Interview for Scholars

I believe it should be a short short and concise post. Thus, I will only briefly explain on what it is all about.

I do know only few scholars, so not much info are available.

JPA
-You get to register to SPA before they call you for interview. If you pass the iv, you will get the offer

Petronas-iv notification and whole process might be within 6 months after finishing study
-You will be registered by Petronas officers for job application, unlike non-scholars job application.
-After that, you have to sit for a few stages of interview.
-If you manage to pass all iv and group assessment, then you will be getting the offer
-Otherwise, you either have to pay 20% of your sponsorship value or you don't have to pay one.

BNM-iv notification and whole process might be within 3-4 months after finishing study
-Same as petronas, except for the few stages of iv and 20% payback thingy

SC/Khazanah
-you will likely be called upon once you graduate.
-for khazanah, you have to wait longer as they need time to sort which companies you will be assigned to.

Others
-will be updated from time to time

biasiswa spm (spm scholarship)

Blogpost ke-155 

Salam,

Sengaja bagi tajuk macam tu supaya blogpost ni jadi top kat google search. 

This blogpost serves as a guide for those who are searching for a list of compiled scholarships that SPM leavers and candidates can apply either using SPM Trial or using Real SPM results.

I don't put a link on this post sebab I dah letak link-link tu semua dalam blogpost sebelum ni. Cuma klik pada label "scholarships" untuk lebih senang cari.

In general, I dah buat several classification untuk korang senang nak pilih apa jenis bidang yang ditawarkan untuk setiap scholar.

But, korang boleh notice kebanyakan company hanya senaraikan courses yang business related atau engineering-related. 

Not much on pure science, applied science, medic/dentist/pharmacy, international relations and other kursus yang seangkatan dengannya.

Happy scholarship hunting!!!

P/s: This info is correct as of October 2016. Any changes will be updated on quarterly basis or ASAP.

Spm scholarship listing by course (don't click here, click below)

senarai biasiswa spm/spm scholarship listing

INFO: SPM Scholarship

Note: Last updated on 31st May 2016. Will be updated from time to time,at least annually.

Hello, I have compiled every scholarship provider and I hope that it will be of good use to all. This is strictly for SPM leavers.

The list will be updated from time to time. (It will be updated at least annually). 

Sponsorhip includes:

Scholarships-You don't need to pay,but most sponsor will give a bond to work at that company/entity after you graduate. But it doesn't mean that you are confirmed with jobs because there will be cut off points or requirements as well in order to fulfill the contractual agreement.Depends on sponsors.

Convertible loan-Mara/JPA/petronas(you need to pay 20% if you don't get to work with petronas, correct me if I'm wrong). You need to pay back some,if not all amount. You pay back based on some conditions. Mara is based on academic performance. Jpa is based on whether you get to work with the government after you graduate etc.

In general there are:

Overseas and Local scholarships

The application can be either through:

Website portal of the scholarship provider

Email (as in JCORP)

Manual handwriting (download forms from the company's website and send by post, as in MAYBANK AND PNB)

For post SPM scholarships, most of the sponsors, if not all, will provide the preparatory college for the pre-university programme especially for its overseas programme.

For more details, you can inquire the staffs for each sponsor through phone or email as they will know more about the entire process of selection.

For MARA,JPA and YPM JAD, you guys can just google it up. Because those are some general scholarships where most people will apply. The list that I provide here is more towards other corporate or companies that you can get sponsorhips/scholarships as well.

Malaysia Government/Statuory Bodies/GLC/Private Malaysian Companies sponsorship (Mostly open few days before/on SPM result day/after result day), Only open for a short duration etc BNM/Petronas-only open 1 week after SPM result)

JPA (including JPJK,PPN,Bursary)

http://esilav2.jpa.gov.my/

MARA (inculding MARA SPC,JPA-MARA)

http://www.mara.gov.my/

YPM JAD

http://www.jadypm.edu.my/index

Bank Negara

http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=en_misc&pg=en_career_scholar&ac=1097

https://careers.bnm.gov.my/psc/escholarext/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/BNM_SCHOLARSHIP.BNM_SCR_EXT_LOGIN.GBL?FolderPath=PORTAL_ROOT_OBJECT.BNM_SCHOLARSHIP.BNM_SCR_LOGIN.BNM_SCR_EXT_LOGIN_GBL&IsFolder=false&IgnoreParamTempl=FolderPath%2cIsFolder&

