NgauBoonKeat PG ENME 2016

Ngau Boon Keat Postgraduate
Scholarship in Mechanical
Engineering
Regulations
This scholarship supports postgraduate students in Mechanical Engineering at the University of

Canterbury.
1. The scholarship provides financial assistance to a value of $25,000 per annum. 1

2. The scholarship is tenable by part-time 2 and full-time students enrolled in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at the University in a programme for a Master of Engineering degree,
a Master of Engineering Studies degree, or a doctoral degree.
3. In the case of master’s students the scholarship is tenable for up to 120 points of enrolment. In
the case of doctoral students the scholarship is tenable for up to 360 points of enrolment.
There may be only one holder of the scholarship at any one time.
4. The scholarship is awarded by the Council of the University, on the recommendation of a
selection committee comprising:
a. Tan Sri Dr Ngau Boon Keat (or nominee);
b. the Dean of Engineering and Forestry (or nominee);
c. the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (or nominee); and
d. a representative of the University of Canterbury Foundation.
5. In making the recommendation, the committee will consider:
a. academic achievement;
b. the quality of the institution and programme pertaining to the candidate’s qualifying
degree(s); and
c. the candidate’s prior relevant research experience, research publications, and other
outputs.
6. Applications must be made online at the Scholarships website 3 by 1 November.
7. To be eligible for a scholarship an applicant must have met the requirements for enrolment in
the relevant master’s or doctoral programme by 10 December in the year of application. 4
1 The scholarship will be paid pro rata if the recipient is enrolled for fewer than 120 points in any year or if the
recipient has enrolled in an applicable master’s or doctoral programme prior to 1 January of the year
following the year of application. The scholarship does not directly cover the Student Services Levy, medical
insurance, or accommodation.
2 For a part-time student the instalments of the scholarship will be calculated as two thirds (or 0.6667) of the
value that a full-time student would receive; and the duration of the scholarship will be calculated as 1.5
times the number of months that a full-time student would receive.
3
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships/
4 By 10 December in the year of application:
• applicants must have received final confirmed grades for the qualifying degree;
• applicants requiring admission by recognition of qualifications of equivalent standing must have had
this admission confirmed unconditionally (including any English language requirements); and
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8. Every recipient not already enrolled in an applicable master’s or doctoral programme should
normally be enrolled in such a programme by 1 June in the year following the year of
application. A recipient who is unable to enrol by the applicable deadline must seek permission
from the Dean of Postgraduate Research (in the case of doctoral students) or the Dean of
Engineering and Forestry (in the case of master’s students) to take up the scholarship at a
later date. Without this permission the award will be withdrawn.
9. Unless otherwise specified in the offer letter, an offer of a scholarship will lapse if it is not
formally accepted within one calendar month of the date of the offer.
10. The scholarship is not co-tenable with any other award.
11. If, in any year, there is no candidate of sufficient merit, no award will be made.
12. The value of the scholarship will be paid in monthly instalments, by direct credit to the
recipient’s nominated New Zealand bank account as soon as practicable after acceptance of
an offer of the scholarship and confirmation of enrolment in a relevant programme. A recipient
may elect to pay tuition and compulsory fees from the scholarship. In such a case, any balance
would be paid in monthly instalments.
13. If it is necessary for their research, recipients, with the permission of the Dean of Postgraduate
Research (in the case of doctoral students) or the Dean of Engineering and Forestry (in the
case of master’s students), may retain the scholarship while carrying out research for specified
periods outside the University of Canterbury.
14. A condition of acceptance is that recipients permit publication and announcement of their
acceptance of the award, and that they will be willing to engage in UC community activities,
such as student mentoring, acting as UC ambassadors, and being involved with UC publicity
as appropriate.
15. Recipients must inform the Scholarship Office immediately if they suspend, complete, or
otherwise cease their enrolment in the programme for which the scholarship was awarded. 5
The scholarship and associated payments will be suspended when a recipient has suspended
enrolment in the programme for which the scholarship was awarded. When a recipient ceases
enrolment in the programme for which the scholarship was awarded, payments will also
cease. 6 In the event of a recipient’s withdrawal from the programme for which the scholarship
was awarded, the scholarship will be withdrawn, and any paid funds may be recovered.
16. Continuation of the scholarship is conditional on satisfactory academic progress and
adherence to the University’s statutes and regulations.
History of the award: This scholarship was established in 2016 thanks to the generosity of
distinguished Malaysian alumnus Tan Sri Dr Ngau Boon Keat.
Tan Sri Dr Ngau grew up in Malaysia, and graduated from the University of Canterbury in 1971
with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. After working for Mobil Oil in
Singapore, in 1975 he joined Malaysia’s newly formed national oil and gas company, Petronas.
• applicants enrolled for a master's degree at the University and wishing to transfer to a doctoral
programme must have completed the transfer.
In addition, for applicants who have completed the academic requirements but not the non-academic
requirements for the BE(Hons) degree, offers of awards are conditional on the completion and crediting of
the non-academic requirements by 15 March in the year following application. Students may not take up the
scholarship until such non-academic requirements have been completed and credited.
5 Scholarship payments will normally resume automatically when a student re-enrols after a period of
suspension. If a scholarship recipient does not resume the programme of research within one month of the
end of the approved suspension period, the scholarship will be terminated. In cases of suspensions greater
than six months, including extensions of the suspension period, scholarship payments will not be reinstated
unless approved by the Dean of Postgraduate Research (in the case of doctoral students) or the Dean of
Engineering and Forestry (in the case of master’s students).
6 During a post-thesis-submission enrolment period, any remaining stipend will be paid, up until the
examination process is complete.

Tan Sri Dr Ngau co-founded (in 1984), and is currently Executive Chairman of, Dialog Group,
one of Malaysia’s leading listed companies, which provides services to the oil, gas, and
petrochemical industries around the world. With his wife Jean Ngau he co-founded the charity
MyKasih, which provides food aid, health awareness and financial literacy programmes,
children’s education, and skills training programmes to less fortunate Malaysians. Tan Sri Dr
Ngau was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by the University of Canterbury in
April 2012.
September 2016

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This scholarship supports postgraduate students in Mechanical Engineering at the University of

1. The scholarship provides financial assistance to a value of $25,000 per annum. 1

examination process is complete.

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