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The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it will be expanding its Emirati scholarship programme “Health and Science” for students seeking to study medicine and it’s supporting fields.
The DHA made the announcement during the award ceremony of summer students and residency doctors who completed the programme on Thursday.
The DHA’s Health and Science scholarship programme aims to provide Emirati high school graduates with a scholarship, to encourage Emiratis to enter the field of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and other medicine-supporting fields.
The DHA revealed its plans to expand the capacity of its programme due to notable demand as it received more than 450 applications last year for the training and occupational growth programme in its facilities. It also attracted 85 exceptional Emirati high school students with high-grade scores to study medicine and sciences in some of the best universities in the last two years.
The authority is working on adding more specialisations and skilled cadres to its facilities to meet the authority’s growing demand and to meet its Emiratization objectives, which are among its most important developmental paths in the authority’s 2016/2021 strategy.
In addition to the scholarship and covering of student’s expenses, the programme will be providing the students with monetary incentives throughout their studying years to encourage them to excel in their studies. The authority will also provide the program’s students with priority when it comes to training and employment at DHA facilities.
As for the program’s main requirements, candidates wishing to apply for the scholarships must be Emiratis, in good health, have good conduct and if they are male they have to have completed their military service or have proved that it has been postponed or they have been exempted.
Students seeking a scholarship must have high scores, no less than 90 per cent for those wishing to study medicine, 80 per cent for nursing, 80 per cent for physiotherapy, 80 per cent for pharmacy and 85 per cent for those wishing to major in supporting medical fields such as X-ray, Labs and anaesthesia.
Student could not apply for the scholarship after two years or more of them graduating high school.
Applicants must complete an interview and should not have been accepted to another scholarship from another party.
Once accepted, the authority will cover his/her tuition fees, provide a monthly allowance, cover book costs and laptop cost. The authority will also provide the students with health insurance.
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