The Swinburne Tuition Fee Award is a merit based award, offering full or partial tuition fee waivers for PhD or Master by Research candidates.

The Swinburne Tuition Fee Award is granted for 3 years to PhD candidates and for 18 months to Master by Research candidates.

Applications are open year round. Students should submit their application form and supporting documents to the School of Research at the same time they apply for admission to a research degree.

Recipients of this Fee Waiver Award will be required to contribute a stipulated number of contact hours per week towards their faculty’s teaching and research activities.

For more information please contact hdradmission@swinburne.edu.my at the School of Research.

Applications for Swinburne Research Studentships are open to PhD and Master by Research candidates in full-time mode. The Studentships provide successful applicants with a full tuition fee waiver, plus a monthly stipend.

The Swinburne Research Studentship is granted for 36 months to PhD candidates and for 18 months to Master by Research candidates.

Recipients of this Swinburne Research Studentship will be required to contribute a stipulated number of contact hours per week towards their faculty’s teaching and research activities.

For more information please contact hdradmission@swinburne.edu.my at the School of Research.

Swinburne Sarawak provides opportunities for its students to gain international research experience through the Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s Travel Award. This award is a travel bursary of RM30,000 for research students to visit or study in an international university or research institution for a period of time during their candidature.

Criteria:

• Students must be enrolled in a full-time postgraduate research program.
• Students should have an associate supervisor from the prospective university and an invitation or acceptance letter from the receiving research institution.
• The prospective university has to be in the top 400 globally ranked universities according to the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) list. Research Institutions that have an equivalent international research integrity would be considered.
• The award will be granted subject to satisfactory progress of candidature.

For more information please contact hdradmission@swinburne.edu.my at the School of Research.

The Malaysian Ministry of Education offers scholarships for Malaysian nationals for postgraduate study in the following areas:

Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics.

• MyMaster is for all Masters and Master by Research candidates
• MyPhD is for all doctoral candidates.

Please inquire with the Sarawak Foundation about the subject areas being sponsored. The application has to be made through the Sarawak Foundation and opens in August 2018. 

This is a full scholarship for Master and PhD and open for Sarawakians only. It is for outstanding students in areas of science and the digital sphere and the full list can be found on the foundation’s website. Applications for this scholarship can be made once you have received your offer letter and the School of Research will assist you in your application. 

The Brooke Heritage Trust and Swinburne Sarawak have established a partnership for a scholarship program for three (3) years beginning 2024 – 2026. The Brooke Heritage Trust provides research scholarship for a combination of one PhD scholar and two Master’s by Research scholars. For more information please refer to The Brooke Heritage Trust. The scholarship includes a 100% fee waiver for one PhD and two Masters by Research scholars, along with a competitive stipend, conference and discretionary funds. Eligible applicants, preferably Sarawakians with a minimum CGPA of 3.33 are encouraged to apply. Please submit a 5-7 page proposal and your CV to by 31st January 2024 hdrmanagement@swinburne.edu.my.