Melbourne/Malaysia 'Split' PhD Partnership
In 2007, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) negotiated an eight year Partnership Agreement on behalf of seven Malaysian Universities and The University of Melbourne. This agreement is similar to agreements previously negotiated by the MOHE with Nottingham University and with Imperial College, London. The University of Melbourne is the only Australian university invited to participate in this initiative.
The primary objectives of the agreement are:
- to build capacity in the Malaysian higher education sector by providing joint PhD research training at the University of Melbourne and the designated Malaysian Universities to selected candidates from the participating Malaysian Universities; and
- to foster collaborative research and exchange between academic staff of the participating Malaysian universities and academic staff at The University of Melbourne.
To achieve these objectives, Split PhD scholarships are being offered by the Malaysian universities to their academic staff to undertake PhD training at the University of Melbourne. These scholarships are in addition to the regular full-time scholarships for overseas study offered by the MOHE through Malaysian public universities. The Split PhD scholarship enables the scholarship recipients to undertake the three year full-time University of Melbourne PhD degree over four years and candidates are expected to split their PhD study equally between The University of Melbourne and their respective Malaysian university.
The following seven Malaysian universities have been selected by the Malaysian Government to be involved in the Split-PhD and research collaboration initiative with the University of Melbourne:
- Universiti Malaya (UM)
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
- Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
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