Kuok Foundation Study Awards

Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/07/2009

Kuok Foundation Study Awards are offered to needy Malaysian citizens only. Preference will be given to applicants who have good academic qualifications and are active in school.

Awards are offered for postgraduate, undergraduate and diploma/certification level.

Postgraduate awards:

  1. Tun Hussein Onn Memorial Scholarship
    • Offered to commemorate the late Tun Hussein Onn, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia. This is a full scholarship offered for LLM course and is tenable at the University of Malaya.
    • However, where a suitable candidate cannot be found for the LLM course in any one year, a science student may be selected instead at the absolute discretion of the Foundation to do postgraduate research in Science, Engineering or Technology.
  2. Half-loan half-grant Study Awards for Postgraduate research in Science, Engineering and Technology courses.
    • Offered in order to help ease the critical shortage of scientists and researchers in Malaysia.
    • Successful candidates are required to sign a bond to remain in Malaysia to work for the public or private sector for a minimum period of 5 years after completion of the postgraduate program. 2 awards for PhD and 3 awards for M. Sc. will be offered each year.

Undergraduate awards:
Awards for undergraduate studies are divided into 3 categories, namely study awards for first degree courses at:

  1. Local public Universities
  2. Selected local private Universities and Colleges
  3. National University of Singapore
  4. Nanyang Technological University

Graduates who already have a first degree are not eligible to apply for these awards to do a second degree.

Diploma and Certification awards:
Diploma and Certificate level study awards are offered to Malaysian students in:

  1. Malaysian Public Polytechnics
  2. Singapore Public Polytechnics
  3. Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Study grants are also awarded for MLVK vocational training at non-profit vocational training institutions such as Montfort Boys Town.

Besides study awards, Kuok Foundation also offers study loan for the needy students.

For more detailed information, please visit: Kuok Foundation

Or write to them at:
KUOK FOUNDATION BERHAD
14th Floor, Wisma Jerneh,
38, Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur.

Or call them at:
Tel : +603-2142 5319
Fax : +603-2145 6609

Or email them at:
Email : general@kuokfoundation.com