Scholarship

The scholarship will be offered on a yearly basis to a maximum of 20 successful applicants, to undertake up to four years of undergraduate studies locally.

This scholarship is open for application from all Malaysian students in need of funding. Students who have started their degree are also eligible to apply provided they meet the requirements.

1. You must be a Malaysian citizen under 25 years of age (as of 1 January 2025).
2. Applicants who have completed the Pre-University or are in the final semester of the Pre-University only will be eligible to apply.
3. You must have good academic results in SPM (minimum 5As with credits in Bahasa Melayu and English) and STPM or A-Levels equivalent (minimum 2As). In the absence of STPM or A-Levels, the applicant should possess Pre-University entrance examination (such as, foundation, matriculation or diploma), with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (“CGPA”) of 3.50 and above;
4. You must be a full-time student and have gained admission or is waiting for placement into any of the courses which are relevant to PIDM’s business and have been approved and accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (“MQA”), in a college or university in Malaysia as approved by PIDM;
5. Not be in a position to take on the course without financial aid or award;
6. Not be in receipt of any other scholarship, financial aid or award from any institution, organisation or foundation;
7. Not have been terminated from or ceased to be in receipt of any other scholarship, financial aid or award from any institution, organisation or foundation, due to disciplinary action against the applicant;
8. Only top universities such as those that are listed in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (“QS”) and Times Higher Education Rankings (“THE”) will be given due consideration.

Applications will only be considered if they meet the eligibility criteria; the specific field of study and the list of colleges and universities as approved by PIDM.
 

The terms and conditions of the scholarship programme may be varied by PIDM at its sole discretion from time to time without notice. Any award of scholarship is at PIDM’s sole discretion. No appeal will be entertained.

The list of pre-requisites includes:

1. A requirement to provide information on income for the applicant and/or parent(s);
2. The offer of scholarship will be subject to acceptance of the terms and conditions of a scholarship agreement with PIDM;
3. Recipients of the scholarship award will be required to fulfil conditions as set out in the scholarship agreement including, but not limited to, maintaining a minimum ‘Cumulative Grade Point Average’ (CGPA) of 3.00 or achieve a minimum of ‘Second Class Upper’ in the final examinations.

Preference will be given to courses related to digital skills such as computer science, information technology, data analytics, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, technology design, programming, cyber security and other related courses.
 
Other fields of study such as risk management, actuarial science, banking & finance, statistics, economics, accounting and sustainability will also be considered. 

PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

1. Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)
2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
3. Universiti Malaya (UM)
4. Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
5. Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
6. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
7. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
8. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
9. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
10. Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)
11. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
12. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
13. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
14. Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
15. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
16. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
17. Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)
18. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
19. Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

1. Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU)
2. INTI International University
3. Management and Science University (MSU)
4. Multimedia University (MMU)
5. Sunway University
6. Taylor’s university
7. UCSI University
8. Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)
9. Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
10. Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)
11. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Yes. Please fill in your latest or final semester subjects (if there are too many subjects to list out) in the form together with your final GPA and CGPA grades. 

Just fill in the Degree that you are pursuing and list down your University name; as for the grades, fill in as “N/A” (if you do not have any grades yet). 

Yes, you can submit your application without your offer letter; if you are successful in your scholarship application, you will be required to provide us the details. The University and field of studies must be as approved by PIDM. 

Yes, provided that you receive your offer letter of admission from an approved University and field of study by August of the same year. The PIDM Scholarship Award presentation will be held in August itself.

You will need to provide other proof of documentation (such as a letter pertaining to financial aid from the Government, Zakat donation, cash voucher, Income Tax form, etc.) and upload it in the “payslip” field.