Heriot-Watt University Scholarships

This scholarship aims to recognise and support local talents who excel in sports, arts and the performing arts field**, widening access for Malaysians to pursue higher education and providing opportunities in experiencing quality teaching and learning. This scholarship offers a 50% bursary on tuition fees to applicants. Applicants will be required to attend an interview for this.

Email hwum@hw.ac.uk for information on how to apply.

*Terms and conditions apply

**For national level participations

A discount of RM5,000* will be granted to any student who apply and submit their tuition fee by 31 March 2025 for the April and July 2025 intakes.

• Apply to the scholarship
• Submit an application to study with us and upload any required documents.
• Receive an unconditional or conditional offer letter.

This award is applicable for students who have received an unconditional offer letter or a conditional offer letter from the university. Students who have received a conditional offer letter must provide the remaining documents to receive an unconditional offer letter from the university before the start of the academic year. In the event a student does not meet the conditions required and application gets rejected, their admission and discount(s) will become void and any tuition fee paid will be refunded to the student.

For the avoidance of doubt, the advance payment of the fees paid is non-refundable if an unconditional offer letter has been issued to the applicant.

The deadline for availing the discount is 31 March 2025.

*Terms & Conditions apply. For more information, please email hwum@hw.ac.uk

Foundation students from July and September 2025 and January, April and May 2026 intakes who have achieved Grade A (i.e. 70% average score and above) in Heriot-Watt University Malaysia's Foundation Programme will be awarded a RM 15,000 scholarship per year for the entire duration of their undergraduate study, subject to them achieving Grade A (i.e., 70% average score and above) in each academic year and the entire duration of study, failing which, the scholarship will be revoked with immediate effect and there shall be no continuation nor reinstatement thereafter.

We offer a range of scholarships to high achievers based on the tier below for our Foundation programmes. 

We offer a range of scholarships to high achievers based on the tier below for our undergraduate programmes.

Students are required to maintain 70% average (Grade A) every academic year.

Since opening our doors in Malaysia, we've made it possible for women in the ASEAN region to gain access to quality teaching and learning in the field of Engineering and Science. Committed to widening access, and reducing the gender gap in this field, we have developed this scholarship especially for woman who want to pursue a career in Engineering and Science.

Applications are open at both the Foundation and Undergraduate levels. Applications are accepted for those applying to both Foundation in Science and Foundation in Business with the intention to pursue any of the following undergraduate programmes:

• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Computing Science 
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Quantity Surveying

Eligibility:

• Malaysian
• Female
• Meets academic requirements below

Application Terms:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview by the scholarship selection panel. The University reserves the right to refuse any application at its absolute discretion, without the obligation to provide reasons for such refusal.
• The University shall not refund the RM500 registration fee paid for students who withdraw from the selection process.
• Scholarship recipients must achieve a minimum of 65% average score in the academic year and the entire duration of study, failing which, the scholarship will be revoked with immediate effect and there shall be no continuation nor reinstatement of the scholarship thereafter.
• The University reserves the right to revoke the scholarship offered or awarded to students at their absolute discretion at any time. In the event of revocation, the students will be required to pay the full tuition fees from the date of revocation and the remainder of the programme. This includes when scholarship recipient discontinues studies (withdrawal from programme), scholarship recipients found guilty of academic or disciplinary misconduct. Upon revocation, students will be required to reimburse the total amount of the waived tuition fee in one lump sum to the University within four (4) weeks from the date of the revocation of the scholarship, failing which the University reserves the right to take all appropriate action to recover the amount from the students.

The following criteria will be considered for your application:

• Academic excellence
• Extra-curricular involvement
• Leadership skills
• Passion in STEM

Other application requirements:

• A 1-minute video pitch outlining your passion for STEM and how your current experience will shape your role as a future leader in STEM-related careers for the next ten years. You are required to upload the video on Youtube as a private but shareable link.
• A written personal statement

Email: hwum@hw.ac.uk for information on how to apply.

1. The scholarship recipient must be enrolled as a full-time student for the entire length of the programme that the student registered for at the time the scholarship was awarded, register for all courses according to the Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (“University”) schedule, pass each registered course at the first attempt and complete the programme within the original time frame as stated in the offer letter and adhere to the terms and conditions as set out herein.
2. Scholarships are awarded in the form of a tuition fee waiver only. “Tuition fee” does not cover any other charges or fees such as registration fee, international student fees, resitting of examination fee, extension of studies fee and ancillary items required as part of the studies, including but not limited to books, graduation ceremony, final award/certificate, accommodation, student visa processing, sports, and living and other related costs, which shall be borne by the student.
3. The value of the scholarship granted will be deducted against the full tuition fees payable on a semester-by-semester basis.
4. Scholarship is not exchangeable for cash or other alternatives or transferable to other intake, programme or campuses.
5. The scholarship recipient shall not hold (concurrently) any other full scholarship from external parties. This excludes EPF withdrawals or loans from external financial agencies.
6. Other discounts, waiver or scholarship provided by the University will not apply during the tenure of the scholarship.
7. The scholarship recipient shall be a student ambassador for the University and contributing a minimum of ten (10) ambassador hours in the first year of studies.
8. The scholarship recipient is required to comply with all the University terms and conditions of admittance, regulations and policies.
9. The University reserves the right to involve scholarship recipients in interviews, advertisements, photography or other publicity activities for the purpose of promoting the University or any other purpose deemed fit by the University. The scholarship recipient assigns to the University any intellectual property or other rights that are created as part of this role. The scholarship recipient shall also provide the necessary consent to the University to use the personal data of the scholarship recipient for the activities as stated herain. “Personal data” shall be as defined in the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (EU GDPR) in so far as it remains applicable, and any other corresponding or equivalent national laws or regulations on in force and applicable.
10. The University reserves the absolute discretion and right to make any amendments to the terms and conditions of the scholarships as reflected herein including but not limited to the structure of the scholarship award, and the scholarship recipients shall be bound by the updated terms and conditions which is available on the University’s website.
11. The University reserves the right to revoke the scholarship offered or awarded to students at their absolute discretion at any time. This includes when scholarship recipient discontinues studies (withdrawal from programme) for any reason whatsoever or if, scholarship recipients are found guilty of academic or disciplinary misconduct, or if the scholarship recipients fail to fulfil the requirements in the Student Ambassador Programme (including ambassador hours) stipulated in Paragraph 9 above.
12. All scholarships are awarded at point of entry to a foundation or undergraduate or postgraduate programme, whichever applicable. Point of entry refers to Semester 1 of a foundation programme or Semester 1 in Year 1 of an undergraduate or postgraduate programme. Scholarships for students who enrol with advance entry will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
13. Unless otherwise stated, all scholarship recipients must achieve a minimum of Grade A (i.e., 70% average score) at first attempt in the academic year and the entire duration of study, failing which, the scholarship will be revoked with immediate effect and there shall be no continuation nor reinstatement thereafter.
14. Forecast results may be considered for the scholarship application, if official results are not available at the time of scholarship application, and the scholarship may be awarded conditionally based on the forecast results. The official results must be provided to the University’s Admissions Office within one week of the official results release date, failing which, the University reserves the right to revoke the conditional award of the scholarship.
15. The official results must be equal to or better than the forecast results submitted for the scholarship application, failing which, the University reserves the right to revoke the conditional award of the scholarship or reduce the amount of the tuition fee waiver to be applied.
16. The decisions made by the University are final, and there are no avenues, processes or procedures for appeal.