AMCHAM-MACEE 2013 Scholarship

The Scholarship 

The American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and the Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE) are pleased to announce the competition for the AMCHAM-MACEE 2013 Scholarship.

 AMCHAM created a scholarship endowment program in 1998 to benefit deserving Malaysian students planning to pursue their undergraduate studies in the United States. The AMCHAM-MACEE 2012 Scholarship awards a US$20,000 scholarship, covering four years of undergraduate study in the United States ($5,000.00/year renewable for four years subject to meeting the specified conditions).

The scholarship is open to qualified Malaysian students who are accepted to an accredited university in the United States for four years of study culminating in a Bachelors degree. The student must be accepted for Fall semester, 2013. Transfer students are not eligible for this scholarship.

Eligibility

• Malaysian citizens who have completed the equivalent of secondary school or a higher level of education
  (SPM, O Levels, STPM or A Levels, IB, homeschooling through U.S. 12th grade).
• Secondary school results must be translated into English, certified as a true copy and submitted with the
  application.
• TOEFL and SAT scores must be submitted.   
• Two letters of recommendation.
• Copy of IC or Malaysian Passport.
• Prior acceptance into U.S. university/college.
• Copy of acceptance letter and a certified copy of I-20 from U.S. university/college.

Scholarship Deadlines

The application for admission and all supporting documents must be received by May 30, 2013, to be considered for the Fall 2013 award.  All documents must be official.  You may mail them or hand-deliver them to MACEE.

Application Form

You can DOWNLOAD the application form (PDF format) by clicking the link below, but before that read the instructions.

Download Instructions:
1.) Click the download link below.  A dialog box will appear asking whether you want to open or save the file. 
Choose the "Save it to file" option.
2.) The file will be saved in your chosen drive.
3.) Open the file in PDF format.
4.) Print and fill out the form.

Download the application form: Click here.

Deadline: May 30th, 2013

About MACEE

The Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE) was founded in 1963 as a Malaysian-American Binational Fulbright Commission, to promote mutual understanding and educational exchange between the two countries. MACEE's Education USA Advising Center is the official source of information on higher education in the USA. MACEE is appointed to administer the AMCAHM-MACEE Scholarship. Those eligible to apply for the scholarship should contact MACEE.

MACEE
AMCHAM-MACEE Scholarship Program
18th Floor, Menara Yayasan Tun Razak,
200, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (603) 2166 8878
Fax:(603) 2166 1878
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Web: www.macee.org.my

Founding Donors

Past recipients of the AMCHAM-MACEE Scholarship have studied at these universities:

• Cornell University, New York (Agriculture & Life Sciences)
• University of Texas, Austin (Chemical Engineering)
• University of Texas, Austin (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (Aerospace Engineering)
• University of Virginia (Liberal Arts & Sciences)
• Portland State University, Oregon (Health Science)
• Franklin-Marshall College, (Economics)
• Purdue University, Indiana (Engineering)
• Colby-Sawyer College, New Hampshire (Biology)
• George Fox University, Oregon (Economics)