Dato Kho Hui Meng Inspire Scholarship

Established in 2019, the Dato' Kho Hui Meng Inspire Scholarship is available to first year full-time undergraduates pursuing any degree programme at the Singapore Management University. The objective is to provide equal access to education and to nurture undergraduates to be creative, reflective global citizens and future leaders devoted to creating meaningful impact in business and society.

• Full-time first year undergraduates enrolled in any degree programme
• Singapore Citizens
• Good academic results (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00)
• Actively involved in co-curricular and/or community service activities
• Special consideration will be given to students with demonstrated financial needs (with gross monthly household per capita income in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries)

• $15,000 (towards subsidised tuition fees and study-related expenses)
• Tenable for up to 4 years of the recipient’s academic studies, subject to continued observance of the eligibility criteria and the terms and conditions of award.
• May be in concurrent receipt of a bursary for cash allowance, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria.

If you would like to be considered for this scholarship, please indicate your interest in the Scholarship section of the online application form for admission. There is no separate scholarship application form. 

Special consideration for this scholarship will be given to applicants with demonstrated financial needs. Applicants must also submit a separate financial aid application. This can be done via Applicant’s Self Service, after submitting the online application for admission. Prospective applicants may submit their financial aid application when it opens for its annual exercise from 1 January to 31 May.

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The Dato' Kho Hui Meng Scholarship is established by Dato' Kho Hui Meng, President & CEO of Vitol Asia Pte Ltd in 2019 and a director of Vitol Group’s Board. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Singapore Management University (SMU). Dato’ Kho was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in 1958 and graduated in 1980 from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, England with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemical Engineering. He joined Vitol in Singapore in 1987 as a trading manager and progressed over the years into the current role as Head of Vitol Group’s Asian and Oceania activities since 1999. He is also a director of Viva Energy Group Limited (formerly Shell Australia). Conferred the title “Dato’” by His Royal Highness Sultan of Pahang, Malaysia in 2004, Dato’ Kho is a champion and advocate for SMU and exhorts students to “Love life, do good and be the best.”