The five Shell and IMD MBA Alumni Scholarships are designed to encourage diversity in the class. One is awarded to each region: Asia, Africa/Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe/North America/Oceania.

Number of scholarships: Five (one from each area)
Amount: CHF 30,000
Geographic region:

• Africa / Middle East
• Asia
• Eastern Europe
• Latin America
• Western Europe / North America / Oceania

Who can qualify: Accepted candidates who are citizens, but not necessarily current residents, of the above geographical areas

Criteria:

Submitting an essay on:
“As a business leader, which issue would you set as your first priority to address in your region / country? Why would you choose this issue? How would you, personally, address it?”
(maximum 1000 words)

Please draw on your own experiences in your answer, rather than on general, broad statements. The committee is looking for essays that are personal, visionary and demonstrate leadership, which include a clearly articulated description of how the solution could be implemented.
essay template

Need based: Yes. Submit MBA Financial Aid Application Form (DOC, 263kB)

Jury: IMD MBA alumni loan committee

Deadline: September 30

Contact:

Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

IMD MBA scholarship conditions

Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their application.

Our scholarship applications are essay based, with winning essays typically including the following features:

• Relevance to the essay title
• Organization and structure
• Fully developed arguments
• Persuasiveness
• Personal element and/or passion

IMD reserves the right not to award a scholarship if the criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the jury / sponsors.

Further details go to:

http://www.imd.ch/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Shell.cfm