Overview
Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Cheung Kong Group has businesses in 57 countries and has invested A$12 billion in Australia in the areas of energy, telecommunications, transport, port, and bio-technology.
While the Cheung Kong Group has a history of supporting education through international scholarships, the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Scholarship Program represents a unique partnership with the Australian Government to support both undergraduate and postgraduate students from Australia and Asia to study in each other’s home environments.
The Australian Government and the Cheung Kong Group will each contribute A$7.5 million over the 10 year period, from 2009/10. The A$15 million in funding will support the participation of up to 2,500 undergraduate students in institution-to-institution student exchanges and fund up to 100 postgraduate/post doctoral fellowships. Further information on the fellowships can be found on the Endeavour Awards webpage. These awards are split evenly with half being available to Australians proceeding to study in Asia and half to Asian scholars studying in Australia.
Description of awards
The Endeavour Cheung Kong Student Exchange Program has been operatingsince the 2005 funding round. In the 2010 round, the Program will provide A$1.25 million to fund student subsidies for up to 250 undergraduate exchange students, at least 100 incoming students from eligible Asian countries and administrative regions and up to 150 outgoing Australian students to study in these same Asian countries and administrative regions
Duration of study
Students who receive subsidies are required to study full-time and for at least one semester and a maximum of two semesters in a counterpart institution under institution-to-institution student exchange arrangements.
Allocation of awards
Two-thirds of the student mobility subsidies awarded each year are allocated to student exchanges involving links with counterpart institutions in mainland China and Hong Kong SAR and the remaining one-third to those involving links with counterpart institutions in other eligible Asian countries, including: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Benefits
Eligible student exchanges include provision for tuition fee waiver and credit transfer. Australian higher education institutions receive A$5,000 (excluding GST) per exchange student to subsidise the cost of that student’s participation in an eligible student exchange.
Program Guidelines
Further information about this Program (including the application procedures) is available in the Program Guidelines that are updated annually. For the timing of the current round and its Guidelines please see International Student Exchange Programs – Information for Australian higher education providers.
Further information can be found at: http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au/student_exchanges_new/cheung_kong.htm
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Cheung Kong Group has businesses in 57 countries and has invested A$12 billion in Australia in the areas of energy, telecommunications, transport, port, and bio-technology.
While the Cheung Kong Group has a history of supporting education through international scholarships, the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Scholarship Program represents a unique partnership with the Australian Government to support both undergraduate and postgraduate students from Australia and Asia to study in each other’s home environments.
The Australian Government and the Cheung Kong Group will each contribute A$7.5 million over the 10 year period, from 2009/10. The A$15 million in funding will support the participation of up to 2,500 undergraduate students in institution-to-institution student exchanges and fund up to 100 postgraduate/post doctoral fellowships. Further information on the fellowships can be found on the Endeavour Awards webpage. These awards are split evenly with half being available to Australians proceeding to study in Asia and half to Asian scholars studying in Australia.
Description of awards
The Endeavour Cheung Kong Student Exchange Program has been operatingsince the 2005 funding round. In the 2010 round, the Program will provide A$1.25 million to fund student subsidies for up to 250 undergraduate exchange students, at least 100 incoming students from eligible Asian countries and administrative regions and up to 150 outgoing Australian students to study in these same Asian countries and administrative regions
Duration of study
Students who receive subsidies are required to study full-time and for at least one semester and a maximum of two semesters in a counterpart institution under institution-to-institution student exchange arrangements.
Allocation of awards
Two-thirds of the student mobility subsidies awarded each year are allocated to student exchanges involving links with counterpart institutions in mainland China and Hong Kong SAR and the remaining one-third to those involving links with counterpart institutions in other eligible Asian countries, including: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Benefits
Eligible student exchanges include provision for tuition fee waiver and credit transfer. Australian higher education institutions receive A$5,000 (excluding GST) per exchange student to subsidise the cost of that student’s participation in an eligible student exchange.
Program Guidelines
Further information about this Program (including the application procedures) is available in the Program Guidelines that are updated annually. For the timing of the current round and its Guidelines please see International Student Exchange Programs – Information for Australian higher education providers.
Further information can be found at: http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au/student_exchanges_new/cheung_kong.htm
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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