If you still have the dream to study in Canada, but you do not have the financial capability to achieve that, then this scholarship would help you achieve your dreams. As you can see right here, this is the benefit of the scholarship we're looking at today. It covers your full tuition fee and also your flight ticket and immigration support is also covered.
Not only that, it covers your accommodation and also you get stipends for living expenses. Interesting, right? Also, your health insurance is covered and then you also get career services and support. What can be better than this? You also get access to a global Mastercard Foundation alumni network. And as if that is not enough, you also get something called a Mastercard.
The Social Entrepreneurship Fund, and this is very interesting because it is an initiative for scholars who are enterprising and want to start a venture back in their continent. So you can make use of this Social Entrepreneurship Fund to start your own initiative or company. Today, we are looking at the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC, the University of British Columbia in Canada.
This is a master's scholarship. And in this video, we are going to learn about everything you need to know to apply to this scholarship, the eligibility criteria, and step by step, how to apply to the scholarship so that you are not confused as you navigate the application process by yourself. In case you're new here, my name is Eugene and I have a passion to help international students achieve their dreams of studying abroad.
So this platform is the number one platform for international scholarships, and you're welcome to subscribe and like this video. On this YouTube channel, we have a lot of scholarship opportunities and international opportunities to help you achieve your dreams. We have scholarships in Australia, in Canada.
In the USA, in Germany, and a whole lot of other countries. So you're welcome to be part of this family. This is the homeland of international opportunities. Before we talk about how to apply to this particular scholarship, let's take a look at the scholarship eligibility. So what are the requirements for you to be eligible?
So one thing you need to note before we continue is that the application to this scholarship is quite easy. You just have to apply to the scholarship first. You don't have to apply for admission yet. Only when you are successful with the application for scholarship, then you'll be invited to apply for admission.
So you don't have to waste your time applying for admission and scholarship. If you don't get it, that's a waste of time. So let's take a look at the requirements. If you are eligible, then you are welcome to apply. So first you must have completed a bachelor's because this is a master's scholarship.
You need a bachelor's to, apply for a master's. And then the second criteria is that you do not already have a master's degree. So if you already have a master's degree, you are not eligible. And then you have to be 35 years or younger at the time of application. The next criteria is that you have to be a citizen or a refugee of a sub Sahara African country.
The good thing is that most of my audience are eligible like those in Nigeria, as well as in Ghana.
you can see Kenya is also there. So just check through this list and let me know in the comment section, if you can find your country on this list, or if you cannot find your country, also let me know comments where you're watching from so that the next opportunity I'll make sure that you are eligible to apply.
The final criteria is that you have to be applying to a master's degree in one of the eligible programs listed below. So there are programs that are eligible and let's take a look at the programs right away. So if you come right here, you have to decide on one of the following programs. The very first one you can see right here, master, in the faculty of land and food systems.
So there's a master. Of food and resource economics and there is master of food science and there's master of land and water systems. We also have a master of sustainable forest management. We have master of international, forestry master of, geomatics for environmental management, master of science, master of applied Science in forestry.
And faculty of science, we have master of data science. So these are the programs that are eligible. Hopefully, you are interested in one of these programs. You can easily click on each of the program to find out more information. The first thing you need to do is decide on any of these programs that you are interested in.
So you have to decide on the programs from this list that you're interested in. So that is the first step. The second step would be to consult this link right here. So you have to consult this link to check out the minimum academic requirements and international credentials for graduate students. So check out this link on your own to make sure you meet the requirements.
The requirement for graduate studies in this particular university. If your bachelor's was taught in English, as you can see right here, you are eligible. You don't have to take any form of English test.
Taught in English then make arrangement to complete an English proficiency exam. So you can take a ELA TOEFL or IES. So you can also check out the UBC English requirement right here. But if your English, if your first degree, your bachelors was in English. I think you are good to go. As you can see right here, you must complete the Mastercard Foundation Scholar Program application before you apply to UBC.
So, there's the application button right here. You have to apply for the scholarship fill out the scholarship application form. And once you get back from the scholarship, you can then apply for admission. We are going to take a look at the documents you need to submit for the scholarship just in a moment.
