Wien International Scholarship is a highly prestigious scholarship instituted by Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) for international undergraduate students. Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. ... Various towns are named Waltham, as follows: In England: Bishops Waltham, Hampshire London Borough of Waltham Forest including Walthamstow that includes Walthamstow Village Waltham, Kent Waltham, Lincolnshire New Waltham is nearby Waltham Abbey, Essex, the town taking it name from Waltham Abbey the abbey Waltham Bury, Essex Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire... MA may stand for: Master of Arts, a post-graduate academic degree Master of Arts, an undergraduate degree in Scotland MA (complexity), a complexity class, comprising the languages decidable by interactive proof systems of the Merlin-Arthur type Madagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code) Main Assist: in MMORPGs (massively multiplayer...

Origin

The Wien International Scholarship was established in 1958 by Lawrence A. and Mae Wien. The Wien family had three objectives: to further international understanding, to provide foreign students an opportunity to study in the United States, and to enrich the intellectual and cultural life at Brandeis. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Award

The Wien Scholarship offers full or partial tuition awards; these awards are need-based and require the applicants to present outstanding academic and personal achievement.

Prominet Awardees

• Geir H. Haarde: Prime Minister of Iceland
• Wakako Hironaka: First woman member of the Japanese Diet
• Osman Faruk Logoglu: Former Ambassador to the United States from the Republic of Turkey
• Janet Akyüz Mattei: Turkish-American astronomer and former director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
• Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson: Vice president of Time Warner Digital Media - Former CEO and president of Sony Interfactive Entertainment and responsible for the introduction of PlayStation
• Dimitrij Rupel: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
• George Saitoti: Former Vice President of the Republic of Kenya and former Minister of Finance, Government of Kenya

Geir Hilmar Haarde (born April 8, 1951) is an Icelandic politician. ... Wakako Hironaka (広中 和歌子) is a Japanese writer and politician. ... Diet may mean: In nutrition: Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group. ... Janet Akyüz Mattei Janet Akyüz Mattei (January 2, 1943 – March 22, 2004) was a Turkish-American astronomer and longtime director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). ... Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (born September 26, 1962) is an Icelandic writer and businessman. ... Dimitrij Rupel (born April 7, 1946 in Ljubljana) is a liberal politician from Slovenia and current foreign minister of that country. ... George Saitoti is a mathematician, politician, and former Vice President of Kenya. ...

See also

Brandeis University Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...