Global Alliance scholarships 2013-2014

Global Alliance scholarships 2013-2014

“Global Alliance” EMScom15 (2013/2014) scholarship application process

The Global Alliance for PR and Communication Management offers four scholarships for the EMScom Executive Master of Science in Communication Management. Scholarships are available for applicants living and working outside of Switzerland.

The amount of each scholarship corresponds to CHF 26,000.

This will be deducted from the total fee for the Executive Master of Science in Communications Management beginning in March 2013.

To be eligible, candidates have to:

Have a minimum of 5 years work experience

Work in communication

Live and work outside of Switzerland

Be fully self- funding their EMScom education

Scholarship application deadline

November 30, 2012

How to apply

To proceed with the GA Scholarship application, please follow these three steps:

Candidates first need to apply to the Executive MScom (www.mscom.usi.ch) before they apply for the GA scholarship. The EMScom application deadline is January 15, 2013 – but the program works on a rolling admission policy, so please make sure that you are admitted to the EMScom (non-binding) before November 30, 2012.

The GA scholarship application needs to be sent electronically and in hard copy to the Global Alliance by November 30, 2012 at the latest. The candidate might be convoked for an interview by one Global Alliance Board member.

Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management

C/o Università della Svizzera italiana

Via Giuseppe Buffi 13

CH-6900, Lugano

Switzerland

Email info@globalalliancepr.org

The final decision concerning the scholarship will be communicated to the candidate by December 15, 2012. The candidate has 5 (five) working days to decide whether he/she accepts the scholarship.

Documents to be submitted

Scholarship application form

Essay (1,000 words) stating your motivation (please note, it is not the same as the motivational essay requested for the EMScom application)

A copy of the EMScom application

A financial statement (salary statement or tax statement) stating your financial situation

A legally binding statement that you are not being supported by your company as to tuition fee and/or travel expenses.

About the Global Alliance for PR and Communication Management

The Global Alliance for PR and Communication Management is the confederation of the world’s major PR and communication management associations and institutions, representing 160,000 practitioners and academics around the world. The Global Alliance’s mission is to unify the public relations profession, raise professional standards all over the world, share knowledge for the benefit of its members and be the global voice for public relations in the public interest.

More detail: http://www.mscom.usi.ch/index/admissions/costs_scholarships.htm