The Nestlé Scholarship for Women


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The Nestlé Scholarship for Women was first awarded in 1997 and was initiated by a group of IMD MBA participants who wanted to encourage women to take the MBA.



Number of scholarships 

One

Amount 

CHF 25,000

Geographic region

Worldwide (with preference given to developing countries)

Who can qualify

Women candidates who have already applied to the full-time IMD MBA program and who demonstrate financial need.
Employees of Nestlé and its subsiduaries are not elegible.

Criteria

1) Acceptance into the IMD MBA Program
2) Submitting an essay discussing the issue:
'Does diversity in management impact the bottom line? If so, how?'
(maximum 750 words)


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.

Application Form here: http://www.imd.org/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Nestle.cfm


For Further Reading,
Postgraduate Scholarship, Scholarship For Woman, Scholarship In Switzerland