Kennedy Scholarship

White House portrait of President John F. Kennedy by Aaron Shikler.

Kennedy Scholarships provide full funding for up to ten British post-graduate students to study at either Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1] Susan Hockfield, the sixteenth president of MIT, described the scholarship program as a way to "offer exceptional students unique opportunities to broaden their intellectual and personal horizons, in ways that are more important than ever in an era defined by global interaction.".[2] In 2007, 163 applications were received, of which 10 were ultimately selected, for an acceptance rate of 6.1%.[3]

  1. ^ Quigley-Jones, Jennifer (October 21, 2013). "Think Harvard's too hard to get into? Think again". The Independent. No. Monday. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ^ "MIT and Harvard to expand Kennedy Scholarship Program". MIT News. 13 April 2007.
  3. ^ "Seven Cambridge students named as Kennedy scholars". 8 July 2008.