Scholarship Opportunities
UTB has several scholarship opportunities for graduate studies.

1. Scholarship through Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT):
This is only for foreign applicants.
Detail of this scholarship and application procedure can be obtained from MOFAT website: http://www.mofat.gov.bn/Pages/BDScholarship.aspx

2. Ministry of Education (MoE) Scholarship:
This is for Bruneians (Yellow IC) only, not more than 30 years old. This scholarship is offered to the applicants who are accepted for admission (PhD, Master’s by Research and Master’s by Coursework). University usually does the processing to forward the scholarship request to the ministry of education once the applicants accept the admission offer and fill in the scholarship application form.
The scholarship includes tuition fees waiver and a monthly allowance of about 400.00 BND.

3. UTB Scholarship for Graduate Students

UTB scholarships are provided to:           

•   Attract high calibre candidates to conduct full-time graduate studies by research (masters or PhD) and to contribute to research outcomes
•   Support life long learning through financial support to highly motivated candidates who cannot qualify for MOE scholarships (such as due to age)
•   Attract highly qualified international candidates and contribute to diversity among UTB community

Terms of Scholarship    

•   Waiver of programme fees only. Other fees apply
•   Stipend of BND$750 per month for up to 24 and 36 months for Masters and PhD candidates, respectively
•   A return airfare to country of origin is provided for international scholarship recipients
•   The scholarship cannot be held with other financial support unless written approval is given by UTB
•   Assist in supervised teaching and learning activities in appropriate modules as instructed by UTB
•   UTB reserves the right to amend terms of the scholarship at any time

Candidates must be:     

•   Full-time students registered in MSc by research or PhD programmes
•   Either citizens or permanent residents of Brunei or international students. The scholarship is conferred based on academic excellence. If candidates have equal academic excellence, the scholarship will be conferred to citizens and permanent residence of Brunei and international students, in that order of preference
•   Holders of First Class undergraduate degree, or if applying using masters degree, holders of Master degree with Distinction from a university acceptable by UTB Senate (For applicants in the PhD programme)
•   Holders of at least a Second Upper undergraduate degree from a university acceptable by UTB Senate (For applicants in the MSc by Research programme)
•   While candidates with the above degrees from reputable universities are eligible, those from prestigious, rigorous and highly ranked universities will, everything else being equal, have an advantage.

4. Other scholarships:
There are research assistantship opportunities depending on the available research funds.