Gain Your Master's Degree in 1 Year While Playing Lacrosse in The UK. Lacrosse The Pond are a UK organisation specialising in placing US/Canadian postgraduate students into UK universities to undertake a Masters Degree whilst continuing to play competitive lacrosse. With an internationally-recognized Masters Degree from a world-renowned UK university taking just one year (full-time) to complete, our students enjoy the competitive advantage of joining the workforce a year sooner than their home-based counterparts, all the while continuing to play competitive lacrosse at both collegiate and club level in a new international setting. With access to all UK universities, Lacrosse The Pond can source a range of schooling options tailored to suit your educational background, achievements and course subject requirements. In addition to managing your application process, Lacrosse The Pond will source accommodation, provide cell phones & internet connectivity and manage your utilities bills and university fees to make the transition to and life in the UK as seamless and simple as possible. We also help to place students with lacrosse clubs to suit their commitment levels as well as undertaking tours to several European tournaments each year for both men and women’s teams. The costs to undertake the programme and gain your master's degree varies depending on the chosen school and individual course, but range from $35,000 - $50,000 to include all school & accommodation fees and associated living costs - applicants can also fund this directly from Federal Aid via FAFSA & the US loans system if required. Academic and Athletic scholarships are also available to a limited number of applicants and Postgrad students are also eligible to work <20 hours per week paid employment to subsidise the costs where required. Applications for our 2019/20 programme, starting in September, are still open to all bachelors degree graduates or college seniors graduating in Spring 2019 (or earlier) with a GPA of 2.7 and above. If you are a senior considering your post-college options or a graduate looking for an opportunity to further your education in a new environment whilst continuing to play lacrosse, apply via the link below. Particular fields of study required include (but are not limited to):- - Business - Economics & Finance - Marketing - Engineering - Environmental Sciences - Sports Management - Philosophy - Creative Writing - Humanities - Human Resources - Technology & Science - Education & Teaching
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In order to undertake the programme, applications will require a Bachelors Degree in their associated field of study with NCAA/MCLA/WCLA/NAIA lacrosse playing experience and the ability and desire to move to The UK in September 2019. |