Graduate Scholarship Application Form

  • Graduate Scholarship Application Form

  • A. OBJECTIVES

    1. To attract the interest of MALAYSIAN and INTERNATIONAL candidates to pursue postgraduate studies by research mode at USM, by funding their FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER tuition fees.
    2. To strengthen the research excellence agenda and increase the number of publications in USM by increasing the enrollment of research mode postgraduate students.

    B. REQUIREMENTS

    1. Open to research mode full-time basis only.
    2. Candidate who has received admission offer letter from USM for studying Masters or Ph.D by research mode, yet to register as a FULL-TIME student is eligible to apply. Application for part time students would NOT be considered.
    3. Open to all Malaysian (Masters and Ph.D) and International (Ph.D) only.
    4. Minimum CGPA 3.33 out of 4.00 or equivalent (for Bachelor and/or Masters degree by Coursework/Mixed mode) or Pass the Masters degree by research.
    5. Publication preference (to enrol into Masters) and publication requirement (to enrol into Ph.D) in a journal indexed by WoS/SCOPUS/ERA.
    6. The awardee needs to apply for the extension before the second semester starts. The decision on the extension will be based on the awardee's research progress, including the SUBMISSION of at least ONE (1) Q1 or Q2 manuscript to a journal indexed by WoS, where the awardee must be the first student author and the supervisor must be one of the authors listed.
    7. The main supervisor must have:
      1. at least ONE(1) active (the active duration of the grant must still haveat least 1 year from the date of application) and sufficient research grant as Principal Investigator to support the candidate research throughout the candidature duration; OR
      2. at least TWO(2) publications in journals indexed by WoS/SCOPUS/ERA as Corresponding Author for the previous year (2025).

    Terms and conditions apply.

    For further information, please contact the person in charge below:
    Mrs. Noor Zamreena - 04-653 2982 | noorzamreena@usm.my

  • A. Applicant's Particulars

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  • B. Applicant's Academic Background

  • I) Bachelor Degree

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  • II) Masters Degree

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  • C. Applicant's Publication Activity

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