After so much fuss over the lack of a JPA-class (think open to all Malaysians) scholarship for postgraduate education and the recent launch of a PhD scholarship programme for public university lecturers, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Malaysian Government has decided to introduce the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship (a.k.a. King’s Scholarship) for those […]

If you are an Asian who wants to pursue graduate studies in Public Policy or Public Administration, look nowhere else but the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Why? Because even you’d be surprised at the number of full scholarships available for both courses at NUS.
There are three scholarships available […]

Three days ago, there was a post on how the Government should setup a PhD scholarship scheme for public university (IPTA) lecturers of all races. Today, the Government announces that such a scheme, valued at RM1.2 billion, would be implemented under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).
This is either prescience, or… sheer forgetfulness. But whatever it […]

Every year, International School Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) - one of Malaysia’s most prestigious international schools (few as they are) - awards two scholarships for post-SPM students to pursue the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme.
Each award is worth more than RM50,000 per year, and covers tuition and examination fees over at ISKL. Without doubt, these are […]

In line with the Government’s aim of getting two of Malaysia’s public universities into the world’s Top 50, University Malaya (Malaysia’s highest ranked IPTA) has begun implementation of a new academic staff policy.
This policy requires those who apply for permanent academic staff positions in the university to have PhD degrees, and on the outset, this […]

Every miniority-race political party in Malaysia wants to stress how much they have done in helping their constituents secure tertiary education. Just like how MIC stressed that they would monitor all JPA scholarship and IPTA (public university) applications by Indians earlier this year, MCA recently announced that they have assisted around 1500 Chinese students in […]

The lack of places in Malaysian public universities to read medicine still remains a problem - even as 15 more places have been offered this year. While these additional 15 places bring the total number of places offered to 925, it is certain that many a student will have to resort to private (e.g. IMU) […]

Apparently, scoring a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.0 for your STPM will no longer guarantee your entry into highly demanded courses in Malaysian public universities - not that it ever did anyway. But let’s disregard my “unjustified” comment and get back to the facts.
According to the Higher Education Ministry, university applications are now […]