出国留学可以改变人生，而奖学金为减轻经济负担和让毕业生脱颖而出提供了机会。


很多学生有一个普遍的误解，认为申请和获得奖学金既困难又繁琐。有些人觉得获得留学奖学金的机会非常渺茫，但实际上有多种奖学金和助学金可供选择，以满足希望前往澳大利亚、加拿大、爱尔兰、新西兰和英国留学的国际学生的各种需求。

奖学金不仅仅是为成绩优异的学生（成绩优秀）准备的，它们来源广泛，不同国家的奖学金条件也有所不同，是实现留学梦想和目标的重要经济支持。每种奖学金的申请条件各不相同，涵盖本科、研究生和博士课程，费用也因课程而异。

奖学金类型

如今，您可以在世界各地找到各种类型的奖学金！一般来说，奖学金可以分为以下几类：

  1. 目的地特定奖学金
    目的地特定奖学金通常由政府和大学提供，面向特定国家的国际学生，甚至全球性。例如，英国政府的志奋领奖学金（Chevening Scholarship）为来自世界各地的国际学生提供了在英国学习的独特机会。这些奖学金授予杰出的专业人士，让他们在任意一间英国大学攻读一年制硕士学位。

    1. 澳大利亚留学奖学金

    2. 英国留学奖学金

    3. 新西兰留学奖学金

    4. 加拿大留学奖学金

    5. 爱尔兰留学奖学金

  2. 择优奖学金
    择优奖学金通常授予在高中或大学期间学术成绩优异的学生。此外，需要注意的是，有时除了成绩之外，一些大学还会考虑学生的课外活动表现。还有，获得择优奖学金的学生有时需要在整个大学期间保持优异的成绩。

  3. 体育奖学金
    对于在某项运动中有特长的学生或学生运动员，大学可以提供全额奖学金作为对其运动成就的回报。学生需要在训练的严格要求与保持学术标准之间取得平衡。体育奖学金授予在其运动领域处于顶尖水平的学生运动员。大学通常会评估您的技能、能力和天赋，以确定您是否会为其团队带来价值。此外，学生运动员通常会获得全额或部分奖学金。全额奖学金涵盖整个学习期间的学费，而部分奖学金则对学费提供折扣。

  4. 助学金
    基于需求的奖学金是世界各地最常见的奖学金类型。与仅关注学术成就不同，基于需求的奖学金旨在帮助无法负担学费和其他相关费用的学生。符合条件的学生需要展示其对经济援助的需求，包括父母收入（如果学生仍由父母资助）、税单和就业情况等因素，奖学金提供者将分析这些信息以确定其是否真正需要经济援助和学费折扣。

  5. 项目特定奖学金
    顾名思义，项目特定奖学金是与学士或硕士课程，以及工程和社会科学等其他学习领域相关的奖学金。这些奖学金有时会在学生被录取时自动提供，无需学生另行申请。

  6. 学生特定奖学金
    学生特定奖学金旨在减轻弱势群体的经济负担，如女性、残疾人和其他少数群体。例如，有些奖学金专门为女性提供，帮助她们在传统上男性占主导地位的领域（如科学、工程或信息技术）学习。另一个例子是为残疾学生提供的奖学金，一些大学和私人机构认为残疾不应成为进一步接受教育的障碍，因此会为他们提供学费折扣。

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Types of Scholarships

These days, you can find all kinds of scholarship offers around the world! In general, scholarships can be categorized into the following:

1. Destination-specific Scholarships

In terms of destination-specific scholarships, they are often offered by governments and universities to international students from specific countries, or even globally.

For instance, the UK government’s Chevening Scholarship is a scholarship program that offers international students from around the world the unique opportunity to study in the UK. These scholarships are awarded to outstanding professionals to pursue a one-year master’s degree in any subject at any UK university.

2. Merit-based Scholarships

Merit-based scholarships are usually awarded to students who went above and beyond in terms of academics during their high school or university years.

Moreover, an important thing to keep in mind is that sometimes in addition to grades, some universities may also take a student’s extracurricular activities into consideration. Besides this, students who do manage to obtain a merit-based scholarship are sometimes required to maintain excellent grades all throughout their stay at the university.

3. Athletic Scholarships

For students who are talented in a particular sport, or are student athletes, universities can offer full scholarships but in exchange for their sporting achievements. Students will have to juggle the rigor of training as well as maintain certain academic standards.

Sports-based scholarships are awarded to student athletes at the top of their game. Universities will often take a look at your skills, abilities, and talents to determine whether you would be a great addition to their team.

In addition, student athletes often receive full-ride or partial scholarships. Full-ride scholarships cover tuition expenses for the entire duration of their study, while partial scholarships provide discounts on tuition fees. Some universities may not offer tuition discounts but instead provide athletes with access to state-of-the-art gym facilities and athletic equipment, along with specialized sports-related support services.

4. Need-based Scholarships

Need-based scholarships are the most common scholarships you can find in almost every corner of the world. Rather than focusing solely on academic achievements, need-based scholarships are meant to help students who are not able to afford tuition and other relevant fees.

Eligible students will have to showcase the need for financial assistance, with aspects like parents’ income (if student is still supported by parents) as well as tax statements and employment being analyzed by the scholarship provider to determine whether they are truly in need of financial aid and tuition discounts.

Take note that most need-based scholarships only cover one year of study but students are allowed to re-apply in succeeding years depending on the university’s guidelines. Also, need-based scholarships are separate from merit-based ones, whereby a student can be awarded both.

5. Program-specific Scholarships

As the name suggests, program-specific scholarships are scholarships that tie in specifically with a bachelor’s or master’s program, as well as other study fields like engineering and social sciences.

Program-specific scholarships are sometimes offered along with the university admission without the student needing to apply for it.

6. Student Specific Scholarships

Student specific scholarships focus on alleviating the financial burdens of marginalized communities such as women, people with disabilities, and other minorities.

For instance, there are scholarships offered to women to study in programs that are traditionally male-dominated such as science, engineering, or IT. Another case in point is students struggling with disabilities. Some universities and private organizations may assist you with obtaining tuition fee discounts as they believe that having a disability should never hinder you from furthering your education.

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