The international higher education has been a dream for many students across the world. With that said, the financial aspect of international higher education makes it hard for many students to fulfill their dreams and this is one aspect that stops many students to not experience international higher education. To help students with this, there are a number of options that can help students to deal with the financial aspect of higher education and scholarships are one such option. Students still have doubts when it comes to how to avail these scholarships and what is the entire procedure regarding to it. In this article, we aim to clear the student’s doubts when it comes to international scholarships and how to avail them. Before getting into that, let’s take a look at some of the best international scholarships that Indian students can avail.  

1. Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship: This program can be availed by students that are pursuing a Master’s and PhD program in the UK. This scholarship is offered to the students by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission.

2. Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Scholarships: This scholarship program is offered to the students who are going to the students in the UK, USA as well other European universities as well.

3. Erasmus Mundus: This is one popular scholarship program that are for Indian students to study in the UK. This is for students who are pursuing postgraduate courses.

4. Fulbright-Nehru Fellowships: This scholarship is offered to the students that are provided by the United States India Educational Foundation which is also known as the USIEF. This is for Indian students who are pursuing Master’s Degree or who wants to do research in a US educational institution.

5. Chinese Government Scholarships: As the name suggests, this scholarship program is given to the students by the India-China Cultural Exchange Program. This can be availed by the students who are applying for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral courses in Chinese universities.

As the opportunities to experience international higher education is constantly on the rise, availing a scholarship can help the students to ease the financial aspect of higher education to an extent which can make a huge difference after you graduate

With that out of the way, now, let’s take a look at the most common procedures of how to avail a scholarship to study abroad.

1. Registering for the scholarship is the first step and typically this process is done through an online application form. Before applying for scholarships, ensure that the you look through every detail of the scholarship in order to avoid any confusion during later stages.

2. After applying for the scholarship, the next step is to ensure that you have received the mail of confirmation

3. Write a statement or essay and you can check all the different models that are available on the internet. This is used to impress them through your personal experience and this should be taken seriously if you want to get selected for the scholarship.

4. Secure all the official proof of the various academic and non-academic certificates and all the other documents that is required to get the scholarship. If you are applying for scholarships that is for students who come from financially background situations, then get those required certificates and documents as well.

5. Before sending those documents, make sure that you proofread and doublecheck all the documents before sending it.

6. Then, you should submit the acceptance letter from the University that you are going to study in.

7. The last phase of the process if waiting to see whether you have been awarded that particular scholarship.

As the opportunities to experience international higher education is constantly on the rise, availing a scholarship can help the students to ease the financial aspect of higher education to an extent which can make a huge difference after you graduate. So, by doing proper research, one can find out which all scholarships are available for them and take the right decision.