Marquette University is a Catholic and Jesuit university located near the heart of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which offers a wide range of specializations in 11 nationally and internationally recognized colleges and schools. Marquette University is a private institution founded in 1881. It has over 68 doctoral and master’s programs, a law school, a dental school, and 22 graduate programs.
A Marquette education offers students a virtually unlimited number of opportunities and prepares them for the world by asking them to think critically about it.
The university is named after the seventeenth-century missionary and explorer Father Jacques Marquette, SJ, intending to provide an affordable Catholic education to the emerging population of German immigrants in the area.
Initially, an exclusively male institution, Marquette became the first mixed Catholic university in the world in 1909 when she began admitting her first students.
Marquette is one of the 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the Higher Education Commission and currently has a student body of approximately 12,000.Marquette is one of the largest Jesuit universities in the United States and the largest private university in Wisconsin.
Global Scholars are expected to start and contribute to global participation activities on campus and the Milwaukee communities each year of the award.
Marquette offers a wide variety of merit scholarships that support the mission of the university while recognizing student achievement: excellence inside and outside the classroom, commitment to community service, and demonstrated leadership.
Marquette and private organizations grant scholarships competitively to students who enroll full-time at an eligible university. One of which is the Full-tuition scholarship at Marquette university.
Level/Field of Study
The scholarship opportunity is available for international undergraduate students who are freshmen at Marquette University.
Host Nationality
The Full Tuition Scholarship at Marquette University, USA, 2021 will be held at the Marquette University, USA.
Eligible Nationality
The scholarship opportunity is open to all international students who are freshly admitted for an undergraduate program at Marquette University.
Scholarship Benefits.
- The successful applicants will receive a full-tuition scholarship from the university. The university covers the full enrollment of successful students during their studies.
- Generally, the Marquette University scholarship amount and awards vary from $6,000 to $12,000 every academic year.
- The scholarship is renewable every year of the four-year (eight-semester) undergraduate program of the beneficiary.
Eligibility for the Full-tuition scholarship at Marquette University;
To be eligible for this scholarship program, interested candidates must;
- be a senior high school student about to enter Marquette as a freshman (first year)
- be in a high school outside the United States.
- have a minimum average of 3.25 (on an unweighted scale of 4.0) in all college preparatory courses
- have demonstrated leadership in curricular and extracurricular activities.
- be an international student who will register with an F-1 nonimmigrant visa status.
- demonstrate that they have a good level of written and spoken English.
How to apply:
To apply for admission at Marquette, you must submit all admission application materials to Marquette University before the Global Scholar deadline of March 1.
Other required materials are as follows;
- Global Scholar Application
- Essay: Marquette’s motto is “Be the difference”. Describe how you have been the difference in your community. As a Global Scholar, how will you build on these experiences to make a difference in Marquette and in the world? (300-500 words)
- A letter of recommendation: We suggest that the letter of recommendation explain your experience and interest in global affairs
- School activities list or resume
- Submit your application and all materials/attachments using the online application form.
- They may ask Final candidates to participate in a video or telephone interview.
The deadline for submission of application for this scholarship program is 1st of March 2022.
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