Jamia student awarded scholarships by 6 US universities
Uzma Khan, a Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) alumna has received offers to do a fully-funded PhD from six prestigious American universities.
Uzma Khan, a Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) alumna has received offers to do a fully-funded PhD from six prestigious American universities. Uzma completed her MSc electronics course from the Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, in 2021.
She received offers from six US Universities out of nine she applied for 100 per cent scholarship.
Besides 100 per cent tuition fee waiver Uzma has been offered a monthly stipend for an on-campus job of research and teaching assistant in six US universities. The universities which have offered 100 per cent scholarship are Lehigh University, University of Cincinnati, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, SUNY (State University of New York) Buffalo, SUNY Albany and University of New Hampshire.
Uzma has chosen Lehigh University and will be joining in August 2022. She will be doing research on the topic ‘underwater wireless communication and signal processing.’
The university has awarded a one-time relocation allowance to Uzma.
News18 quoted her as saying, “I am joining Lehigh University because my educational qualifications and research interest is in complete coherence with my potential supervisor there.”
Besides scoring good scores in IELTS and GRE, Uzma has also topped in her class during master’s studies at Jamia. She will be awarded with a gold medal in upcoming convocation.