Khazanah Nasional (Yayasan Khazanah)

http://www.yayasankhazanah.com.my/

Maybank (Maybank Foundation)

http://www.maybank.com/en/careers/students/scholarship.page

Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB)

http://www.pnb.com.my/aset_m.php#inline6

Securities Commission

http://www.sc.com.my/scholarship-award/

Petronas

http://www.petronas.com.my/sustainability/education/educational-sponsorship-unit/Pages/default.aspx

United Engineers Malaysia (Yayasan UEM)

http://www.uem.com.my/scholarship.aspx

Telekom Malaysia (Yayasan TM/YTM)

http://ytm.tm.com.my/

Tenaga Nasional (Yayasan TN/YTN)

http://www.tnb.com.my/scholarships/scholarships.html

Sime Darby (Yayasan Sime Darby/YSD)

http://www.yayasansimedarby.com/

Yayasan Peneraju (YPPB/Peneraju Tunas Potensi)

http://www.yayasanpeneraju.com.my

Johor Corporation

jesp@jcorp.com.my

Look up at local newspapers for JCORP's ads and its website for more info.

Astro
Link will be provided later

Yayasan Dayadiri
Link will be provided later

Institution Scholarship

Taylor's World Class Scholarship
Link will be provided later

Taylor College High Achiever/President Scholarship Award

UWC-for MRSM students and Khazanah scholars???(unsure)

http://uwc-my.org/UWCNew/?page_id=58

Foreign government sponsorship-for SPM LEAVERS AS WELL

Asean Scholarship(Singapore Government)
Link will be provided later

Japanese Government/Monbukagakusho/MEXT Scholarship
Link will be provided later

Turkish Government Scholarship (Turkish Burslari)
Link will be provided later

International school sponsorship-only cover for pre-u studies (A LEVEL/IB)

Epsom Libra Foundation

Link will be provided later

Penang International School Uplands

Link will be provided later

Sri Kdu International School

Link will be provided later

Iskl

Igb

Mckl

Ucsi

Nexus

Institution that accepts Trial SPM results(not scholarships)

UTP March intake
Link will be provided later

UWC
Link will be provided later

KYSB

Link will be provided later

STATE FOUNDATION/STATE ISLAMIC COUNCIL/YAYASAN NEGERI that offers overseas scholarship programmes

These only applies for candidates from each respective countries. Outsiders cannot apply)

YAYASAN TERENGGANU-for anak terenganu,send to KYUEM

Link will be provided later

YAYASAN SABAH-for sabahan,send to KYUEM

Link will be provided later

MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM KELANTAN(MAIK)-for anak kelantan,send to KYUEM,

Link will be provided later

FELDA-for anak or cucu peneroka Felda,send to kyuem


TRIAL SPM SCHOLARSHIP

Malaysia National Reinsurance Berhad (MNRB)
Link will be provided later




Scholarships no longer available or at least remain mysterious.

Exxon Mobil Special Interships
Malaysia Airport
Axiata
MMC
Felda Global Venture-(only for pre-university leavers to apply for local undergraduate degree program)
KPLSPM-Program Pelajar Cemerlang-(language/maths/science/etc)

Time line of scholarship results

Usually the result of each scholarship using Actual Spm result will be announced as early as end of March and as late as early July.
For scholarships using Trial Spm result,it is usually announced as early as December until March the following year. However,these trial scholarships do have minimum expected requirements for actual Spm results. This is to ensure that the successful candidates have maintained the same consistency for every examination.

Here is the time line that I made based on the actual result related in 2016. Generally it will not change much over the years.

March
BNM Kijang Emas
Ypm Mjhep Jad

April
BNM Kijang
Petronas

May
Ytm
Ytm
Jcorp
Yppb
Uem
Mara
Jpa

June
Maybank
Pnb
Seccom
Astro

July
Sime Darby

KE & PPN 2016

2016

KIJANG EMAS 2016
SPONSOR: CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA

Total application: 146
Shortlisted candidates: 22
Final recipients: 3

PROGRAM PENAJAAN NASIONAL 2016
SPONSOR: PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT

Total straight A+ (approximate): 210
Shortlisted candidates: 100
Final recipients: 20

2017

KIJANG EMAS 2017
SPONSOR: CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA

Total application: 80% out of 102 students (84 students)
Shortlisted candidates: 16
Final recipients: 3

PROGRAM PENAJAAN NASIONAL 2017
SPONSOR: PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT

Total straight A+: 102
Shortlisted candidates: 102
Final recipients: 20


It's not fixed all year round but you can see how tough it is even for top scorers nationwide. The world is getting tougher day by day.

