Executive MBA Scholarships

Scholarship Awards for the 2014 IEDC Executive MBA intake

An agent of positive change in the region, IEDC-Bled School of Management has traditionally provided a small number of scholarships aimed at supporting and promoting economic development and leadership in the emerging economies.
Following this tradition, IEDC is pleased to announce the launch of its Executive MBA Scholarship Awards Competition for 2014.

IEDC criteria for awarding scholarships:

• candidates must meet the general admission criteria (completed Bologna Bachelor level, minimum 3 years of meaningful work experience, fluent English);
• be an outstanding candidate who enhances the diversity of the class membership;
• be a candidate in clear need of partial financial assistance;
• be a candidate who submits a thoughtful and well-written scholarship award essay.

IEDC EMBA Scholarship Award Application Essay: 

Include in your essay a discussion of (i) what you identify as the greatest challenge or issue that needs to be addressed in your region or country, (ii) why you choose this challenge or issue, (iii) how you, as a business leader, would address this challenge or issue if in a position of business or political leadership, (iv) a discussion of the business case for ethical standards from your perspective that provides examples from your professional or personal life where you have seen the benefits of integrity and honesty in action, (v) an indication of how you envisage contributing to the future development of your region or country after your EMBA study, and (vi) why you think you should be awarded a scholarship to join the IEDC EMBA program. In developing your essay, please draw, where possible, on your own experiences rather than on broad or general statements.
Essay length: 1500 – 2000 words.

Scholarship Conditions:

The IEDC EMBA scholarship is a partial scholarship that can total up to 50% of the tuition fee for the One-Year or Two-Year EMBA program respectively. The actual amount of the scholarship granted to each individual is decided based on the Scholarship Committee Meeting decision after the entire pool of applicants has been evaluated.
If awarded a scholarship, the applicant must be able to cover the rest of the tuition fee amount, as well as costs related to undertaking the program (accomodation, travel, visa, daily expenses).
The scholarship decision is delivered to each candidate in written. The candidate must acknowledge his/her agreement with the Scholarship Committee decision within 15 days after the decision has been communicated.

Scholarship Application Procedure:

The application procedure is two-step:

1. submission of required documents
2. admission interview over the phone or in person

The application documents include:

• a fully completed application form
• letters of recommendations in IEDC format
• a filled-in financial gap estimate form
• a certified copy of a completed Bologna Bachelor level or higher  translated into English by a court interpreter (only original papers are accepted; Slovenian diplomas should be verified in any administrative unit (upravna enota), no English translation is necessary)
• a jpg portrait picture of the candidate
• a scholarship essay

NOTE: All the documents apart from a certified copy of the diploma can be submitted over an email. Recommendation letters can be sent directly to IEDC office email by your referees, signed and converted into a pdf format. Recommendations must be done in IEDC format. A certified translated copy of a diploma has to be sent to IEDC EMBA office over post.
Application files that are incomplete or files received after the deadline will not be considered.

The Scholarship Application Deadline:

October 1, 2013 (23:59 CET)

Scholarship Committee Decisions:

The Scholarship Committee deliberates on the applications after all the scholarship candidates have been interviewed. The interviews are usually set within several days after the scholarship application has been received. The final decisions on scholarship can be expected to be announced no earlier than October 15, 2013.
The decision is communicated to each applicant in written. A successful applicant has to acknowledge his/her acceptance of the scholarship offer within 15 days after receiving communication of the scholarship offer. Once the candidate re-confirms his/her readiness to enroll, the EMBA admission office concludes with sending the candidate a Study Contract which has to be signed within 2 weeks time.
If a candidate declines a scholarship offer from IEDC, the committee will grant the released scholarship to the next most deserving candidate in the pool of applicants.

Downloads

• MBA Brochure
• Regulations on EMBA
• Regulations on PMBA