There are five scholarships available to applicants of Masdar Institute – the Masdar Institute Scholarship, BP Innovation Scholarship, IRENA Scholarship, Toyota Scholarship and ICT Fund Scholarship.
Masdar Institute Scholarship
Qualified Master’s and Doctorate degree applicants to Masdar Institute will be provided with full scholarship benefits upon admission.
The Masdar Institute Scholarship benefits include the following:
- 100% of all tuition fees
- All required textbooks
- A laptop
- Reimbursement of GRE and TOEFL exam/test fees
- Masdar Institute housing
- Monthly stipend
- Health insurance
- Annual return ticket home if applicable
Housing is based on double occupancy; housing for families is limited and may not always be available
BP Innovation Scholarship
Aspiring young entrepreneurs are invited to apply for the BP Innovation Scholarship, for which two students are selected each year. This is a fully-funded merit scholarship leading to a Master’s degree in one of Masdar Institute’s eight engineering concentrations. Scholarship recipients focus on research and planning for a new sustainable technology business based either on their own ideas or ideas they adopt at the Institute.
When possible, BP Innovation Scholars are encouraged to participate in forming a startup company before graduation. Based on a review of the business plan, a grant or other financial support toward the cost of forming a new company may also be awarded.
BP Innovation Scholarship benefits include the following
- 100% of all tuition fees
- All required textbooks
- A laptop
- Reimbursement of GRE and TOEFL exam/test fees
- Housing
- Monthly stipend
- Health insurance
- Annual return ticket home if applicable
- Support for translation of scholar’s research into new products or services
- Possibility of funding for scholar’s start-up idea
IRENA Scholarship
This two-year scholarship funded by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is targeted to aspiring Master’s students with a desire to work in the field of renewable energy and contribute to the implementation of the IRENA’s mandate. Up to 20 highly-accomplished applicants are awarded this scholarship at Masdar Institute every year, with the generous support of the Government of the United Arab Emirates.
Scholarship students may study in any one of the eight Master’s degree programs offered at Masdar Institute and will profit from the interaction with IRENA experts.
The IRENA Scholarship benefits include the following:
- 100% of all tuition fees
- All required textbooks
- A laptop
- Housing
- Monthly stipend
- Health insurance
- Annual return ticket home if applicable
- Possibility for first-hand experience with IRENA through an internship
- Excellent networking potential
- Exclusive access to IRENA Lecture Program
Toyota Scholarship
The Masdar Institute-Toyota Scholarship was established upon Toyota’s winning of the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The scholarship is designed to promote opportunities for students to work on projects relating to technologies for sustainable development. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to a first-year student in any one of Masdar Institute’s eight Master of Science degree programs.
In addition to the usual Masdar Institute benefits, the scholarship recipient is provided with a special two-week ‘Japan Experience’ arranged by the Toyota Motor Corporation.
To select the scholarship recipients, a competition is held among Masdar Institute first-year Master’s students that involves submission of a two-page essay that describes why the applicant would be a good representative of the Toyota Scholarship program, followed by a discussion of the applicant’s career goals and interest in the Japan Experience.
The Toyota Scholarship benefits include the following:
- 100% of all tuition fees
- All required textbooks
- A laptop
- Reimbursement of GRE and TOEFL exam/test fees
- Housing
- Monthly stipend
- Health insurance
- Annual return ticket home if applicable
- Two-week ‘Japan Experience’ arranged by the Toyota Motor Corporation
ICT Fund Scholarship
The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority selects 30 outstanding Emirati students from across the country to specialize in the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) sector as part of its Be’tha Scholarship.
Applicants must be committed to a career in the UAE for at least five years after graduation. They can apply to use this scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree at Masdar Institute relating to ICT.
ICT Fund Scholarship benefits include:
- 100% of all tuition fees
- All required textbooks
- A laptop
- Reimbursement of GRE and TOEFL exam/test fees
- Housing
- Monthly stipend
- Health insurance
