Shell Malaysia Scholarships

This is open to students who will be undertaking full time first degree courses at the preferred Malaysian and JPA approved international universities based in Malaysia.

Preferred Degree Discipline

• Any Oil and Gas field related degrees (Eg. Technical Engineering, logistics and supply chain management etc)

*Students with physical disabilities (Orang Kurang Upaya) are not restricted in their choice and may apply to do a degree in any discipline.

Eligibility

• Strong leadership skills and active participation in extracurricular activities such as societies and clubs, sports, etc.
• Not presently holding other scholarship/loans.
• Disabled Identification Card certified by Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (where applicable)
• Consistently strong academic achievements as follows:
  

For Undergraduate studies
- Strong academic results in the STPM (minimum 3A’s & 1B) or A-Levels (minimum 2A’s & 1B)
- Minimum of 3.5 CGPA at Matriculation / Diploma level

Applications
Applications may be submitted based on the latest semester results (for Matriculation, Diploma and ‘A’ Levels students) or trial examination results (for STPM students).
Shell Malaysia reserves the right to verify the information provided. Shell Malaysia aims to reflect the diversity of the communities it works in and will award the scholarships on this basis.

*Please refer to the list below for preferred Malaysian Public and Private Universities.

This will be offered to students who plan to pursue their studies at the following universities and in these fields, in the United Kingdom or United States:

List of preferred overseas universities and degree disciplines:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Geophysics & Seismology, Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering
  
• University of Texas-Austin – Geophysics & Seismology
  
• Harvard University – Geophysics & Seismology
  
• Pennsylvania State University – Geology, Petroleum Engineering
  
• University of Cambridge – Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering
  
• Imperial College London – Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering
  
• University of Oxford – Geology, Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  
• Bristol University – Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering
  
• University of Sheffield – Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering
  
• Texas A&M University – Petroleum Engineering
  
• University of Oklahoma – Petroleum Engineering
  
• University of Manchester – Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Preferred Degree Discipline

• Any Technical Engineering (Eg. Including and not limited to Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering etc)
• Any Geosciences Discipline (Eg. Geomatics, Geology etc)

Eligibility

• Strong leadership skills qualities and active participation in extracurricular activities such as societies and clubs, sports, etc.
• Not presently holding other scholarship/loans.
• Disabled Identification Card certified by Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (where applicable)
• Consistently strong academic achievements as follows:
  For Undergraduate studies
  - Strong academic results in the STPM Trial Examination (minimum 3A’s & 1B) or A-Levels Forecast Results (minimum 2A’s & 1B)
  - Minimum of 3.5 CGPA at Matriculation / Diploma level

Yap Han Ern – Shell scholar currently working as an Economist with the Upstream International Business Unit

Quick Facts

• Location: Sarawak Shell Berhad, Miri, Malaysia
  
• University: University of Edinburgh
  
• Studied: Economics and Law
  
• Joined Shell: October 2012
  

How did you benefit from the Shell Malaysia Scholarship?
The financial support allowed me study overseas, of course. But more importantly being a scholar also taught me important life skills about financial management, meeting targets and expectations.

How would you describe your role in Shell?
I provide economics support to project teams – I carry out economic valuation of technical, commercial and financial data provided by different teams in Shell in order to determine if a proposed project is economically viable.

What do you like most about the job?
It is a challenging job – especially knowing that the work I deliver has an influence on important decisions made within Shell! Therefore getting the job done on time, and done properly, is imperative. In addition, my job also allows me to engage with a variety of different functions in Shell and gives me a comprehensive understanding of the upstream business.

How’s your experience in getting the job?
I attended a Shell Recruitment Day (SRD) event which is one of the most fun job interviews I’ve ever attended. We were given a variety of case studies and scenarios and had to solve them individually and in groups. It provided me with a true sense of what working in Shell would be like.

Things that you can’t live without?
An Internet connection.

Cindy Lora Sagan – Shell scholar currently working as a Development Inspection Engineer with Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis Sdn Bhd

Quick Facts:

• Location: Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
  
• University: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  
• Studies: Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
  
• Joined Shell: July, 2011

How did you benefit from Shell Malaysia Scholarship?
The Scholarship gave me a clear sense of responsibility as a student, and at the same time, the freedom to learn and grow in a field that I was passionate about – Mechanical Engineering. There’s a saying that goes ‘’Find a job that you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’’.  For me it was learning about how things work in the world, and having the scholarship to pay for that, the tuition fees and the books and life necessities, I do firmly believe the Scholarship helped me shape and build my character as a student, and as an engineer.

