SHARE is a programme by EU and ASEAN to strengthen regional co-operation and enhance the quality, regional competitiveness and internationalisation of ASEAN higher education institutions and students. SHARE is a flagship project of the ASEAN Education Sector that aims to promote regional harmonisation of higher education and introduce an ASEAN scholarship inspired by the European Erasmus scholarship, thereby facilitating the creation of an ASEAN Higher Education Space in support of a people-centred ASEAN Community.
“Mobility is the most effective method to start the Higher Education harmonisation process within the ASEAN region.” – ASEAN Stakeholders
As student mobility plays an important role in the further internationalisation and harmonisation of higher education, one of SHARE’s components is a scholarship programme for intra-ASEAN and ASEAN-EU mobility to test the application of credit transfer systems (ACTS and AECTS). The SHARE partner, Nuffic, is implementing this scholarship programme through short-term (one semester) exchange of students with scholarships. Through 2016-2020, this has been done by providing approximately 500 scholarships. During the extension phase, SHARE will support 300 more students before the end of 2022.
SHARE SCHOLARSHIP:
The SHARE Scholarship is a scholarship programme for intra-ASEAN and ASEAN-EU mobility. The SHARE partner, Nuffic, is implementing this scholarship programme through short-term (one semester) exchange of students with scholarships. Throughout batches 1-5 (2016 – 2019), SHARE has awarded 590 scholarships and with the extension of the SHARE programme until December 2022, this allows for a further total of 300 scholarships to be available to ASEAN students to participate in intra-ASEAN mobility.
ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS:
♦ Who is eligible to apply?
The SHARE Scholarship is meant for active undergraduate ASEAN students from selected ASEAN Universities that have completed at least 2 semesters at their home university to study for one semester at another selected ASEAN university.
Exchange students can come from all ASEAN countries. Students from ASEAN Member States, except for Brunei Darussalam and Singapore, are eligible for receiving scholarship funds from this program in line with the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) Regulation. However, students from Brunei and Singapore can participate in the mobility programme at their own cost.
♦ Can I apply for a SHARE Scholarship in the final year of my undergraduate degree?
Yes, as long as you have not graduated or completed your undergraduate degree from your university, you are still eligible to apply for the Scholarship.
♦ Can I apply for a SHARE Scholarship if I am not living in my home country?
Yes, as long as you are of ASEAN nationality and your current university is a partner of the SHARE Scholarship you can apply for a semester in another selected ASEAN University. However, as the programme also meant to encourage mobility in the region, you should not choose a university from either your home country or from the country of your home university.
Requirement criteria:
- Candidate should have completed at least two (2) semesters at their home university
- Candidate must be a national of an ASEAN Member State
- Candidate should be a student of a participating university
- Letter of acceptance from host university (Candidates can only apply for a scholarship for selected English-taught courses)
- Letter of endorsement from home university
- Recent academic transcript (in English)
- Copy of valid passport
- Recent photograph (passport size)
SHARE Scholarship Coverage:
- Tuition fee
- Living allowance
- Return airfare (domestic and international)
- Health insurance
- Settling-in allowance
- Study material
- Visa costs
- Scholarship duration is for one semester
