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Aziz Foundation/ Imperial College Environmental technology and conservation science and practice scholarship
The Aziz Foundation is pleased to announce that it is offering a Masters Scholarship at Imperial Centre for Environmental Policy for the 2024-25 academic year.
The scholarship offers a unique opportunity for an exceptional Muslim student active in British Muslim communities and keen to build bridges with all parts of British society. The student will have the commitment and intelligence to support and represent Muslim communities in wider society, as well as the credibility to bring and explain new learning experiences back to the community, and will thus create mutual understanding between Muslims and others and contribute to the creation of a more cohesive society.
The scholarship will cover the full home tuition fee.
Application process
Step 1 – Apply to Imperial College Centre for Environmental Policy.
Complete an application to the MSc Environmental Technology or MSc Conservation and Practice programme for October 2024 entry.
The Scholarship is dependent upon you being accepted by Imperial Centre for Environmental Policy
Step 2 – Apply to Imperial College Centre for Environmental Policy for the Scholarship
Please submit a statement of no more than 1,000 words setting out how you meet the criteria above, addressing how you hope to use this scholarship for your future work to enquiries.env@imperial.ac.uk by 5th July 2024. Remember to include your full name and your CID in your email.
Step 3 – Attend the Interview
If called, please attend the interview with Imperial Centre for Environmental Policy and the Foundation. Interviews will be held in July/August.
Please note that we will only contact you if you have been short-listed. If you do not hear from us, then please assume that in this instance your application has not been successful.
The Aziz Foundation welcomes informal enquiries from candidates considering an application. Enquiries should be made to enquiries.env@imperial.ac.uk.
Criteria
Applicants should meet the following requirements:
- Have an offer (or have submitted a complete application) to the MSc Environmental Technology or MSc Conservation Science and Practice programme for October 2024 entry.
- The programme entry requirement is a 2.1 degree in any subject
- Effective Advocacy and Enhancing Public Perception – facilitating better representation and contribution of Muslims to civil society to combat Islamophobia and positively transform perceptions of British Muslims
- Community Service and Social Development – raising the aspirations and standards within British Muslim communities
- They are Zakat eligible/ in financial need and therefore cannot cover the costs of tuition
- Excellent understanding of their chosen industry and how to progress within it, with relevant, prior experience and/or achievements in the field
- Knowledge of how the course will enable them to generate social impact
