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 International Institute of Islamic Thought in Collaboration with Human Welfare League (HWL)

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT IIUM

OBJECTIVES

IIIT launched a loan scheme at IIUM, giving full or partial financial support to outstanding students. The aim is to help prepare undergraduates to become social leaders or entrepreneurs, and postgraduates to lead intellectual efforts in the reform of curricula, education, and knowledge.

Loans are offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students exclusively who study both Social and Islamic sciences in any of the Colleges of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, Education, Law, and Economics.

SELECTION OF STUDENTS

• IIIT will request candidate nominations from its affiliates.
• Recommended students will be advised to apply simultaneously to IIUM (online) and IIIT (via email).
• IIIT will make decisions based on applications and will issue a scholarship approval letter to the student and IIUM.

APPLICATION

Part of the application will involve the submission of:

• An essay explaining how the student’s attendance at IIUM will help advance IIIT’s mission in the reform of thought, knowledge, and curricula in their respective countries.

• • Scores of standardized achievement tests: SAT for undergraduates and GRE for postgraduates, or equivalent tests. Applicants may register for SAT and GRE on these websites:

sat.collegeboard.com/register; www.ets.org/gre/general/register.

SCHOLARSHIP CONDITIONS

• Have a CGPA of 3.0, or equivalent to 75%.
• Be admitted at IIUM.
• Be in good academic and moral standing.

SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS

• Renewed automatically on annual basis if the student maintains CGPA of 3.0 and above for both undergraduates and postgraduates.
• For a maximum duration of 4 years for undergraduate and doctoral students, and 2 years for Master’s students.

STUDY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS

• Attend tarbiyah and intellectual programs.
• Take a 1-credit extra-mural course each semester, offered by IIIT.
• Major in Social sciences and minor in Islamic sciences OR major in Islamic sciences and minor in social sciences OR take double majors: Islamic and Social sciences.
• In the case of Master’s and doctoral students, consult IIIT before choosing a
• field of research, as support will be available only to those researching epistemological issues.

Students have to ensure that IIUM sends the following to IIIT, C/o Chairman of the scholarship committee:

• Course registrations showing total credit load at the beginning of each semester.
• Grade transcripts at the end of each semester.

STUDENT BENEFITS

Upon arrival in Malaysia, students will be given a settlement allowance of RM1,000.

Full-time students with full sponsorship will receive the following benefits:

• Full annual tuition and other university fees.
• Books and other scholastic material required by the university.

Living stipends will be provided as follows:

• Undergraduate : RM800/month.
• Master’s : RM900/month.
• Doctoral : RM1000/month.

• Students will be responsible for all other expenses, including air tickets. There is no special allocation for married students. There also will be no allocation for travel expenses to and from Malaysia.

 IIUM COMMITMENTS

Applications to be sent to IIUM’s International Office, which will follow up with respective departments until students are admitted. The office also follows up on each student’s academic programs and social welfare.

IIUM to send student progress reports to IIIT at the end of each semester and inform IIIT of any changes in the students’ status or any specific academic and social problems as soon as they arise.

LOAN REPAYMENTS

• All amounts paid to students are considered a loan repayable in equal monthly instalments, following a 24 month grace period from the date of their graduation at the rate of 10% of their salary.

• Loan repayment amounts to be given to one of the local Muslim organizations, which will be mutually agreed on in their country. Loans will be offered to other students from these funds.
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