But before that, you can see the selection criteria right here or what they are looking at for. So they have not specifically stated that you need to have a particular CGPA. However, academic merit is important. So, they look at academic merit for the candidate that qualifies for admission to the program of choice.
And they also look at the track record as a transformative leader and service within their community. So this is why I always emphasize that you should be involved in a form of community service. Maybe you have a particular course. It can be climate, it can be, food security, you can have, an NGO, non profit where you enlighten people about food security or you're doing something for your community.
So it is very, it's a key to winning a scholarship when you involve in form of, service, community service. And it is even, better when this community service is linked with the program that you are applying to. So they also look at the quality of application in line with the program theme.
And then they also look at a potential impact on development of the applicant's home country. So this would help you to guide your application and also your personal statement or letter of motivation. So you can see the last one, right? Say applicants who have faced significant barrier to education, social, financial, personal, practical, or health related.
So they have, they also consider those kinds of applicants more. So the good news is that It is not just one of these, but they are going to look at each of this. So you can have more points on a particular, criteria and less points on another one. So for example, if you don't have a very good academic merit or CGPA, your track record on leadership and community service can cover for that or
any other criteria right here. You must know that the deadline to apply to this scholarship is 31st of October. So put in your application as soon as possible. This is very urgent. So guys, these are the documents you need to submit. So submit this document first to the scholarship before the 31st of October and wait for the response.
Hopefully you get a scholarship and then you can apply to UBC and you are Steps closer to your achieving your dreams in Canada. So guys, these are the documents you would need to submit First of all, you have to complete the application form for the scholarship So that is the link above if you click on the apply now You will go to the application form and you complete that and within the application form.
You are going to write a personal statement Well, you can call it letter of motivation and this should be two hundred To 300 words as you can see right here. So guys I have a scholarship ebook You have all the tips for winning a fully funded scholarship on that ebook And you can get that ebook with the link in the youtube video description And yeah There are letters of motivation, personal statements from scholars who have actually won scholarships.
When you read through those letters of motivation, one, two, three, four, five, six, more of them, it will help you to understand how you can also write your award winning letter of motivation. I believe it would be very useful for you to get the ebook if you haven't.
So the second document you need to submit is your CV or what they call resume. The next document is to provide two reference letters on official letterhead. So this, reference letters Could be from your past lecturers or your supervisors. I always encourage you to use someone with a very high profile.
Maybe a professor, but if you don't have a professor, you can use a doctor. Then, this letter should be attached to your application. You don't have to send them by email. So you have to get the hard copies or scanned copies and upload them by yourself. While applying for the scholarship and then you have to upload your transcript as well So you can see these are just four documents that you need to start with and I believe you can get these documents easily just the reference letter you might have to contact your Past lecturers, but for every other thing it is good to go So once you are ready, you have to apply click on the apply button right here So guys, you can see the fourth step Once your mastercard foundation scholars program application is complete eligible Applicants will receive email with instructions to submit an online application to mastercard UBC.
So that is very good because, only those who are eligible will not go through the stress of applying to UBC. So once you think that this is for you, I believe it's for you, then click on the apply now button and that will take you to the scholarship application page. We're just going to give it some time.
Okay. Yeah. So you can see right here, you just have to read through, make sure you read through. It's very important to read through the pages and I'm going to click on Nests. And you just have to start already so you can see this is zero two. This is survey first scholarship eligibility just for you to check to for them to know if you are Eligible so you can just you just have to tick through Read and tick through and follow the instructions and thereafter you answer these questions right here But make sure you read through before you answer that you can put in your names right here your gender.
This is a form of registration that you can put in your email address. So just do everything like this, just read through and fill out the forms, and then you can click on next. That is how you continue. So I think it is very easy. You just have to read through and answer the questions in the form. Hey guys, I appreciate you for tuning in to watch my videos.
There are a lot of other opportunities right here that you can check out and let me know if you are going to apply To this particular scholarship and do not forget to like this video and subscribe if you are not a subscriber turn on the bell Notifications so that you don't miss out on future opportunities So it'll be bye for now.
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