Heriot-Watt University Scholarships

A discount of RM5,000* will be granted to any student who apply and submit their tuition fee by 31 October 2025 for the January 2026 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 is a first come first serve awards, subject to approval.
• The recipients are entitled to only ONE type of abatement at any one-time including sponsorship from other institutions/bodies. The one with the highest quantum will automatically apply.
• The Scholarships will be deducted in Year 1 Semester 2 (one-off deduction).

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^st October 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.

Heriot-Watt University Malaysia is pleased to offer two exciting PhD scholarship opportunities:

Industry Collaborative PhD Scholarship

This scholarship offers a 50% matching discount on tuition fees for new PhD enrolments in Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM) who have secured the remaining fees through sponsorship from their current employers.

Eligibility:

To qualify for this fee discount, candidate must provide:

• A letter of support from their employer confirming sponsorship for 50% of the tuition fees, living expenses, and other related costs.
• Evidence of meeting the entry requirements for the PhD programme.
• Support from a potential research supervisory team at Heriot-Watt.

Key Information:

• The University will offer a 50% tuition fee waiver from Year 1 to Year 3 only.
• Candidate is responsible for the remaining tuition fees or any thesis pending fees if their studies extend into Year 4.
• Candidates will be required to contribute up to 6 hours per week for teaching activities, up to a total of 36 hours per semester (i.e., 108 hours per academic year).
• Completion of a teaching induction is mandatory before undertaking any teaching assignments.

PhD High Achiever’s Scholarship

This scholarship offers a 50% tuition fee discount for PhD programmes at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM). It is available to full-time new enrolments who are graduates of Heriot-Watt University (HWU) with an undergraduate first-class honour’s degree or a postgraduate degree with distinction, or the equivalent, from any HWU campus.

Eligibility:

To be eligible for this fee discount, candidate must meet all the following criteria:

• Graduate of Heriot-Watt University from any HWU campus.
• Have obtained a first-class undergraduate degree, postgraduate distinction, or equivalent.
• Enrol as a full-time student for the entire duration of the programme.

Key Information:

• The University will offer a 50% tuition fee waiver from Year 1 to Year 3 only.
• Candidate must pass the major progression review in Year 1 and the minor progression review in Year 2.
• Candidate is responsible for any remaining fees or thesis pending costs if their studies extend into Year 4.
• Candidate is also responsible for their own living costs.
• This fee waiver is applicable for three intakes per academic year.
• Candidates may be required to contribute up to 6 hours per week towards teaching, school, and/or research activities, up to a total of 36 hours per semester (i.e., 108 hours per academic year).
• Completion of a teaching induction is mandatory before undertaking any teaching assignments.

Additional Information:

• There is no limit or quota for either scholarship.
• Applications are accepted throughout the year.

These scholarships present a valuable opportunity to pursue advanced research while gaining teaching experience and, where applicable, industry collaboration exposure.

For further enquiries or to express your interest, please contact:
MYScholarship@hw.ac.uk

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.