London Metropolitan University (lmu) headquartered in central London which established its India office in New Delhi in 2001, recently inaugurated its second India office in Chennai. LMU’s Chennai office offers support services relating to admissions, application processes, accommodation, visa, etc to students signing up for its study programmes, in conjunction with the British Council, Chennai. Established following a merger between London Guildhall University and the University of North London, LMU has two campuses — the City campus in the heart of London, and the London North campus in Islington. With a student strength of 32,000 instructed by a faculty of 4,000, LMU is one of the leading providers of undergrad, postgrad, professional and vocational education and training in Britain boasting an international student community of over 4,000 students from 147 countries. The university’s extensive range of study programmes includes architecture, art and design; business and management; chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences; computing, electronics and communications engineering; health studies; law; mass communications; multimedia technology; nutrition; polymer technology; psychology; sports science; silversmithy and hospitality management, among others. For admission students must have an English language qualification (IELTS or TOEFL) or more than 65 percent in English in Plus Two. Such students can enroll for full time courses in September and February during the academic year. “Moreover international students with the appropriate stamp in their passports can work in the UK for 20 hours per week during term and acquire workplace experience by way of internships and placements,” says an LMU spokesperson. Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards applications invited More than 20 front-rank universities including Cambridge, Oxford and Cardiff, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University College of London, London School of Economics among others, are participating in the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (DHPA) scheme. This fully funded postgraduate scholarship scheme will allow outstanding graduate students from India (and China, Hong Kong, Russia and the developing world) to study for a Ph D in excellent research environments in the UK. DHPA is open to the best science, engineering, medicine, social sciences and technology students. Approximately 130 scholarships will be awarded in the first year (commencing October 2004) with the number increasing in subsequent years. The participating universities are among the best for research in Britain with all being rated 5 or 5* for research activity under the UK’s Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). A complete list of participating universities and the number of DHPA scholarships awarded by each is available at http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/hodgkin/uni_list.asp. “The overriding criterion of the scheme is excellence, and DHPA scholars should be the ‘best of the best’. Interested students should contact universities of their choice directly at http://www.reuk.ac.uk/hodgkin/uni_contacts.asp. Awardees will be selected in accordance with each university’s own postgraduate admission requirements. However selected candidates are expected to hold the equivalent of a British first class honours degree from a prestigious academic institution. DHPA will fund up to a maximum of £75,000 (Rs.60 lakh) per student over a period of three to four years, to cover fees and maintenance,” says Amrita Sadarangani, science and technology advisor…
