UAE offers post graduate renewable energy studies scholarships to Fiji

Source:Xinhua Published: 2014-2-7 16:44:12

The United Arab Emirates has offered scholarships on post graduate renewable energy studies to Fiji in developing close relations with the South Pacific island country, the Fijian government announced Friday.

The scholarships are through the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, said the Ministry of Information. Robin Nair, Fiji 's ambassador to the UAE, was quoted as saying that "Masdar Institute (MI) is committed to the development of this collaboration and is looking forward to welcoming the first Fijian students at MI as soon as fall 2014 on full scholarships."

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology was created in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and students that are admitted to the institute will enjoy automatic full scholarship including other advantages such as housing, insurance, travel tickets to home country every year, computers and books amongst others, according to the Ministry of Information.

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