What is ExxonMobil Middle Eastern Scholars Program?

The ExxonMobil Middle Eastern Scholars Program is a highly competitive scholarship program which provides select student leaders from the Middle East and North Africa with a fully-funded scholarship towards the completion of a degree at a college or university in the United States.

While the inaugural year of the ExxonMobil Middle Eastern Scholars Program offers scholarship opportunities to pursue a Master’s degree in geoscience for students who have at least a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, engineering, geography, geoscience, mathematics or physics, future expansion to other fields of study is currently under consideration. More about the program >>

Award Benefits

Recipients of the Middle Eastern Scholars Program receive:

  • Full graduate tuition to attend a U.S. university
  • Visa and academic support
  • Housing and living expenses while in the U.S.
  • Transportation to the U.S. at the beginning of the program and return to home country at the completion of the program
  • Pre-academic training
  • Medical insurance while in the U.S.

Application Timeline

The second application cycle will be open from September 1 to November 15, 2008.

The selection process will take place November through December 2008. Academic instruction will begin in August of 2009 and continue through the completion of a Master’s degree.