MEXT INTERVIEW AND CH2M HILL INTERVIEW

There were 2 interviews last week. I did not know what to expect but I always thought that each interview would be a pretty intimidating one. Asking for my employer for extra leaves, I managed to do so by giving reasonable excuses and plenty of explanations of course.

Arriving in KL, I went to the stipulated area for the exact place a day before, to know its actual location. On the day of the interview, I arrived an hour early to get a parking space. I t was not until 2.00 pm that I started to get into the building. Once I entered the area, the officials requested that all mobile phones and electronic devices should be taken by the personnel. Thus, I could not take any picture and as such.

Then, I proceeded to the designated area before the interview. We had to wait there for about 20 minutes before going to another waiting room for the interview. After going to the waiting room, I met up with some candidates, asking their majors and their past career options and others. I just did that so that I could gather more info on what are the options for my type of major.

FYI, in that day, there were about 18 candidates(Tuesday) that were divided into different time slots. Not to mention the previous day, about 16 candidates(Monday) were called for the interview. I would assume that more candidates are being called upon on Wednesday and Thursday. This would result in an approximate total of 60-70 candidates before the final 20-25 candidates are being offered the scholarships.

Interview wise, it was quite ok although the interviewers were not that much of friendly bunch. There were 5 interviewees in total. (1 MALE from JAPANESE EMBASSY(He was there during the 1st written exam too,sitting in front with Japanese Embassy staffs), 2 MALES FROM UM(I knew them because they are lecturers in Ambang Asuhan Jepun in UM), 1 MALE FROM UPM(Presumably because I could see a business card that stated "UPM" in front of him on the interview table, and 1 FEMALE (from JPA or Malaysia Governement or Universities I guess, because she was the most interviews that asked much about my research thingy). I did state about my topics, my aims and the repercussions that I could use from the study for both Japan and Malaysia. It went for about 10-15 minutes for each candidates, although some might exceed 30 minutes due to interesting researches that caught up the interviewees' attention. After the interview was over, I went home feeling somehow elated that the interview had ended.

For CH2M Hill interview, I went to the office in Mont Kiara. I would say it a more relaxed and enjoyable type of interview because the interviewers were so casual and yet full of expertise that takes years of practice. The interviews had 2 interviewees, one local manager, and another one foreign worker. All in all, they just looked at your academics,ko-k, your working experience, life expectations and etc. It went for about 1 hour plus.

It was good to know there are companies that are willing to take you eventhough you are just fresh graduate. Most importantly, you need to have good values within yourself so that you could become a good worker for the organisation that you are working with.

JAPAN EMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR

MEXT EXAM 2015

It was pretty OK I guess. As a matter of fact, the moment I started to flip over the pages, I quickly scanned the questions and find the keywords. That explained why I answered backwards, scribbling through all the lengthy articles. The feeling changed however when I started to answer Japanese paper. I could not read Japanese, especially the katakana and hiragana part. There were some kanji that appeared to me as coincidentally similar with the chinese characters. So, I could barely answer the Japanese paper until the time was over.

Whatever it is, I just hope and pray that my name will be shortlisted for the interview because I hope to get so. Plus, I was rejected by the Turkish Government for its scholarship this year. I guess no rezeki for me then to go to Turkey.

P/S: The marks for the english test will not be disclosed and the result would be within 2 weeks.

intro of MEXT 2016

WAIT FOR THE MEXT EXAM POST SOON.....

INFO: Trial SPM Scholarships

I am just going to write a very short note in this post. 

For most you, you might be wondering why some of the students got into college in January in the following year right after SPM. This is because they are the scholarship recipients of some GLC's "special scholarship scheme". What did I say so? Those are selected based on their trial SPM's results and after going some interviews either at their school or at the company's HQ. Well, I did know about BNM and Khazanah Nasional. Therefore, I am just going to write these two entities.

