UNIRAZAK Postgraduate Research Scholarships

LOCAL tuition fee and stipend

8 - 10

-Applicants must fulfill general entry requirements set by the Graduate School of Business (GSB) and gain entrance to a postgraduate research program at GSB for the scholarships. -Program details, fee structures, and entry requirements are available at http://www.unirazak.edu.my/school-of-business-programme. The online application for admission to the Graduate School of Business is available at http://www.unirazak.edu.my/online-application. -Applicants should also complete the Postgraduate Research Scholarship Application Form (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Bar7dImilYLTBJVmFaUk83Ym8/edit?usp=sharing) and send it together with a letter of interest, to Dr. Dewi A. Sapuan, Bureau for Excellence in Research and Teaching, at dewi@unirazak.edu.my. Please state “2013 – 2014 UPRS” as the email subject. -International applicants are encouraged to apply, but there is a different program fee structure applies for international students, and the award covers only the LOCAL tuition fee rate. -International applicants will be required to demonstrate the ability to cover the tuition fee difference and cost of living.

UNIRAZAK is now recruiting suitably qualified individuals to pursue the degree of Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy at Graduate School of Business, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK). The Government of Malaysia funds postgraduate research scholarships through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) and the Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS). Each scholarship recipient will serve as a Graduate Research Assistant to the Principal Investigator of one of the following research projects: 1) Service innovation; 2) Halal supply chain; 3) Social network development; 4) Sustainability management; 5) Economic and social indicators; 6) Emotional labor; 7) Service commercialisations; or 8) Transgenerational entrepreneurship. The awardee will also be assigned a research supervisor by the Graduate School of Business, to guide him/ her to program completion. Full-time students need to devote half of their 40-hour week to the assigned research project and the other half to pursuing the completion of their degree and teaching or carrying out administrative duties as appropriate. All postgraduate students will be required to attend a series of research-related courses. A full-time student needs to complete his/ her studies within the minimum duration of one (1) year for Master of Science student or two (2) years for Doctor of Philosophy. The award of scholarship to students undertaking a postgraduate program on a part-time basis will be at the discretion of the project’s Principal Investigator and the Scholarship Panel. In addition to the scholarship, Graduate Research Assistants will have the opportunity to receive stipends.

The award covers the cost of LOCAL tuition fee amounting to RM16,200 for Master of Science or RM24,240 for Doctor of Philosophy. The scholarships are not cash awards. However, Graduate Research Assistants may receive monthly stipend. The continuity of this award will be based on the student’s academic performance and his/ her fulfillment of the stipulated work requirements.

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