Offer of Undergraduate, Master's and PhD scholarships by the Government of Brunei Darussalam for the Session 2011-12

Introduction

The Government of Brunei Darussalam is offering annual scholarships under a special scholarship award scheme, commencing in 2011-12 academic session. Under this program following courses are being offered in various universities of Brunei Drassalam:  Bachelor Degree (Honors) Master Degree PhD Degree  HND (Higher National Diploma)

Objectives

The aim of the scholarship award is to provide students, with the opportunity to stay at Universiti Brunei Darussalam [UBD], Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali [UNISSA] and Institute of Teknologi Brunei [ITB].

Eligibility Criteria

Applicant must be citizens of ASEAN, OIC, Commonwealth member countries. Must be between the age of 18-25 at the commencement of the academic session  / classes, for which they are applying for admission. However, under exceptional case, the age limit requirement may be waived for candidates who are applying for Master & PhD programs. The applicant must have completed HSSC / Intermediate for application in Undergraduate Program. The applicant must have completed 16 years Bachelors / or equivalent Degree for application in Master's Program and PhD Program. The applicant must full fill all the field of the Brunei Application Form and no column or field should be left unfilled. Certificates / Transcript/Degrees to be attached must be attested by the attesting authorities such as IBCC and HEC. The applicant must provide Police Clearance Certificate with his application.

How to Apply

Documents Required: Following points are mentioned, for the purpose to serve as a Glance for the applicants, regarding documents to be attached. For Complete and detailed information applicants are reqruied to visit the link http://www.mofat.gov.bn/scholarship/ and properly go through the requirements of Degree Program and University requirements: Three recent passport size photographs. Three IBCC and HEC attested / certified copies of academic qualification. Three copies of Applicants Statement of Purpose (Item 6 on Brunei Application form). Three certified copies of Birth Certificate and passport. Three copies of Security Vetting / Police Clearance Certificate. Certified English Translations of supporting documents (i.e. certificates, testimonials, transcripts) must be submitted for documents that are not in English. Reference forms must be fulfilled completely, available in Brunei Application Form. Must fulfil Minimum Entry Requirements of each University and Program in which you are interested to apply. Language proficiency proof such as IELTS, TOEFL, as per program in which you want to apply. Programs are offered in English, Malay and Arabic Language (See Minimum Entry Requirement of the Program in the specific University) Applications which are not containing any of the documents mentioned above or mentioned on Brunei Darussalam's Scholarship scheme website will not be entertained. Those applicants, who do not have any of the documents, should NOT apply in this scholarship scheme. These documents are required by Brunei Darussalam authorities, therefore make sure that any of the documents mentioned above or mentioned at Brunei Darussalam's Scholarship scheme website (http://www.mofat.gov.bn/scholarship/ ) is not missing. Sending Application Package Applicants are required to send Three sets of Brunei Application Form, which can be downloaded from (http://www.mofat.gov.bn/scholarship/ )  Only One Set of HEC Application Form, which can be downloaded from the section Related Documents (at right side). Fill the Application forms very neatly, using the capital letters in Black or Blue ink only, if possible with the help of Computer. Applications should be sent in Spiral Binding only. The Applications which are not in Spiral Binding will not be accepted. Each Application set should be separate. All three application sets should not be binded / attacehd together. All payments are to be made to HEC through HBL online facility. This facility is available in all branches of Habib Bank Ltd. A separate bank Account No. 17427900133401 is being maintained for the purpose. A proforma for depositing funds is available at www.hec.gov.pk/payment Attach portion of payment receipt (in Original), of HBL online payment facility of amount Rs. 300/- non-refundable, made in favor of HEC, Islamabad. Kindly note that HEC is the authorized agency who would send nomination from Pakistan, hence you should not send application directly to Brunei. Last Date for receipt of application in HEC is on or before 05 December, 2010. Late received applications will NOT be entertained. Send completely filled application form, with no documents missing, to the address given below: Asif Kaleem Malik, Project Manager (FFSP / BRUNEI) HRD Division, Higher Education Commission H-9, Islamabad  Note: HEC is only facilitating in the processing of the said scholarship and has no financial liability in this regard. To be continue in next topic with title: Offer of Undergraduate, Master's and PhD scholarships by the Government of Brunei Darussalam for the Session 2011-12 Part2