The 1-year Master in Public Administration (MPA) programme provides an intensive, interdisciplinary course of study for experienced professionals who wish to acquire new knowledge and skills to enhance their leadership and managerial capabilities. This innovative programme can be taken full-time or part-time.

The scholarships below are offered on a competitive basis. Applicants must have good academic and professional records. They must also have demonstrated leadership and a desire to contribute to public service. Not all the awards will be made unless thereare candidates of sufficient merit. Scholars may not concurrently hold any other scholarship, fellowship or award without the prior approval of the School. There is no bond or obligation for the scholar to be employed by NUS or in Singapore, except for the Lien Foundation scholarship.

Attention! The following items are covered by the terms of the relevant scholarships:

- A monthly stipend throughout the period of the award
- A one-time book allowance
- A one-time settling
-in allowance
- Shared housing
- Tuition, health insurance, examination and other approved fees
- Cost of travel from home country to Singapore on award of the scholarship
- Cost of travel from Singapore to home country on graduation

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Graduate Scholarship

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Graduate Scholarship is available to full-time students who have demonstrated leadership and a desire to contribute to public service. It is available to all nationalities except Singapore citizens and permanent residents. Please refer to Attention! for the terms of this scholarship.

CapitaLand LKYSPP Scholarship

The CapitaLand LKYSPP Scholarship is available to full-time students who are citizens of ASEAN countries (except Singapore), India or the People’s Republic of China. For more information about CapitaLand Limited and this Scholarship, please view http://www.capitaland.com/en/AboutCapitaLand/Scholarships/Scholarship1.htm

Hefner Scholarship

The Hefner Scholarship is available to full-time students who are citizens of the People’s Republic of China or the United States of America.

Lien Foundation Scholarship for Social Service Leaders

The Lien Foundation Scholarship for Social Service Leaders aims to groom talent, build capability in the social service sector and develop outstanding leaders to serve the community. It is available to full-time and part-time students who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents.

The Scholarship provides for:

- A monthly allowance (for full-time candidates only) throughout the period of the award
- A one-time book allowance
- Tuition, health insurance, examination and other approved fees For more information about the scholarship and application form, please go to www.ncss.org.sg/lien

A.I.T Scholarship

The ASEAN Foundation (AF) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have entered into another agreement to develop high quality human resources within ASEAN member countries through the offering of the AF-AIT Scholarships. This scholarship programme is part of the ASEAN Foundation Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies and funded through the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund. AIT is based in Thailand and has affiliated centers in other parts of the world. Ten (10) full scholarships are available for ASEAN nationals who wish to pursue masters degree in AIT. The scholarship award will cover tuition and other academic fees, and living allowances for a 2-year program.

Four scholarships will be awarded under the project “Capacity building for Gender, Poverty and Mobility Analysis of Road Transportation Development in GMS Region”. The remaining six scholarships will be allocated for the various fields of study identified by ASEAN Foundation as indicated below.

To qualify, applicants must:

- Be a bonafide ASEAN national;
- Hold a bachelors degree (normally from a four-year program) or its equivalent in an appropriate field;
- Have above average undergraduate grades (minimum CGPA of 2.75); and,
- Satisfy other requirements as specified by the school you apply to.
- AIT is an international institute with English as the sole language of instruction. Admission to AIT requires proof of English language proficiency which may be satisfied in any of the following: Submission of an official test score from any of the following standardized English exams: TOEFL, IELTS, CU-TEP ( Thailand ), ARC (Lao PDR).
- Agree to return and/or serve for at least 2 years in any ASEAN countries after completion of their studies.

