MSc Scholarships and Prizes

MSc Scholarships

There are five different scholarships available at the ICMA Centre:

  • ICMA Centre MSc Scholarship
  • CISI Stephen Cooke Scholarship Programme
  • Solidus Securities MSc Scholarshi**
  • Academy of Economic Studies Scholarship
  • Felix Scholarship

Deadline for applications*: Friday 30 July 2010

Applicants informed by*: Friday 13 August 2010

*Excludes SII Stephen Cooke Scholarship - deadlines are communicated to students in the Autumn term. Felix Scholarship deadline TBA.

**Candidates for the Solidus Securities MSc Scholarship will be considered in the summer.

Please note that applicants wil have to submit an application for our MSc programmes and be offered a place before they can be considered for the scholarships.

 

ICMA Centre MSc Scholarship

Scholarships are available for all our full-time and distance learning MSc programmes. We offer several awards of up to £15,000 to students on the basis of academic excellence.

Scholarship Entry Criteria:

  • Achieved or expect to achieve excellent results at undergraduate level from a UK institution or the equivalent international qualification
  • Submit a minimum GMAT score of 650
  • Submit a statement (no more than 250 words) addressing the following statement: ‘Why ICMA should make this contribution to your education and how it may benefit you and the international securities market’.

The CISI Stephen Cooke Scholarship Programme

The Stephen Cooke Scholarship is administered and awarded by the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment , the largest and most widely respected professional body for those who work in the securities and investment industry in the UK.  The awards commemorate the Late Stephen Cooke, Chief Executive of a leading private client firm, Gerrard Vivian Grey, who had a particular passion for education.  The purpose of the awards is to encourage students to focus on those standards needed for embarking on a successful career in the financial industry.

There are two tiers of Scholarship available to second year undergraduates and Masters students: Two premier Scholarships of £5000 which are open to all accredited Centres of Excellence and one dedicated General Scholarship of £3000 for ICMA Centre students only.

The awards are made on the basis of three factors:

  • Submission of an essay
  • General knowledge test
  • Panel interview

Entry Criteria

Applicants need to be a registered student at an CISI Centre of Excellence and:

  • entering their second year as an undergraduate, OR first year as a postgraduate student, enrolled on a specified course at CISI's designated Centres of Excellence (all the Centre's MScs are specified courses)
  • born in the UK OR born in the EU and can provide evidence that they intend to work for a minimum of three years in the UK
  • the student must not have a previous winner under the CISI  Scholarship scheme.

Winner in 2009:

  • Richard Hamilton - MSc student

Winners in 2008:

  • Tamoor Ali - BSc student
  • Philip Board - BSc student

Solidus Securities MSc Scholarship

The ICMA Centre is pleased to announce the Solidus Securities MSc scholarship, which has been established to support Greek students with a strong academic background who would benefit from financial support. This will be awarded annually to one Greek applicant to any full-time MSc programme at the ICMA Centre.

This unique scholarship includes:

  • 50% of all tuition fees of any ICMA Centre MSc programme
  • Optional 1-2 months summer training with Solidus Securities SA in Athens, Greece

Scholarship Entry Criteria

  • Strong academic background (7.5 GPA in their first degree or equivalent)
  • Evidence that the candidate would benefit from financial support (total family and/or personal income of less than 40,000 euro per annum – additional evidence will be required)

Academy of Economic Studies Scholarship

The ICMA Centre is pleased to announce up to five scholarships of a maximum of £15,000 for our full-time Masters programmes are now available to students studying at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

Scholarship Entry Criteria

  • Achieved or expect to achieve excellent results at undergraduate level from a UK institution or the equivalent international qualification
  • Submit a minimum GMAT score of 650
  • Submit a statement (no more than 250 words) addressing the following statement: ‘Why ICMA should make this contribution to your education and how it may benefit you and the international securities markets?’

Felix Scholarship

The ICMA Centre is pleased to announce up to three scholarships for Indian graduates taking up places in September/October 2010.  Felix Scholarships are intended for scholars who would be unable, without financial assistance, to take up their place and who have not studied outside their home country.

The Felix Scholarships will cover full fees, living costs, a return air fare, and provide additional allowances for books, equipment, warm clothing etc.

For more information please see

http://www.extra.reading.ac.uk/studentfinance/felix2010.doc

Prizes

The Vetiva Prize

This prize is for the highest achieving full-time MSc Student from Africa graduating from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading. The prize includes a £1000, which will be presented upon graduation. The winner may be offered work opportunities with Vetiva and other Investment Banking firms that operate within the African Continent.

Prize Criteria

  • The ICMA Centre will identify suitable recipients based on their examination performance and participation during the academic year;
  • Applicants for the prize, may be asked to submit a short essay on a topic relating to African Financial Development (the precise title will be determined annually by the ICMA Centre);
  • In the event of two or more candidates being ranked equally, Vetiva may then require an interview by the short listed candidates.