Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) has introduced a special financial assistance programme to support its alumni and their children in furthering their studies at the university. The initiative, managed through the Alumni Centre under the Student Affairs and Alumni Division (HEPA), aims to ease the financial burden of postgraduate students by giving them an annual allocation of RM10,000.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Prof. Dr. Mohd Izani Mohd Zain, announced the initiative, known as Insentif Belajar Tanpa Henti, or Incentive for Furthering Studies, during his 2025 address held recently. Under this scheme, UMT alumni enrolling in master’s programmes will receive a one-off aid of RM400, while those pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) will be given RM500.

During the event, the incentive was presented to three postgraduate students currently furthering their studies at UMT:

Najahul Kamilah Aminy binti Sukri – PhD (Research) in Management (Entrepreneurship)

Rahman Syahputra bin Syafruddin – Master of Science (Research) in Marine Science (Marine Biology)

Muhammad Fikkri bin Zainal Efendi – Master of Science (Research) in Marketing

One of the recipients, Najahul Kamilah Aminy, expressed her gratitude, describing the assistance as a great motivation to remain focused and complete her studies.

“Thank you so much HEPA and the Alumni Centre, for providing such support,” said Najahul, originally from Kuala Terengganu. “I encourage fellow alumni to seize the opportunity.”

Applications for the aid can be submitted via the Alumni Welfare Fund Application Form, which is available through faculty alumni coordinators or directly from the Alumni Centre. For further inquiries, applicants can contact Azura Ariffin at 09-6684582 or email her at [email protected].

In addition to this, Prof. Izani also introduced a new initiative, the Insentif Jom Sambung Belajar@UMT , or Let’s Further Studies@UMT Incentive, which offers a one-off RM200 financial aid to children of UMT alumni enrolling in the university starting from the upcoming October academic session.

“This initiative aims to encourage more students to choose UMT as their preferred institution for obtaining higher education,” he said.

UMT is actively promoting its Jom Masuk UMT campaign to convince prospective students to register at the university. They can visit https://umt.my for more information on admissions.