The scholarship can be taken in the following field of studies:

School of Environment , Resources and Development (SERD) www.serd.ait.ac.th

- Agricultural Systems and Engineering
- Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources ManagementEnergy
- Environmental Engineering and Management
- Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology
- Gender and Development Studies
- Natural Resources Management
- Pulp and Paper Technology
- Regional and Rural Development Planning
- Urban Environmental Management
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Cleaner Production
- Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management
- Integrated Watershed Development and Management
- Modelling Tools in Environmental Resources and Management
- Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management
- Agribusiness Management
- School of Engineering and Technology (SET) www.set.ait.ac.th
- Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CEIM)
- Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (GTE)
- Structural Engineering (STE)
- Transportation Engineering (TRE)
- Water Engineering and Management (WEM)
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)

Application detail

All interested applicants must complete the following two sets of applications and submit them to the Admissions Office of AIT.

- AIT application form ( http://www.ait.ac.th/apply )
- ASEAN Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Studies application form ( downloaded )

For the January 2008 intake, application should be made on or before 21 December 2007.Deadline for August intake is on 31 March 2008.For January 2009 intake, application should be made on or before 31 October 2008.

Contact detail:

- Postal Address: Admissions and Scholarships Unit Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 , Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120 , THAILAND
- Street Address: Admissions and Scholarships Unit Asian Institute of Technology 50 Moo 9, Km. 42, Paholyothin Road Pathumthani 12120 , THAILAND
- Phone: (662) 5245031-5033 Fax: (662) 524-6326 E-mail: admissions@ait.ac.th

Fujitsu Scholarship

The Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship (Fujitsu Scholarship) Program, sponsored by Fujitsu Limited, provides financial assistance for postgraduate education and cross-cultural management training to participants from the Asia-Pacific region. Fujitsu Limited, an international leader in information technology, telecommunications, semiconductors and electronics that is headquartered in Tokyo, established the Fujitsu Scholarship to commemorate its 50th anniversary in 1985. The Fujitsu Scholarship program is available for academic programs at JAIMS. JAIMS, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, is a nonprofit postgraduate institute established by Fujitsu in 1972. Many Fujitsu Scholarship recipients/graduates are now working for corporate and social-service organizations in their home countries as well as in other nations.

The Fujitsu Scholarship is available to citizens of selected Asia-Pacific countries in the following formats:

- Full-tuition scholarship and a monthly stipend are available to citizens of the following countries: Cambodia, China*, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar*, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam*.
- Full-tuition scholarship with no monthly stipend is available to citizens of the following countries/areas: State of Hawaii, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

EWKLP Fujitsu Scholarship applicants must submit completed documents listed below

- Scholarship Application(including the essay and work experience information)
- Two Recommendation Forms
- EWKLP Application Form
- TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS score report
- Official transcripts must be sent directly to JAIMS from all academic institutions attended.

The above items must be sent to: JAIMS Admissions Office, 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive, Honolulu, HI 96825-1192, U.S.A.

You can download the Acrobat PDF version of the Fujitsu Scholarship and EWKLP application documents here Fujitsu Scholarship Application Packet (104KB / A4)(including Recommendation Forms) or EWKLP Application Packet (63KB / A4)

Contact detail:
- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, E-mail to : linda@th.fujitsu.com
- Vietnam, E-mail to : chick@vn.fujitsu.com
- China, E-mail to : jaims@cn.fujitsu.com
- Hawaii, E-mail to : rox@jaims.org
- Hong Kong, E-mail to : emily@hk.fujitsu.com
- India, E-mail to : rsaxena@fujitsu-india.com
- Sri Lanka, E-mail to : rsaxena@fujitsu-india.com
- Indonesia, E-mail to : scholarship@id.fujitsu.com
- Japan, E-mail to : dsaka@jp.fujitsu.com
- Korea, E-mail to : wjlee@kr.fujitsu.com
- Malaysia, E-mail to : chrisng@fms.my.fujitsu.com
- Philippines, E-mail to : m.que@ph.fujitsu.com
- Singapore, E-mail to : colin@sg.fujitsu.com
- Taiwan, E-mail to : alexlin@tw.fujitsu.com
- Australia and New Zealand, E-mail to : fujitsu.scholarship@au.fujitsu.com