Scholarships

Details about scholarships.

1) KPM Bursary

• Eligibility: Obtained 9A+ and above in SPM
• Enroll in: Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) or Matriculation or Foundation courses provided by IPTA or International Baccalaurate (IB) or A-Level (I will focus on A-Level only)
• Sponsor students up to Pre-University level only. 
• Accommodation provided (on-campus), but you can decide whether you want to stay or not. 
• A-Level: Sponsor 3 subjects only
• Allowances: RM430 where this is used to pay your books and food; hostel rental is not required. 
• Exclusive for KPM Bursary students: can apply to JPA scholarship to pursue local or overseas studies. (as stated below) But this is applicable only till 2015; 2016/2017 (SPM 2014 and later) onward it is open to all students. 

2) JPA Scholarship (Degree, not the Engineering one)

• Eligibility:          

          i) a Malaysia citizen
          ii) For local universities: CGPA 3.50 (STPM) / 3.75 (Matriculation/Asasi) / A-
              Level 12 Points / IB 33 Points [Without any C in the subjects]

              For overseas universities: CGPA 3.75 / A-Level 14 Points / IB 38 Points 

              [Without any C in the subjects]

          iii) Obtained unconditional offer from 20 listed universities in THE (Times 

                Higher Education) except medicine, pharmacy and dentistry fields.   

                List of universities  

• Pursue in: Any field stated in the website (what I know is every field...) 
• Applicants don't have to be interviewed to get the scholarship, they just need to have the unconditional offer letter from the listed university and apply. 
• Note: However, all of this above are subject to change as JPA is changing the requirement of scholarship. Applicants for 2016 or 2017 onward must go through interview. 

3) Petronas Education Sponsorship Program (PESP)

• Open for undergraduate programme at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and foreign universities.
  1.   UTP -- Complete 1-year Foundation Programme prior to pursuing the Bachelor’s Degree
  2.   Foreign universities -- Complete up to 24 months of Pre-University Programme prior to pursuing the Bachelor’s Degree (chosen by Petronas)
• Entry requirement
  1.   Technical field -- Obtained a minimum of 7A+ and 2A-in SPM 2014 inclusive of: Physics and Chemistry
  2.  Non-technical field -- Obtained a minimum of 7A+ and 2A-in SPM 2014
• Sponsored programs: 

  Field	University	Programmes
  Technical	UTP	- Chemical Engineering - Civil Engineering - Electrical & Electronic Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Petroleum Engineering - Petroleum Geoscience
  	Foreign Universities	- Chemical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Petroleum Engineering - Geology/Geophysics
  Non-Technical	Foreign Universities	- Accounting/Commerce/Finance - Economics - Actuarial Science - Law

  
  
• This is sponsorship not scholarship, which applicants must know. 
• For pre-u level, allowance is RM600/month. Accommodation provided (on-campus)
• Book and stationary alllowance: RM1000 per year
• Laptop allowance: RM3500, once, throughout the whole sponsorship
• One test allowance (eg TOEFL/IELTS/SAT/ACT)
• 2 return air ticket for Bachelor's Degree
• Job training
• Bond period: 5 years
• Petronas will choose for you: what pre-u program to pursue and the place to study it, what degree program and the place where you are going. 
• After completing your Bachelor's Degree, scholars must return to Malaysia and wait for the job offer from Petronas. If Petronas can't get a job for scholar within 6 months, scholar will be released and pay 20% of the sponsorship. 
• If scholar failed the job interview, and thus failed to get a job in Petronas, scholar must pay back 60% of the sponsorship. 
• If scholar get to work in Petronas, he/she may work for 2 years, then pay back the money for the remaining 3 years sponsorship. 
• Note: This is what I asked for the overseas program, subject to change. 

This is what I known and asked. I'm sorry if I wrote anything wrong.