How would you describe your role in Shell?
Currently I’m the Development Inspection Engineer in Shell MDS, Bintulu, which is the world’s first GTL plant.  My primary role in the Integrity & Inspection Department is to ensure that what we have in the pipes, stays in the pipes – from planning inspection on piping and equipment, to the execution, interpretation and recommendations for repair.  I had a senior colleague tell me once that we are the CSI (yes, the TV show) equivalents of our business!

What do you like most about the job?
I love the fact that my job requires me to think outside the box, and outside under the sun! 

How’s your experience in getting the job?
I was recruited during the Shell Recruitment Day (SRD), and honestly speaking, it was the toughest and most exciting interview I have ever been to. The SRD is a series of case studies and exercises (with surprises here and there) that requires you to not only come up with effective solutions, but also to incorporate compromise and teamwork with the other candidates.

My most significant takeback from the whole experience would be that there was not really a competitive atmosphere during the interview, but one that allows you to show the best parts of yourself as a young engineer and as a person.

Things that you can’t live without?
My journal.

Mohd Hairul Adhan Ruzan – Shell scholar currently working as a management accountant currently in his second role in Shell graduate rotation.

Quick Facts

• Location:Shell Business Service Centre, Cyberjaya, Selangor
  
• Current role: Analyst, Business MIPA GC, Speacialities
  
• University: Sheffield Hallam University, UK
  
• Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting
  
• Joined Shell : September 2010

Shell to me:

A people-orientated company which focus not only making good business in Malaysia but very courteous and serious about developing local talent to ensure that Malaysia will remain as the heart-land for Shell in the many more years to come. I was very lucky to have been chosen one of the recipient of shell overseas scholarship  to purse my degree in Accounting in the UK.

How did you benefit from Shell Scholarship:

Shell has fulfilled my dream to pursue my studies overseas upon receiving Shell overseas sponsorship. It was a life changing experience which I can only be very thankful of. Shell provided full support of financial assistance ~ tuition fees and monthly allowance and yearly home passage throughout my undergraduate study duration.

How would you describe your role in Shell?

I am a Business Finance analyst or rather supply chain analyst which supports Bitumen Supply in the East and Global Sulphur sales which is managed from Singapore. Both Sulphur and Bitumen business classified under Specialties’, which part of Global Commercial Business under shell downstream operation. Due to the nature of the work, I am working virtually with the team in Singapore to support the day to day operations.

My main tasks includes providing accurate Management Information (MI) of Bitumen Supply in the East and Global Sulphur business which includes providing analysis to the management of current costs and margins made on each month. The challenge is on how to keep up with the business on day to day basis virtually, able to use good networking and visualisation skill to be able to strike a good meaningful conversation with the Supply Operations team in Singapore which enable me to translate that into quality and meaningful explanation of the month’s results.

What do you like most about the job?

From the first and second role in Shell, what I like about the job is the challenge to provide robust, meaningful and accurate information of our financial results to the management.

Being in finance, we are the last to be impacted for any decision made by the business, when the business action reflected in our financial results. To get the information, we will need to be able to find the right source of information and key personnel which can provide sufficient information in which we can use in our analysis and  put up the stories together. As a consequence of that, I have been able to practice good thinking and networking skills and at the same time now have good understanding of the many business functions from engineering ,operations, HR, HSSE and even IT!.

How’s your experience in getting the job?

As a Shell scholar, I was given the opportunity to undertake Shell assessed internship programme which provide employment with Shell upon graduation. We were given real life job tasks and few projects to be delivered to the business. The good thing about it, I can see real impact of the work I have done to the business and provided me with the much needed network that was useful and very helpful upon joining shell as a staff.

Things that you can’t live without?

Internet

Applications for the Shell Malaysia scholarships 2013 are now closed.  

Please download, complete the scholarship application form and upload the form together with your CV & your academic results (transcript) in the online registration portal below. Candidate photo is not required.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interview.
• Incomplete Application Form and late submission will be rejected.
• If you do not receive any reply from us by 30 April 2013, your application is therefore considered unsuccessful.
• Only completed application received via the online registration portal will be processed. Please do not email or post your application.
• You may only apply for 1 (one) scholarship, either local OR overseas and NOT both. 

Applications close on 30 January 2013.

For further enquiries, please email to scholarships@shell.com