Leader: Professor Brenda Yeoh) explores the issues arising from increased levels of human mobility in the region, both within and across national borders. Mobility of high-level professional and managerial personnel, labour migration, both documented and undocumented, and human trafficking all raise theoretical and methodological questions and major policy issues, as does the role of migration in urban change.

2) The Religion and Globalisation Cluster (Research Leader: Professor Bryan Turner) explores the changing patterns of religious practice, belief and identity in recent times, particularly in Southeast Asia, China and South Asia. The title implies a particular interest in transnational and diasporic interactions, the engagement with modern technologies and values, and new global or ‘glocal’ forms of identity.

3) The Cultural Studies Cluster (Research Leader: Professor Chua Beng Huat) consciously challenges disciplinary boundaries to address new topics, issues and concerns thrown up by the rapid globalization of contemporary cultures. ARI is interested in new understandings of the everyday life cultural practices of contemporary Asia, as in adaptations of older patterns in literature, and the performing and graphic arts, in rapidly changing contemporary conditions.

4) The Southeast Asia-China Interactions Cluster (Research Leader: Professor Anthony Reid) will welcome students in two project areas: The Cold War in Asia, relating particularly to relations between the two Chinas (CCP and KMT) and the parties, movements and governments of Southeast Asia; and issues of heritage recovery and archaeology in Aceh and Sumatra more generally.

ARI is a university-level institute formed in July 2001 as one of the strategic initiatives of the NUS. The mission of the Institute is to produce and promote world-class research on Asia. ARI engages the social sciences and humanities broadly defined, and encourages especially multidisciplinary studies. Now home to six research clusters with a strong team of resident and visiting scholars, ARI works closely with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Business, Faculty of Law, and School of Design and Environment in NUS.

c/o Ms Kristy Won
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
469A Tower Block, Bukit Timah Road, #10-01, Singapore 259770
Fax: (65) 6779 1428

Source: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/article_view.asp?id=10

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[Indonesia] Total Scholarship untuk Universitas Gajah Mada

Beasiswa S2
Total E & P Indonesie, Jakarta
Total's Scholarship Program 2008

Batas Waktu 15 November 2007 Khusus untuk Universitas Gajah Mada

Tujuan
Fakultas: Ekonomi, Hukum, ISIPOL, MIPA, Psikologi, Teknik

Keterangan
Persyaratan untuk melamar beasiswa ini:

1. Mengisi formulir Motivasi
2. CV
3. Daftar nilai (transkrip nilai)
4. Referensi mengenai kegiatan atau pelatihan yang pernah diikuti
5. GPA min 3.00
6. TOEFL SCORE min 550
7. Aktif berorganisasi & harus mempunyai pandangan yang profesional
8. 10 terbaik dari masing-masing jurusan
9. Menyertakan surat pencalonan dari Dekan ditujukan ke Kepala Kantor Urusan
Internasional UGM.
10. referensi mengenai kegiatan atau pelatihan yang pernah diikuti

Berkas pencalonan rangkap 2 harus disampaikan ke Kantor Urusan Internasional
UGM

Info beasiswa dari UGM lainnya ada di http://www.ugm.ac.id/beasiswa.php

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