Switzerland : SHELL And IMD MBA Alumni Scholarships

Brief Description

The five Shell and IMD MBA Alumni Scholarships are designed to encourage diversity in the class. One is awarded to each region: Asia, Africa/Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe/North America/Oceania.

Number of scholarships

Five (one from each area)

Amount

CHF 30,000

Geographic region

- Africa / Middle East
- Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Latin America
- Western Europe / North America / Oceania

Who can qualify

Accepted candidates who are citizens, but not necessarily current residents, of the above geographical areas

Criteria

Submitting an essay on:
“As a business leader, which issue would you set as your first priority to address in your region / country? Why would you choose this issue? How would you, personally, address it?”(maximum 1000 words)

Please draw on your own experiences in your answer, rather than on general, broad statements. The committee is looking for essays that are personal, visionary and demonstrate leadership, which include a clearly articulated description of how the solution could be implemented.

Jury

MD MBA alumni loan committee

Deadline

September 30

Contact

Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

IMD MBA scholarship conditions

Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their application.

Our scholarship applications are essay based, with winning essays typically including the following features:

* Relevance to the essay title
* Organization and structure
* Fully developed arguments
* Persuasiveness
* Personal element and/or passion

IMD reserves the right not to award a scholarship if the criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the jury / sponsors.

Please Visit http://www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Shell.cfm For further details, Application form and Essay Template.