For BNM/Central Bank of Malaysia, they only conduct interviews in selected premier schools such as Fully Residential School and High Performance School. Two examples will be Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah(SAS) and SM Sains Tuanku Munawer (SASER). As it is not an open application, you cannot search it online regarding the application. The sponsor will get into touch with the schools' authorities before conducting the interviews and reviewing those students based on their Trial SPM and co-curricular activities. Simply said, out of all the interviewees that go through the assessment, BNM will only select around 5-15 students as its scholarship recipients. Then, they will proceed with their A-Levels at certain colleges like Taylor's, Kolej Tuanku Jaafar and Epsom College (opened last year). The most important thing you need to know is that you need to constantly ask your councilors at school so that you are prepared even before the start of Trial Spm itself. 

I want to write this in BM. Apa2pun, banyakkan bertanya dengan cikgu kaunseling dan kerjaya di sekolah kerana cikgu-cikgu ada akses maklumat yang agak banyak mengenai biasiswa-biasiswa untuk Percubaan SPM. Tapi, pastikan yang kita buat research dulu as if kita dah search online mengenai apa biasiswa yang ada untuk lepasan SPM ni.

Secondly, it is about Khazanah Nasional "Early Harvest Programme". Again, this scholarship is only given to students of Fully Residential Schools and MRSM's if I am not mistaken. The process is almost the same with BNM, with the exception that they have many stages of interviews (about 4-5 stages) and the interviews take place at their HQ at KLCC or at Mercu UEM,KL Sentral. The sponsorships are only for about 10-20 students. Those selected students will continue A-Levels at certain colleges which are more or less like BNM's. This programme is also a closed application.

Closed application-only certain schools can apply
Open application-all schools can apply, either through email/wesbite portal/manual application

Here are the list of scholarships which can be applied by using Trial SPM Results. (Last updated for SPM 2015)

Yayasan Khazanah-(Closed application)

Bank Negara Malaysia-(Closed application)

Tenaga Nasional/YTN-Open application, but have certain conditions like SBP/MRSM students,Sabah/Sarawak schools

Yayasan Pelajaran Mara/JADYPM-Open application

Malaysia National Reinsurance Berhad/MNRB-Open application

Yayasan Terengganu Tunas Saintis Islam-only for Imtiaz or Terengganu Islamic Stream Students

The link for the open application provided later.

P/S: Do ask your teachers at school and keep searching on the internet regarding the trial SPM scholarship. One of the websites I strongly recommend is AfterSchool.

Previous scholarhips that used Trial SPM, but no longer applicable:
Yayasan Sime Darby/YSD
Exxon Mobil/Special Internship Programme

Senarai Penerima Biasiswa Nasional/National Scholarship Recipients 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010

Congrats to those who received this prestigious scholarship from the government. Hope all the pictures explain the joys and excitements the recipients felt up until now. Also to 4 Kijang Emas scholars who received the scholarship at BNM HQ last week.

For your information, you will need to get straight A+ with an average marks of 93% and above to get this kind of scholarship. I said this based on my findings from other bloggers who receive this scholarship as well. Therefore, start focusing on your study now to get that kind of achievement in your SPM. However,that does not mean that you cannot participate in your ko-k and enjoy your high school life.

KEY POINTS BIASISWA NASIONAL

1. STRAIGHT A+
2. AVERAGE SCORE OF 93% AND ABOVE

KEY POINTS BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA BIASISWA KIJANG EMAS

1. STRAIGHT A+
2. ACTIVE IN KO-K(INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INVOLVEMENT)
3. OUTSTANDING AND VISIONARY PERSONALITY

Of course, Kijang Emas is tougher to get than Biasiswa Nasional. However, you just need to keep on striving for your own success and your own future. That is why only 20 are selected for the interview after receiving application from some 300-400 straight A+ applicants. Only those who are academically and kok excellent can get this scholarship. 

P/s: Spread the joy to all around you even it is for a short while.

As promised I will keep you updated with the previous recipients.

2015 National Scholarship

2015 National Scholarship

2015 National Scholarship

2015 National Scholarship

2014 National Scholarship 1

2014 National Scholarship 2

2013 National Scholarships

2012 National Scholarships

2010 National Scholarships