As you probably know,
VLIR-UOS grants every year about 16 scholarships to valuable candidates for our
MSc. programme in Physical Land Resources. Since October 2012 onwards students
can apply for the VLIR scholarship to start their studies in the academic year
2013-2014.
Since your country of
origin (INDONESIA) is on the country list for VLIR-UOS scholarship, we would be
grateful if you could forward this information to all valuable candidates you
know who may be interested to follow our MSc. programme in Physical Land
Resources.
Please find below the
admission requirements and the link for electronic application for Physical Land
Resources. Attached you will also find our leaflet with detailed course
information.
Admission requirements
Each application will be
evaluated by a board of admission of the specific programme and has to be
approved by the Faculty Council and by the Rector’s office.
General Entry
conditions
Applicants must have a
Bachelor's degree of minimum 3 years with good overall scores (at least a second
upper class or equivalent) from a university or recognized
equivalent.
Specific academic
admission criteria
Applicants are expected to
have a basic science training in (1) mathematics or statistics and (2) chemistry
or biochemistry, and an overall academic education background in a relevant
discipline like (either) agriculture, biology, forestry, environment, land and
water management, physical geography, geology or civil engineering. Relevant
research or working experience of about 2 years is recommended but not a
prerequisite, unless the former field of study (degree obtained) was not
directly relevant for or pertaining to soil science or land resources
engineering.
Specific language
requirements
The applicant must be
proficient in the language of the course or training programme, i.e. English.
The English language proficiency can be met by providing a
certificate (validity of 5 years) of one of the following tests:
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Test
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Min. required
level
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Remarks
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TOEFL-IBT
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80
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TOEFL-PBT
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550
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IELTS
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6.5
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CEFR
|
B2
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Issued by a European
university language centre
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The following applicants are
exempted from providing the language certificate:
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Remarks
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1
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Applicants who have a diploma
(Secondary Education, Academic Bachelor Degree, Master Degree) issued by an
institution officially recognized by the Flemish Government
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This exemption is not valid
for applicants for an Erasmus Mundus program, thus Flemish students have also to
provide a language certificate or comply with the rule
below.
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2
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Applicants who have
obtained with success 1 year of bachelor or master studies or 60 ECTS in a
university or recognized equivalent with English as medium of
instruction
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The applicant has to add
to his application file a written report in English (his/her bachelor or master
thesis or scientific report) and a certificate of the university confirming that
he/she has followed in his/her university or recognized equivalent during 1 year
of study all classes, practical work and exams in
English.
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Online application for the Physical Land Resources programme for next
academic year (2013-2014) is accessible through the following links
:
Step 1 : activate your
personal PLR application account : enter here
Step 2 : fill in the
application form : enter here
More information on the
VLIR-UOS scholarships can also be found on the website of VLIR-UOS: http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/
We thank you already for your
kind collaboration!
