Qualifications
- The scholarship applicants must be eligible candidates of the university’s doctoral program plan 1.1 or 2.1 in academic year 2024 and must have a GPAX from their master’s degree of at least 3.50, or equivalent. And, must have a publication in a journal as the follow;
1.1 For the fields of Science and Technology, and Health Science: must be published in a international journal that appears in SCOPUS in Q1 or Q2.
1.2 For the fields of Humanities and Social Science: must be published in a international journal that appears in SCOPUS. - The scholarship applicants must be eligible candidates for the university’s direct doctoral program from a bachelor’s degree program plan 1.2 or 2.2 in academic year 2024 and must have a GPAX from their Bachelor’s degree of at least 3.25 on a 4.00 scale or equivalent as the follow;
2.1 For the cumulative GPA is below 3.25 but not less than 3.00, the candidate must have at least one published or an award-winning work at the national or international level.
2.2 For students in Plan 1.2 or 2.2 the university will support the tuition fees for scholarship recipients for a period of 3 academic years. - The scholarship applicants must have a topic for their dissertation.
- The main advisor of the scholarship applicants must meet the university’s regulations for graduate education. And must have the number of publications as stated in the university’s regulations as the follow;
4.1 For the fields of Science and Technology, and Health Science: has at least 2 publications in the past five years in journal that appears in SCOPUS in Q1 or Q2 and the publications must not be part of the advisor’s degree fulfillment.
4.2 For the fields of Humanities and Social Science: has at least 2 publications in the past five years in journal that appears in SCOPUS and the publications must not be part of the advisor’s degree fulfillment. - The scholarship applicants must have Co-advisor on duty in a foreign country. (Qualifications of the Co-advisor according to Mae Fah Luang University Regulation)
Scholarship Amount
- Doctoral degree 25 scholarships Plan 1 (1.1 or 2.1) or Plan 2 (1.2 or 2.2)
(For students admitted in the academic year 2024, the university will only support the tuition fees for scholarship recipients for a period of three academic years, with a rate according to the enrolled program.)
The main advisor of the scholarship applicants must meet the following conditions:
- The main advisor of the scholarship applicants must meet the university’s regulations for graduate education. And must have the number of publications as stated in the university’s regulations as the follow;
1.1 For the fields of Science and Technology, and Health Science: has at least 2 publications in the past five years in journal that appears in SCOPUS in Q1 or Q2 and the publications must not be part of the advisor’s degree fulfillment.
1.2 For the fields of Humanities and Social Science: has at least 2 publications in the past five years in journal that appears in SCOPUS and the publications must not be part of the advisor’s degree fulfillment. - The total number of advisees under the advisor’s supervision including the applicants must not exceed the criteria in the university’s regulations for graduate education.
- The advisor has never supervised any scholarship applicants who violated criteria.
Application Schedule
- Application : now – July 24, 2024
- Consideration : August 2024
- Announcement : August 2024
The Scholarship’s Conditions
- The scholarship recipients must sign an agreement contract with the university as provided by the university.
- The scholarship recipients must maintain regular student status throughout the period of the scholarship.
- The scholarship recipients must submit grade reports and progress reports on their thesis/dissertation to the university by the end of every semester during the scholarship period and both documents must be approved by the main advisor.
- The main advisor and co-advisor on duty in a foreign country must supervise the scholarship recipients until the completion of the scholarship recipient’s
- The scholarship recipients’ dissertation must be published in international journals as the follow;
5.1 For the fields of Science and Technology, and Health Science: must be published in a international journal that appears in SCOPUS in Q1 or Q2 at least 2 publication.
5.2 For the fields of Humanities and Social Science: must be published in a international journal that appears in SCOPUS at least 2 publication.
The publications must have the scholarship recipients as the first author, the main advisor as the corresponding author and Mae Fah Luang University as the affiliation. - The scholarship recipients must mention the university’s scholarship in the thesis/dissertation’s acknowledgement “thank you postgraduate scholarship for tuition fees from Mae Fah Luang University”
Terminate the Scholarship
The university will terminate the scholarship should any of the following occur:
- The scholarship recipient is retired from their student status.
- The scholarship recipient receives a GPAX lower than 3.25 for two consecutive semesters or receives a U in the subject of thesis/dissertation in any semester.
- The scholarship recipient fails to follow criteria number 8 of this announcement.
- The scholarship recipient takes leave or has an educational break without a reasonable explanation.
- The scholarship recipient cheats on an examination or commits plagiarism.
- The university will terminate the scholarship in any other case considered Appropriate by The University.For students admitted in the academic year 2024, the university will only support the tuition fees for scholarship recipients for a period of three academic years, with a rate according to the enrolled program.
*The doctoral scholarship for tuition fees according to the applied program from the semester that the scholarship is approved to the last semester of the program.
**Office of the postgraduate studies reserves the right to close applications before the deadline without prior notice.
