De Montfort University is a dynamic organisation, formed from a diverse range of specialist institutions. The name of De Montfort University is associated with Simon De Montfort, Earl of Leicester, a distinguished figure in English history and widely credited with establishing the first parliament in 1265.
De Montfort University is committed to supporting international students to benefit from study in the UK. For courses starting in September 2008, De Montfort University’s Vice Chancellor is delighted to offer scholarships of £2000 each.
The scholarships are for £2000 equivalent to a reduction of around …

New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships (NZIDRS) are open to all international students who meet the eligibility criteria.
NZIDRS scholarships include:
full tuition fees for three years of full-time doctoral study
NZ$20,500 per annum living allowance (NZ$1708.33 per month).
up to NZ$600 annual health insurance allowance
NZ$2000 (across 3 year tenure) travel allowance. This is intended to be used for conference attendance and field research
NZ$800 (across 3 year tenure) book and thesis allowance
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Call for MSc / PhD Students in The Area of Wireless Communications and Multimedia Signalling NeTS Research Group Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
NeTS is looking for students coming from renowned universities from around the world, with a very good grade record, who have a very high interest in wireless communications, specially those based on the IEEE 802.11 principles, including sensor, adhoc, infrastructure WLANs and mesh networks. We are also looking for students passionate about multimedia communications in the Internet, and the protocols associated to it. We seek students with a …

Full-time Hodgkinson Postgraduate Scholarship (open to UK/EU and international applicants)
These scholarships contribute a value up to the level of the international student tuition fees towards a full-time Master`s degree for a period of one year. The Scholarship Committee may, at its discretion, split the scholarship funds available and offer 2 or more partial scholarships, each contributing a set amount towards the cost of a full-time Master`s degree tuition fees for a period of one year.
Please note: The scholarships listed above are designed to offer a funding award set against the …

The laboratory of engineering and environmental geology led by Prof. A. Parriaux (http://geolep.epfl.ch) invites applications for a PhD position in engineering geology. We seek a person who will use X-ray computed tomography (XRCT) to better characterize the state of alteration of various rock series, in terms of mineralogy, texture and microstructure. This subject is oriented towards a better quantification of rock mass behavior in engineering works. This work will be done in collaboration with the department of radiology of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and the department of geology …

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In the Fracture Mechanics/Lightweight Materials and Structures Group of the Institute for Building Materials (IfB), of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) are available two PhD positions in the field of Lightweight Materials and Structures.The challenge in developing lightweight materials is to assure sufficient strength and deformability in combination with low weight which is of interest for economic use of resources. One of the strategies followed in the past years to mix cement and protein foam to reach significant weight reduction, where ways have been found to retain …

STUDY GRANT in
Theoretical Physics
placed at the Department of Theoretical Physics, High Energy Physics group, Faculty of Science.
Reference Number: N 2008/207Beginning date: 1 September 2008Information: Leif Lönnblad, phone 046-222 77 80, e-mail: Leif.Lonnblad@thep.lu.seTrade unions at Lund University: OFR, SACO and SEKO
Work description:Postgraduate studies and research within theoretical elementary particle physics, oriented towards the phenomenological description of the strong interaction.
Requirement:Bachelors exam in physics or theoretical physics plus an additional full year of advancedlevel physics or theoretical physics (corresponding to a total of four years of full-time University studies), or equivalent qualifications.http://www.science.lu.se/upload/LUPDF/natvet/Utlysningar/080520_207E.pdf
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