Join the Amgen Scholars Summer Program at Tsinghua University in China 2019

Deadline:

February 1st, 2019

Location:

Beijing, China.

(Fully Funded)

Description

Amgen Scholars program- Tsinghua University (China)

Amgen Scholars at the Tsinghua University consists of eight weeks of the intensive research program in a wide range of fields in biomedical sciences. The accepted applicants will join a faculty’s laboratory and involve in one or more specific research projects.

More Details

Each Scholar will have a faculty member as his/her mentor. In addition, a postdoc, a technician or a graduate student will be assigned to train and assist the student in the lab. As a member of the lab, the Scholar will have the opportunity to participate in a series of academic activities, such as weekly lab meetings, group discussions, presentation training, and campus-wide seminars of interests. In addition, other non-academic gatherings will be organized, such as networking events, Chinese and Beijing culture exploration, etc.

Opportunity Focus Areas:

Sciences.

Required Languages

English.

Eligible Countries

ALL WORLD COUNTRIES.

Program Period

Eight weeks: Begins on July 1 and ends on August 23, 2019.

Eligibility Requirements (Criteria)

Amgen Scholars Asia Program applicants must be undergraduate students who are:

Enrolled in colleges or universities worldwide that award a bachelor’s degree (or its equivalent).
At minimum, have completed their first year of undergraduate study at the time the summer program begins.
Are not graduating before the summer program begins, and after the summer program ends will resume undergraduate studies for at least one semester or one quarter.

Amgen Scholars Asia Program applicants must also have:

A strong record of academic performance.
A good working knowledge of English, demonstrated by a minimum TOEFL (iBT) score of 72, IELTS overall band score of 5.5, Cambridge English FCE, TOEIC score of 1095, TOEIC L&R score of 785, or TOEIC S&W score of 310, if not a native English speaker or English is not your first language.
An interest in pursuing a Ph.D.

Opportunity Cost

(Fully Funded)

Amgen Scholars’ benefits include a stipend of 15,000 CNY, round-trip air travel to Beijing, paid summer session tuition, housing, and meal allowance on campus.

How to Apply

Application process: Submit an online Application.

Required documents:

Submit a Statement of Purpose( included in the online application).
Submit requests for two letters of recommendation( name and email address of letter writer required).
Upload college transcripts via the online Application. Please click here for the application.

Please Note: Supporting documents are due by February 1st 2019.