UCSI University Trust Graduate Scholarship (Doctorate)

• UCSI University Trust scholars may be expected to assist their supervisor and/or the University as Research or Teaching Assistant for a pre-agreed duration. The nature of the assistantship will be determined by the Dean of the Faculty to which the candidate belongs to.
• At the end of each semester, the candidate’s supervisor and dean will assess his or her performance in the programme and make recommendation on the continuation of the scholarship or otherwise
• The candidate must meet minimum performance requirement set by the faculty throughout the semesters. Warning letter will be given if the candidate fails to maintain the required performance. If the situation persists, the scholarship will be withdrawn.
• While on UCSI University Trust scholarship, all candidates are NOT to be bonded by other educational institutions or organisations.
• The candidate agrees to pay back the amount of scholarship allocation consumed up to date (excluding monthly stipend) in case of withdrawal before the completion, and all the entitlements will be automatically cease with immediate effect.

Additional Requirements for Research-based Programmes:

• UCSI University Trust scholars are required to submit a Research Project Proposal to the Faculty within 3 months from the commencement of their postgraduate programme
• Publication of research at the International Journals (Scopus Index Journal) is required for the candidates, i.e. Master’s degree programme – 1 journal publication
• The candidate needs to submit progress report to the Faculty and UCSI University Trust for every semester.
• The candidate is required to sign an Intellectual Property Agreement with UCSI University.

• If there is position offered by UCSI University or UCSI Group, the recipient should commit himself or herself to work for UCSI for minimum 2 years (Doctorate programme) after he/she received the letter from Senate as an indication of completion of his/her postgraduate programme.