Derek O Connor Scholarship 2017

Entry Requirements

• A first-class honours undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a field including quantitative content, suitable for admission to the MSc in Business Analytics;
• If applicable, an English Language Requirement of IELTS 7.0 or better or TOEFL 100/120.

Any applicant who meets the above criteria and has accepted a place on the MSc in Business Analytics by 30 June 2017 (in the year of Scholarship commencement) will be eligible to apply for the Scholarship

Step 1- Applicant has to write to the Programme Manager Annmarie Connolly [annmarie.connolly@ucd.ie] by 30 June 2017 stating that they wish to be considered for the Scholarship.

Step 2- Applicants will be shortlisted according to the following criteria:

• Academic and relevant non-academic accomplishments as reflected in the applicant’s curriculum vitae and transcripts submitted as part of the application to the MSc in Business Analytics.
• Quality of written essays in the MSc in Business Analytics application form.

Step 3- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview, to take place in UCD Smurfit School in the weeks following 30 June 2017. The winner will be chosen on the basis of the above criteria as well as Performance at interview.

Step 4- The interview/judging panel will include representatives from UCD Management Information Systems faculty, from UCD Centre for Applied Data Analytics (CeADAR) and from Next Generation Recruitment.

Step 5- The winning candidate will be informed of the result by end of July 2017.