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USM Graduate Scholarship 2026 for International PhD Students in Malaysia

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Applicant criteria

  • NationalityNo specific nationality required
  • AgeNo specific age required
  • GenderBoth

Opportunity criteria

  • Job locationMalaysia
  • Deadline2026-09-01

Opportunity description

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is accepting applications for the USM Graduate Scholarship 2026, a scholarship designed to support outstanding students who wish to pursue full-time, research-based postgraduate programs in Malaysia.

The scholarship aims to attract high-achieving Malaysian and international students and encourage them to join the university’s research programs by providing tuition fee coverage for the first and second semesters, while also promoting research productivity and academic publication among postgraduate students at USM.

Benefits

The USM Graduate Scholarship provides:

  • Coverage of tuition fees for the first semester.
  • The possibility of extending the scholarship to cover the second semester, subject to renewal requirements and satisfactory research progress.
  • The opportunity to pursue a full-time research-based program at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  • Eligibility for international students pursuing research-based PhD programs.
  • Support for students in developing their research profiles and publishing their work in indexed academic journals.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the scholarship, international applicants must:

  • Hold a Full Admission Offer Letter from Universiti Sains Malaysia for a research-based PhD program.
  • Not have started full-time registration in the program yet.
  • Apply for a full-time PhD by Research program.
  • Hold a coursework-based or mixed-mode master’s degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.33 out of 4.00, or hold a research-based master’s degree or another recognized equivalent qualification.
  • Have at least one published research paper in a journal indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, or ERA.

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