OAS/UCC BILATERAL (SCHOLARSHIP) AGREEMENT

The General Secretariat of the Organization of the American States (GS/OAS) and the University College of the Caribbean (UCC) have entered into a bilateral agreement with the aim of co-sponsoring eligible OAS scholarship recipients, from other Caribbean islands or OAS member states other than Jamaica, for studies at the University College of the Caribbean. This agreement has been entered into as a result of its selection by past OAS scholarship recipients as a preferred place of study.

By design, OAS Scholarships are eligible to Caribbean nationals to be taken up in a country other than their own. Therefore, applicants residing in Jamaica are not eligible to apply for the following OAS Scholarships. However, Jamaican students living abroad - the Caribbean, the USA or Canada - are eligible to apply. Contact the UCC for further details

 

Scholarship Programme

The scholarship is only available for the following types of study at the UCC:

a) Full-time study for the final two years of undergraduate studies, subject to the OAS regulations

b) Full-time graduate study for up to two years leading to a Masters Degree or the equivalent.

Interested candidates must fully satisfy all requirements for OAS scholarship and must also satisfy all the requirements of the University College for admission to the desired programme of studies.

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Application Modalities

The OAS/UCC Scholarship Programme utilizes the following scholarship application modalities:

a) Parallel applications – that is, the student applies to the UCC to study and simultaneously applies to the OAS for a scholarship to finance his / her studies.

b) Single application to the OAS for a scholarship - in this case the student applies only to the OAS for a scholarship, indicating that he / she wishes to study at the UCC.

· Students interested in participating in the OAS Scholarship Programme under the Agreement can choose to do so under any of these two modalities. Application for an OAS scholarship has to be made through the National Liaison Office in your own country designated by the authorities.

· Students that choose the dual application modality and apply directly to the UCC for admission will be required to submit their letter of acceptance in order to be considered for an OAS scholarship.

· Candidates selected for scholarships under the single application modality who indicate that they wish to study at the UCC, shall be submitted to the University College for consideration. Additionally, other qualified candidates may also be submitted to the University College for consideration.

Benefits & Funding

· OAS scholarships can only be granted for a maximum of two years.

a) The IACD shall provide undergraduate scholarship recipients with:

(i) one round trip airfare for travel between their country of origin and the University College of the Caribbean, UCC

(ii) an allowance for living expenses

(iii) an allowance for books and materials

(iv) health insurance

The University College of the Caribbean will provide a 50% scholarship to cover tuition fees only while the OAS will provide the additional 50%. Please note, however, that for UOL courses, successful applicants will be expected to cover 25% of tuition, UCC will cover 25% and the OAS the remaining 50%.

b) The IACD shall provide masters degree scholarship recipients with:

(i) one round trip airfare for travel between their country of origin and the university

(ii) an allowance for living expenses

(iii) an allowance for books and materials

(iv) health insurance

The University College of the Caribbean will provide a 50% scholarship to cover tuition fees only while the OAS will provide the additional 50%. Please note, however, that for UOL courses, successful applicants will be expected to cover 25% of tuition, UCC will cover 25% and the OAS the remaining 50%.

The University College will review the progress of each Scholarship recipient after each year in the programme and advise its partner organisation on the suitability of the scholarship recipient for continuing the programme.

The scholarship recipients shall be subject to the general University College policies, regulations, and practices applicable to students, and visiting faculty, as the case may be as well as to those policies, regulations, of the corresponding academic department.