ASML Holding NV has announced a scholarship fund that will benefit
students of technology. The master's scholarship, entitled the Henk
Bodt ASML - TU/e Scholarship Fund, is jointly funded by ASML and
Eindhoven University of Technology and is named after Henk Bodt, who
has announced his retirement after 12 years as chairman of the ASML
Supervisory Board. The scholarship offers full tuition and living
expenses for the duration of the two-year master's program, and also
guarantees the scholar a three-year contract for a high-technology
position at ASML.
Applicants for the 40 scholarships will place their hopes in the hands
of the ASML and TU/e joint committee, who will assess the applicants'
performance in their bachelor's degrees and admission tests. The
scholarships may be applied to such disciplines as engineering,
scientific and mathematical M.Sc. courses, and build on the
University's Brain Gain initiative - a combined effort to recruit
talented students from foreign countries to avail of the University's
master's degrees.
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Henk Bodt was a graduate of the Eindhoven University of Technology and
has been with ASML since the early years. Mr. Bodt's guiding of the
company into its first successful public stock floatation in 1995 led
to his being appointed chairman of the Supervisory Board, a post he
held up until his announcement of his retirement.
By Sile Mc Mahon