University education: Two Pakistanis get Cambridge anniversary scholarship

The scholarship covers tuition and maintenance for undergrad studies.

LAHORE:

Two students from Pakistan have been granted Cambridge 800th Anniversary Scholarships for undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge. The scholarships have been made possible due to funding from the Cambridge International Examinations.

The Cambridge 800th Anniversary Scholarships were launched in 2009 to enable students from Pakistan to study at the University of Cambridge for free. The scholarships provide full funding, covering tuition and maintenance, for undergraduate study at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge International Examinations Chief Executive Michael O’ Sullivan said, “We are delighted to award our outstanding students with the scholarships. We believe that getting into a university is really only the first step and that developing the skills to get on in both work and life is just as important. We wish our new scholars every success as they continue their academic careers and look forward to life beyond university.”

The two seats offered by the University of Cambridge are conditional on the students achieving specific grades.

Shahzaib Ali, a scholarship recipient, said, “Studying at Cambridge, the best university in the world, has always been a dream. But thanks to the scholarship award, I will be able to pursue my dream. I am deeply grateful to Cambridge for deeming me worthy of this wonderful opportunity.”

Muhammad Faaiz Taufiq, the other scholarship recipient, said that he was extremely grateful for the prestigious and generous award.

He said that the 800th Cambridge Anniversary Scholarship Award would enable him to study mathematics, his favourite subject, at Cambridge, a university which has always been at the forefront of mathematical discoveries and breakthroughs.

Taufiq said that he hoped that his undergraduate experience would be a significant step towards the realisation of his dreams.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2014.