Below I am listing the steps needed to find and apply for your post graduate studies and to secure a scholarship
#1 Choosing your course
Use
Course Finder websites
Use
Google
Put
your target course title in quotes “” and use
“site:educational.domain” to find any mentions for your course
inside educational websites
Example
Search: “Data Mining” site:ac.uk
This
will search for data mining courses in universities in UK
Example
Search #2: “Data Mining” site:edu
This
will search for data mining courses in US universities only
Example
Search #3: intitle:"Msc" AND intitle"Data Mining"
This
will search for data mining courses everywhere by limiting the search
to pages having these keywords in page title
#2 Compare University Ranking
While choosing your Course/University you need to check their world-wide ranking and compare it with other optionshttp://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2014.html
#3 Finding Scholarships
Now
since you have decided your target course, it is time to decide how
you will secure money for it, you may be able to fund yourself or
find a scholarship either provided by the university or by external
organizations
1-
University Scholarship
If
you have already chosen your course, you need to read the scholarship
section in your university website, you will probably find
scholarship offered by them
2-
Scholarships offered by Entities in Egypt
Citadel
scholarships
Sawiris Scholarships
Masr
El Kheer
3- Scholarships by Country
US:
Fullbright scholarships
UK
http://www.britishcouncil.org.eg/en/study-uk/scholarships
http://www.chevening.org/egypt/ (Chevening)
http://www.chevening.org/egypt/ (Chevening)
Japan
Germany
Turkey
General
Scholarship search websites
#4 Preparing for your English test - IELTS
You will definitely need to take an English test to be able to apply for Masters, you have 2 options either IELTS or TOEFL, from my experience IELTS exams is much better/easier than TOEFL
IELTS
Website
My
IELTS experience
TEOFL
Website
Prepare GRE - if needed
GRE is needed for some courses in some universities mainly in the US, so check the requirements of your university to see if they need this test
GRE
website: http://www.ets.org/gre
Note:
I didn't take this test before
#5 Application Process
Now
I assume you have chosen your course and have passed the required
tests, then probably you need to do the following depending on the
requirements of your university
Prepare
other papers
References:
you need to ask 2 or more doctors from your local university to be
your reference by filling a “reference template” which should
contain endorsement and support for your application, they should say
that they think you will be able to do well in your postgraduate
studies
Personal
Statements: You need to write
1 page essay describing your motivation towards this course and why
you think you are a good candidate and how you will benefit from it
Transcript:
The full transcript of your BSc
studies
Certificate:
your graduation certificate ( shahdet el gam3a – egypt )
CV:
your CV if you have worked for sometime
and
finally Passport & images
Then
you need to apply online through your target university website and
upload all these documents and wait for their decision
Tips
Decide and apply early: the deadline for Sep 2015 application may be in Feb 2015 in the US and some universities WW so you need to prepare & apply 1 year before your course, also some scholarship deadlines may be in Nov 2014 for courses starting in 2015Your GPA need to be above 3.0 to get accepted
Work experience is a + for your application
VISA Application if you secured university acceptance and money for your masters apply for VISA as soon as you can because it may take time
