The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia (hereafter: the Faculty) is opening a Call for two scholarships for students enrolling for the first time in the first year of the Postgraduate university study programme Literature and Cultural Identity in the academic field of humanities, academic discipline of philology, academic branch literary theory and history. The scholarship will be awarded in the form of a fee waiver according to the general conditions and criteria explained in the following Call.

General conditions and criteria for a fee waiver

I.  The Faculty is obligated to waive the fee for two of the best applicants who are enrolling into the first year of the Postgraduate university programme Literature and Cultural Identity for the first time and the ranking will be determined according to the best scores.

II. The two fee-waivers will be awarded to applicants who score the highest at the ranking list after awarding the points for the following criteria:

1.       The Applicant meets the basic criteria for enrollment into the doctoral study programme

2.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant has participated in an international student exchange programme such as Erasmus+ or other similar competitive programme

3.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant has actively participated in scientific research under supervision (the Principal Investigator should provide a detailed description of the Applicant's role in the project as well as of their achievement if there is no published paper as a result of their work)

4.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant has led or participated in conducting student research (a detailed description of the Applicant's role and, if there is no published paper as a result of their work, a description of their accomplishment should be provided

5.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant has actively participated at scientific conferences (proof in form of book of proceedings)

6.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant has participated in a research and has published or is in the process of publishing a paper as a result of that research (journal article or book chapter)

7.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant was a demonstrator

8.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant received an award for excellence in studies (for best student)

9.       During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant received an award from their faculty

10.     During their undergraduate and graduate studies the Applicant received the Rector's award

11.     The Applicant's grade point average during their undergraduate, graduate studies and the grade point average in courses in literary studies

III. The fee waivers refer to the scholarship amount for the first academic year of the study programme. In the subsequent years of study, the applicant will receive the fee waiver only if they fulfill their obligations within the doctoral study programme and enroll into the next year of the programme within the given deadline.

IV. If the student that has received the scholarship in form of the fee waiver fails to fulfil all his obligations in his first year of study and fails to progress to the next year on time, they are obligated to pay the tuition fee for the remaining semesters and study years until its completion.

V. Students who already have a work contract with the Faculty or are not obligated to pay the tuition fee for other reasons are excluded from this Call.

VI. This scholarship is not payable directly to the Applicant's account and is to be used only in form of a fee waiver by students who would be obligated to pay tuition fee upon enrollment.

VII. The fee waiver includes the costs of doctoral dissertation evaluation, thesis defense, diploma printing, and a ceremonial graduation commencement.

VIII. This Call is not a call for enrollment into the postgraduate study programme Literature and Cultural Identity, which is published separately and to which the Applicant must apply first  in order to qualify and to be elligible for this Call.

The application must include:

    the application form (https://www.ffos.unios.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Call-and-Applicatio...)

    supporting documents as proof of fulfilment of criteria listed in II.

The Call is open until 18th October 2021.

If the number of candidates is not sufficient after the Call for enrollment into the Postgraduate university programme Literature and Cultural Identity, the Faculty has the right not to enroll the new generation of students in the academic year 2021/2022. The candidates will in time be notified about this decision and in that case, this Call for scholarships will be revoked.

The application form to the Call with the complete documentation should be sent to the Office of Student Affairs of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, 9 Lorenz Jäger, 31 000 Osijek, Croatia and by email to amihaljevic@ffos.hr

Contact Info:

Office of Student Affairs of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, 9 Lorenz Jäger, 31 000 Osijek, Croatia

Contact Email:

amihaljevic@ffos.hr

URL:

https://www.ffos.unios.hr/en/znanost-post/call-for-application-for-two-scholarships-within-the-postgraduate-university-study-programme-literature-and-cultural-identity-at-the-faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences-osijek-in-the-academic/