WHEN it comes to scholarships in Malaysia, they generally fall into one of two categories: corporate or government, or college-based. Corporate or government scholarships are often a student’s best bet to study overseas, as many of them cover not only tuition costs, but living, computer and travel expenses as well. At the same time, they encourage their scholars to pursue their degree overseas and those that are for SPM school-leavers cover pre-university programmes. WHEN it comes to scholarships in Malaysia, they generally fall into one of two categories: corporate or government, or college-based. Corporate or government scholarships are often a student’s best bet to study overseas, as many of them cover not only tuition costs, but living, computer and travel expenses as well. At the same time, they encourage their scholars to pursue their degree overseas and those that are for SPM school-leavers cover pre-university programmes. When applying for corporate or government scholarships, one should be aware that this educational windfall is subject to several requirements; the most common stipulations are that students must choose to pursue their studies in one of a few preferred fields listed by the organisation at a university that has been approved of, and that upon graduation, these scholars are bonded to the organisation. On the other hand, college-based scholarships come from within a student’s institution of choice and represent a partial or complete waiver of tuition fees. The scholarship is of course specific to the institution, so potential candidates should have a some degree of certainty about where they would like to study before applying for or accepting a college-based scholarship. Often with college-based scholarships, there are no bonding requirements, allowing students the freedom to choose their place of work. Read the fine print
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