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Infoschol Scholarship

The unique and extremely successful InfoSchol Programme – a scholarship programme in collaboration with corporate sponsors – was launched in 1997 by IIT’s chairman, Dr Gamini Wickramasinghe, enabling hundreds of students to study IT-related programmes, graduating with a bachelor’s degree awarded by a British partner university

InfoSchol is a 5-year work/study programme offered by IIT and associated corporate partners.

The programme is unique of its kind as it provides students with an academic scholarship paid by corporate sponsors throughout the 5 years of their academic studies. At the same time, the students will work full-time for their sponsors, getting paid a monthly stipend in addition.

To apply for the scholarship program, please follow the steps below. It is mandatory to complete all steps to be eligible for the next phase:

Step 1: Click here to register your application through Academia.
Step 2: Download the “Terms and Conditions” document below and upload it when submitting your application to the Academia system.

Closing Date: 13th January 2025.

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The uniqueness and competitive advantage of this scholarship programme lies in the 5-year work experience that students get while studying. When an InfoSchol student graduates, his/her entry salary in the job market is usually higher than that of a full-time student who graduates after 4 years. Work experience, training on the job, social competencies and a company-oriented attitude in addition to the academic studies are gaining more and more importance with employers who do not only look at the graduation result of a candidate but at the candidate holistically – especially at his/her competencies in ‘Emotional Intelligence’.

IIT is offering this scholarship programme to dedicated candidates who not only have good A level results but understand the extra benefits and competitive advantage over ‘traditional academic courses’ offered by the educational sector.

Selected List - January 2025

Informatics Group in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Sri Lanka and the leading Industry partners offer selected candidates an opportunity of receiving a scholarship to follow a prestigious British Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems.

The core of InfoSchol is to identify local talents, groom them to drive the local ICT industry forward to position Sri Lanka as an emerging knowledge based economy in the global business community. At the same time InfoSchol through its scholarship programme is assisting the Sri Lankan economy to meet and exceed local goals and challenges of over 5 Billion Dollar IT exports in 2022.

InfoSchol, the brainchild of Dr. Gamini Wickramasinghe, endorsed by the local ICT industry and industry bodies as a highly recognized tool to produce quality candidates for the IT industry, offers talented young school leavers the opportunity to enter the world of their passion – technology!

The Programme

Selected candidates will follow BEng/BSc degrees at IIT campus, offered by the University of Westminster, UK. The duration of the programme is 5 years and the programme will be conducted completely free of charge. Being employed as full-time interns in leading companies in Sri Lanka, the scholars will be paid a monthly allowance by the respective organization.

Upon completion of the degree, scholars will have 5 years of work experience, making them highly employable locally and internationally.

Benefits of Infoschol

100% Scholarship.
Bachelor’s degree certificate from the University of Westminster.
Opportunity to work in a reputed company as an intern.
3 months preparatory programme free of charge.
Opportunity to engage in all extracurricular activities at IIT.
Free access to the library at IIT Campus.
5 years of industrial experience when graduating.
Higher entry salary when joining the job market.

Undergraduate Programmes Offered Under Infoschol

BSc(Hons) Business Information Systems
BSc(Hons) Computer Science
BEng(Hons) Software Engineering
BSc (Hons) Business Data Analytics

Minimum Entry Requirements

G.C.E. O/L with Credit Passes for Mathematics and English.
G.C.E. A/L: 3 Passes OR above for main subjects in any stream.

* Please note that these are minimum entry requirements, and won’t necessarily guarantee an offer to the programme. Students have to undergo a selection process to be admitted to the programme.

Eligibility

After the call for applications, successful applicants will be invited to participate in written tests followed by interviews conducted by a panel of academic and business representatives. Once these two steps are successfully completed, the applicants are invited to participate in a 3-month induction programme at IIT campus to prepare them for the work / study programme that is to follow.

From the beginning, corporate sponsors are involved in the selection process to assure that the selected candidates fulfil their requirements.

Once the selection process is completed, the successful graduate, the sponsor and IIT will sign a Tri-Party-Agreement in which the monthly payment schedule for IIT’s fee, the stipend to the graduate and other details are specified. The contract will be for a period of 5 years.