Scholarship Overview
Scholarship Overview
Fee Waiver of
50%
Scholarship for new PhD students at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM) with partial sponsorship from their current employers.
Scholarship for new PhD students at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM) with partial sponsorship from their current employers.
Requirements
Requirements
Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
- A letter of support from their employer confirming sponsorship for 50% of the tuition fees, living expenses, and other related costs.
- Evidence of meeting the entry requirements for the PhD programme.
- Support from a potential research supervisory team at Heriot-Watt.
Highlights
Highlights
- Applications are accepted throughout the year.
- The University will offer a 50% tuition fee waiver from Year 1 to Year 3 only.
- Candidate is responsible for the remaining tuition fees or any thesis pending fees if their studies extend into Year 4.
- Candidates will be required to contribute up to 6 hours per week for teaching activities, up to a total of 36 hours per semester (i.e., 108 hours per academic year).
- Completion of a teaching induction is mandatory before undertaking any teaching assignments.
- The scholarship recipient must be enrolled as a full-time student for the entire length of the programme that the student registered for at the time the scholarship was awarded, register for all courses according to the Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (“University”) schedule, pass each registered course at the first attempt and complete the programme within the original time frame as stated in the offer letter and adhere to the terms and conditions as set out herein.
- The scholarship recipient shall be a student ambassador for the University and contributing a minimum of ten (10) ambassador hours in the first year of studies.
- The University reserves the right to involve scholarship recipients in interviews, advertisements, photography or other publicity activities for the purpose of promoting the University or any other purpose deemed fit by the University. The scholarship recipient assigns to the University any intellectual property or other rights that are created as part of this role. The scholarship recipient shall also provide the necessary consent to the University to use the personal data of the scholarship recipient for the activities as stated herain.
- The scholarship recipient shall not hold (concurrently) any other full scholarship from external parties. This excludes EPF withdrawals or loans from external financial agencies.
- Scholarship is not exchangeable for cash or other alternatives or transferable to other intake, programme or campuses.
- The value of the scholarship granted will be deducted against the full tuition fees payable on a semester-by-semester basis.
- All scholarships are awarded at point of entry to a foundation or undergraduate or postgraduate programme, whichever applicable. Point of entry refers to Semester 1 of a foundation programme or Semester 1 in Year 1 of an undergraduate or postgraduate programme.
Application
Application
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Awards Details
Awards Details
This scholarship provides a 50% tuition fee waiver for new PhD students at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM) who receive sponsorship from their current employers for the remaining fees.
